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

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

MarketAxess announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Wednesday, November 21st. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 6th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, October 25th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $101.44 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $101.19 million. MarketAxess had a net margin of 37.97% and a return on equity of 29.40%. MarketAxess's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.90 EPS. View MarketAxess' Earnings History.

MarketAxess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MarketAxess.

9 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for MarketAxess' stock. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $219.00. On average, they expect MarketAxess' share price to reach $206.7143 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for MarketAxess.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MarketAxess in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 8 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MarketAxess.

News articles about MKTX stock have trended negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a media sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to MarketAxess include TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Associated Capital Group (AC), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Gamco Investors (GBL), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL) and Cowen (COWN).

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.25%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.34%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.11%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.96%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.80%) and Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (1.23%). Company insiders that own MarketAxess stock include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard M Mcvey, Ronald M Hersch 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 FMR LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Bahl & Gaynor Inc., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Van Berkom & Associates Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Comerica Bank and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold MarketAxess company stock in the last year include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, 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 Alliancebernstein L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Marathon Asset Management LLP, BlackRock Inc., Eagle Asset Management Inc., Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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 $207.40.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $7.84 billion and generates $397.47 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $148.08 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.90 on an earnings per share basis. MarketAxess employs 429 workers across the globe.

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

MarketAxess' mailing address is 299 PARK AVENUE 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10171. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-813-6000 or via email at [email protected]