MarketAxess (MKTX) Competitors

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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	10.04	$274.18M	$5.75	37.98
Arrow Financial	$144.69M	3.00	$29.71M	$1.70	15.34

Is MKTX or AROW a better dividend stock?

MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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.

Does the media prefer MKTX or AROW?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MKTX or AROW?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MarketAxess	Outperform Votes 343 45.13%	Underperform Votes 417 54.87%
Arrow Financial	Outperform Votes 116 50.22%	Underperform Votes 115 49.78%

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%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MKTX or AROW?

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.

Do analysts rate MKTX or AROW?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, MKTX or AROW?

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.