MarketAxess (MKTX) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer MKTX or AROW?

In the previous week, MarketAxess had 8 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for MarketAxess and 2 mentions for Arrow Financial. Arrow Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat MarketAxess' score of 0.83 indicating that Arrow Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MarketAxess	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arrow Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate MKTX or AROW?

MarketAxess presently has a consensus target price of $241.78, suggesting a potential upside of 6.56%. Arrow Financial has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.72%. Given Arrow Financial's higher possible 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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MKTX or AROW?

99.0% of MarketAxess shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of MarketAxess shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Arrow Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MKTX or AROW a better dividend stock?

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 4.3%. 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Arrow Financial has increased 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MKTX or AROW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MarketAxess	$815.36M	10.44	$274.18M	$5.75	39.46
Arrow Financial	$144.69M	3.01	$29.71M	$1.70	15.38

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MKTX or AROW?

MarketAxess received 227 more outperform votes than Arrow Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote while only 45.07% of users gave MarketAxess an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MarketAxess	Outperform Votes 343 45.07%	Underperform Votes 418 54.93%
Arrow Financial	Outperform Votes 116 50.00%	Underperform Votes 116 50.00%

Is MKTX or AROW more profitable?

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
MarketAxess	33.56%	20.23%	14.75%
Arrow Financial	13.32%	8.59%	0.76%

Which has more volatility and risk, MKTX or AROW?

MarketAxess has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MarketAxess beats Arrow Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.