MKTX vs. COIN, AROW, PHH, IBKR, ICE, CME, MCO, NDAQ, MSCI, and LPLA
Should you be buying MarketAxess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MarketAxess include Coinbase Global (COIN), Arrow Financial (AROW), PHH (PHH), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), CME Group (CME), Moody's (MCO), Nasdaq (NDAQ), MSCI (MSCI), and LPL Financial (LPLA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
MarketAxess vs. Its Competitors
MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
MarketAxess has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.68, indicating that its stock price is 268% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.0% of MarketAxess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of MarketAxess shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Coinbase Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Coinbase Global has a net margin of 40.87% compared to MarketAxess' net margin of 26.62%. MarketAxess' return on equity of 20.41% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.
Coinbase Global has higher revenue and earnings than MarketAxess. MarketAxess is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coinbase Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MarketAxess presently has a consensus price target of $228.09, suggesting a potential upside of 26.92%. Coinbase Global has a consensus price target of $352.72, suggesting a potential upside of 2.80%. Given MarketAxess' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe MarketAxess is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 51 more articles in the media than MarketAxess. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Coinbase Global and 11 mentions for MarketAxess. MarketAxess' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Coinbase Global's score of 0.82 indicating that MarketAxess is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Coinbase Global beats MarketAxess on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get MarketAxess News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MKTX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MKTX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
MarketAxess Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:MKTX) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
