NASDAQ:MKTX - MarketAxess Stock Price, News, & Analysis

MarketAxess trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MKTX."

MarketAxess announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 25th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Wednesday, May 22nd. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 7th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 25th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $124.49 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $125.43 million. MarketAxess had a return on equity of 29.88% and a net margin of 39.84%. The firm's revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.27 EPS. View MarketAxess' Earnings History.

MarketAxess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MarketAxess.

7 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for MarketAxess' stock. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $255.00. On average, they expect MarketAxess' stock price to reach $229.6667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 26.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for MarketAxess.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MarketAxess in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MarketAxess.

News stories about MKTX stock have been trending neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a news sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for MarketAxess.

MarketAxess saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,047,800 shares, a decline of 14.4% from the April 15th total of 2,392,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 286,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.2 days. Currently, 5.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View MarketAxess' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MarketAxess include Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Futu (FHL), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Associated Capital Group (AC) and Freedom (FRHC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MarketAxess investors own include AutoZone (AZO), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Paypal (PYPL), Starbucks (SBUX), Visa (V), Alphabet (GOOG), Lam Research (LRCX) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (10.71%), BlackRock Inc. (9.35%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.67%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.08%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.75%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.38%). Company insiders that own MarketAxess stock include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard M Mcvey and Stephen P Casper. View Institutional Ownership Trends for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Primecap Management Co. CA, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bank of Montreal Can and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold MarketAxess company stock in the last year include Antonio L Delise, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard M Mcvey and Stephen P Casper. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ardevora Asset Management LLP, AJO LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, FMR LLC, Raymond James & Associates, First Trust Advisors LP and First Trust Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

Shares of MKTX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MKTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $312.67.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $11.79 billion and generates $435.57 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $172.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.57 on an earnings per share basis. MarketAxess employs 476 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About MarketAxess.

The official website for MarketAxess is http://www.marketaxess.com/.

MarketAxess' mailing address is 55 HUDSON YARDS 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10001. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-813-6000 or via email at [email protected]