MKTX vs. COIN, AROW, PHH, IBKR, ICE, CME, MCO, NDAQ, MSCI, and NMR
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 Nomura (NMR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
MarketAxess vs. Its Competitors
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) and MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of MarketAxess shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MarketAxess shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coinbase Global presently has a consensus price target of $352.72, indicating a potential upside of 17.94%. MarketAxess has a consensus price target of $228.09, indicating a potential upside of 21.65%. Given MarketAxess' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MarketAxess is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
Coinbase Global has higher revenue and earnings than MarketAxess. Coinbase Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MarketAxess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 119 more articles in the media than MarketAxess. MarketBeat recorded 137 mentions for Coinbase Global and 18 mentions for MarketAxess. MarketAxess' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Coinbase Global's score of 0.21 indicating that MarketAxess is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 a beta of 3.68, indicating that its stock price is 268% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MarketAxess has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Coinbase Global beats MarketAxess on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MKTX) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
