Q1 EPS Estimates for MarketAxess Decreased by Zacks Research

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) – Analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for MarketAxess in a report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.86 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.09. The consensus estimate for MarketAxess’ current full-year earnings is $7.79 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for MarketAxess’ Q2 2025 earnings at $1.86 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.94 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.66 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.12 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.14 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.24 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.67 EPS.

MKTX has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Barclays cut their target price on shares of MarketAxess from $256.00 to $225.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $258.00 to $264.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $330.00 to $305.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $251.00 to $225.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $265.00 to $240.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $254.78.

MarketAxess Stock Up 1.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:MKTX opened at $196.60 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.41 billion, a PE ratio of 27.04, a P/E/G ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 1.02. MarketAxess has a twelve month low of $186.84 and a twelve month high of $296.68. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $214.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $244.37.

MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The financial services provider reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.03. MarketAxess had a net margin of 33.56% and a return on equity of 20.23%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On MarketAxess

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Accent Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of MarketAxess during the third quarter worth approximately $25,000. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 179.5% during the fourth quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. now owns 109 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Allianz SE purchased a new position in shares of MarketAxess during the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 495.2% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 125 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SRS Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 13,900.0% during the fourth quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 140 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. 99.01% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at MarketAxess

In other MarketAxess news, General Counsel Scott Pintoff sold 300 shares of MarketAxess stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $240.57, for a total transaction of $72,171.00. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel now directly owns 8,302 shares in the company, valued at $1,997,212.14. The trade was a 3.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 2.66% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

MarketAxess Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be given a dividend of $0.76 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 19th. This is a positive change from MarketAxess’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.74. This represents a $3.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.55%. MarketAxess’s payout ratio is presently 41.82%.

About MarketAxess

MarketAxess Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform for institutional investor and broker-dealer companies worldwide. The company offers trading technology that provides liquidity access in U.S. high-grade bonds, U.S. high-yield bonds, emerging market debt, eurobonds, municipal bonds, U.S.