MarketAxess Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:MKTX)

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

MarketAxess declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 16th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Wednesday, August 21st. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 6th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, October 25th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $125.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $126.06 million. MarketAxess had a net margin of 39.89% and a return on equity of 29.85%. MarketAxess's quarterly revenue was up 17.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.07 earnings per share. View MarketAxess' Earnings History.

MarketAxess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MarketAxess.

MarketAxess will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for MarketAxess' shares. Their predictions range from $249.00 to $339.00. On average, they anticipate MarketAxess' stock price to reach $300.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.9%. 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 trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for MarketAxess.

MarketAxess saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,870,000 shares, a drop of 6.0% from the August 15th total of 1,990,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 497,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 5.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View MarketAxess' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MarketAxess include CME Group (CME), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), Msci (MSCI), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Marlin Business Services (MRLN), California First National Bancorp (CFNB), Gain Capital (GCAP), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) and NYSE Euronext (NYX).

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

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.74%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.60%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.15%), Forte Capital LLC ADV (0.11%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%). Company insiders that own MarketAxess stock include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard Leon Prager, 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Decatur Capital Management Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Campbell Capital Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Brinker Capital Inc., Forte Capital LLC ADV, Polianta Ltd and Wealthfront Advisers LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MKTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $353.41.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $13.34 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]