MarketAxess (MKTX) Competitors

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

Is AROW or MKTX 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
Arrow Financial	13.32%	8.59%	0.76%
MarketAxess	33.56%	20.23%	14.75%

Which has more risk and volatility, AROW or MKTX?

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

Does the media prefer AROW or MKTX?

In the previous week, MarketAxess had 16 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for MarketAxess and 0 mentions for Arrow Financial. Arrow Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat MarketAxess' score of 0.89 indicating that Arrow Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Arrow Financial	Very Positive
MarketAxess	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AROW or MKTX?

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
Arrow Financial	$144.69M	3.05	$29.71M	$1.70	15.55
MarketAxess	$815.36M	9.94	$274.18M	$5.75	37.57

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AROW or MKTX?

MarketAxess received 227 more outperform votes than Arrow Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.43% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote while only 45.19% of users gave MarketAxess an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arrow Financial	Outperform Votes 116 50.43%	Underperform Votes 114 49.57%
MarketAxess	Outperform Votes 343 45.19%	Underperform Votes 416 54.81%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AROW or MKTX?

46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of MarketAxess shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Arrow Financial 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer AROW or MKTX?

Arrow Financial presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.46%. MarketAxess has a consensus target price of $241.78, indicating a potential upside of 11.93%. Given Arrow Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Arrow Financial is more favorable than MarketAxess.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arrow Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MarketAxess	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Is AROW or MKTX a better dividend stock?

Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Arrow Financial pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MarketAxess pays out 52.9% 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. Arrow Financial has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and MarketAxess has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Arrow Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

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