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

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

MarketAxess declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Wednesday, February 27th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 12th. This is a boost from MarketAxess's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, October 25th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $112.44 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $112.37 million. MarketAxess had a return on equity of 30.31% and a net margin of 39.69%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.88 earnings per share. View MarketAxess' Earnings History.

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

MarketAxess will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8554254206.

7 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for MarketAxess' stock. Their forecasts range from $198.00 to $255.00. On average, they expect MarketAxess' share price to reach $217.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.6%. 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 1 sell rating and 6 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MarketAxess.

Media coverage about MKTX stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

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), Futu (FHL), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Investment Technology Group (ITG) and Associated Capital Group (AC).

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

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include KAMES CAPITAL plc (1.03%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.18%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.16%), Forte Capital LLC ADV (0.10%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and TrimTabs Asset Management LLC (0.01%). 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 KAMES CAPITAL plc, 6 Meridian, First Hawaiian Bank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Forte Capital LLC ADV. 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 and Richard M Mcvey. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Chesapeake Wealth Management, Virtu Financial LLC, First Manhattan Co., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 $263.92.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $9.94 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 454 workers across the globe.

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

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