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MKTX vs. AROW, PHH, ICE, CME, 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), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), CME Group (CME), 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 profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

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$815.36M10.04$274.18M$5.7537.98
Arrow Financial$144.69M3.00$29.71M$1.7015.34

MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. MarketAxess pays out 52.9% 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 has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Arrow Financial has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Arrow Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, MarketAxess had 19 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for MarketAxess and 0 mentions for Arrow Financial. MarketAxess' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Arrow Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that MarketAxess is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MarketAxess Positive
Arrow Financial Neutral

MarketAxess received 227 more outperform votes than Arrow Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.22% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave MarketAxess an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MarketAxessOutperform Votes
343
45.13%
Underperform Votes
417
54.87%
Arrow FinancialOutperform Votes
116
50.22%
Underperform Votes
115
49.78%

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. 0.7% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

MarketAxess currently has a consensus target price of $241.78, suggesting a potential upside of 10.72%. Arrow Financial has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Given Arrow Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

MarketAxess has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MarketAxess beats Arrow Financial on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MKTX vs. The Competition

MetricMarketAxessSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.19B$32.40B$11.50B$8.35B
Dividend Yield1.42%2.51%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio30.0415.5222.2519.65
Price / Sales10.045.9927.36119.78
Price / Cash20.5722.5317.6234.62
Price / Book5.932.902.784.50
Net Income$274.18M$1.49B$1.04B$248.32M
7 Day Performance1.09%-1.92%-1.30%-0.96%
1 Month Performance0.33%10.93%4.46%10.86%
1 Year Performance1.81%34.38%538.60%9.08%

MarketAxess Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MKTX
MarketAxess
4.6602 of 5 stars
$217.85
+0.7%
$241.78
+11.0%
-1.4%$8.17B$815.36M29.97740News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
AROW
Arrow Financial
4.0739 of 5 stars
$26.63
+0.7%
$30.00
+12.7%
+5.3%$444.06M$144.69M15.05510Analyst Upgrade
PHH
PHH
N/A$14.18
-4.3%
N/AN/A$371.52M$2.38M0.0033
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange
4.0216 of 5 stars
$176.61
+0.2%
$185.93
+5.3%
+27.0%$101.31B$12.19B36.958,910Trending News
Analyst Revision
CME
CME Group
3.8635 of 5 stars
$277.94
+0.6%
$256.80
-7.6%
+33.3%$100.16B$6.28B28.743,460Insider Trade
MCO
Moody's
4.2378 of 5 stars
$492.15
+0.7%
$515.87
+4.8%
+13.6%$88.54B$7.23B43.6714,400
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
2.8932 of 5 stars
$208.00
-0.5%
$213.50
+2.6%
+65.3%$87.90B$9.43B29.462,820Gap Down
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.3799 of 5 stars
$81.96
+0.1%
$86.50
+5.5%
+30.0%$47.06B$7.82B42.696,380Trending News
Dividend Increase
MSCI
MSCI
4.924 of 5 stars
$572.45
+0.0%
$645.36
+12.7%
+11.9%$44.29B$2.92B40.714,760Positive News
RJF
Raymond James
4.6533 of 5 stars
$153.59
-0.2%
$153.82
+0.1%
+18.4%$30.99B$13.43B14.9819,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
NMR
Nomura
4.5095 of 5 stars
$5.97
-0.5%
N/A+0.8%$17.74B$1.66T8.5326,600Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MKTX) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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