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MarketAxess (MKTX) Competitors

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$225.68 +1.71 (+0.76%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$225.60 -0.08 (-0.04%)
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MKTX vs. AROW, PHH, CME, ICE, MCO, IBKR, NDAQ, MSCI, RJF, and NMR

Should you be buying MarketAxess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MarketAxess include Arrow Financial (AROW), PHH (PHH), CME Group (CME), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nasdaq (NDAQ), MSCI (MSCI), Raymond James (RJF), and Nomura (NMR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

MarketAxess vs.

MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) and Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

MarketAxess has higher revenue and earnings than Arrow Financial. Arrow Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MarketAxess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MarketAxess$817.10M10.27$274.18M$7.2731.04
Arrow Financial$139.81M3.02$29.71M$1.7014.91

MarketAxess currently has a consensus price target of $252.11, indicating a potential upside of 11.71%. Arrow Financial has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.29%. Given Arrow Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arrow Financial is more favorable than MarketAxess.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MarketAxess
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Arrow Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, MarketAxess had 6 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for MarketAxess and 7 mentions for Arrow Financial. MarketAxess' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Arrow Financial's score of 0.62 indicating that MarketAxess is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MarketAxess
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arrow Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MarketAxess has a net margin of 33.56% compared to Arrow Financial's net margin of 13.32%. MarketAxess' return on equity of 20.23% beat Arrow Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MarketAxess33.56% 20.23% 14.75%
Arrow Financial 13.32%8.59%0.76%

99.0% of MarketAxess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of MarketAxess shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Arrow Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. MarketAxess pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arrow Financial pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

MarketAxess received 225 more outperform votes than Arrow Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.66% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote while only 45.23% of users gave MarketAxess an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MarketAxessOutperform Votes
341
45.23%
Underperform Votes
413
54.77%
Arrow FinancialOutperform Votes
116
50.66%
Underperform Votes
113
49.34%

MarketAxess has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MarketAxess beats Arrow Financial on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MKTX vs. The Competition

MetricMarketAxessSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.40B$31.41B$11.28B$8.04B
Dividend Yield1.39%2.68%5.76%4.22%
P/E Ratio31.0414.5322.3918.83
Price / Sales10.275.3626.53106.72
Price / Cash20.5722.5317.5934.62
Price / Book6.132.692.714.33
Net Income$274.18M$1.49B$1.03B$247.97M
7 Day Performance3.05%4.24%1.91%2.71%
1 Month Performance7.04%0.62%0.53%3.37%
1 Year Performance7.92%31.57%538.80%5.80%

MarketAxess Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MKTX
MarketAxess
4.5026 of 5 stars
$225.68
+0.8%
$252.11
+11.7%
+7.9%$8.40B$817.10M31.04740Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AROW
Arrow Financial
4.2612 of 5 stars
$24.74
flat
$31.00
+25.3%
+8.2%$413.60M$139.81M13.98510Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
PHH
PHH
N/A$13.78
-3.4%
N/AN/A$361.04M$2.38M0.0033
CME
CME Group
4.4433 of 5 stars
$267.92
+0.6%
$256.80
-4.2%
+35.2%$96.55B$6.28B27.713,460Insider Trade
Positive News
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange
4.3344 of 5 stars
$163.63
+0.2%
$182.47
+11.5%
+36.9%$94.00B$11.76B34.238,910Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
MCO
Moody's
4.6569 of 5 stars
$440.02
+0.3%
$515.87
+17.2%
+23.6%$79.16B$7.23B39.0414,400Positive News
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
3.5523 of 5 stars
$169.35
+0.0%
$207.88
+22.7%
+51.5%$71.56B$9.43B23.992,820Gap Up
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.7152 of 5 stars
$75.10
-0.3%
$85.18
+13.4%
+30.1%$43.12B$7.82B39.116,380Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MSCI
MSCI
4.8163 of 5 stars
$535.79
+0.1%
$645.36
+20.5%
+18.8%$41.61B$2.92B38.114,760Positive News
RJF
Raymond James
4.6443 of 5 stars
$137.45
+0.1%
$157.64
+14.7%
+14.4%$28.16B$13.15B13.4119,000Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
NMR
Nomura
3.6046 of 5 stars
$5.57
-3.6%
N/A-3.1%$16.55B$1.67T7.9626,600Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:MKTX) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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