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MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX)

Financial Services | Capital Markets | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
162.72 USD +0.26 (0.160%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 162.72
Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:18 a.m. EDT

MarketAxess presents a classic value trap candidate with a fortress balance sheet but a deteriorating price trajectory. Despite a robust Return on Equity of 23 percent and a current ratio of 7.5, the stock has endured five consecutive years of negative annual returns, with the most recent anchor showing a nearly 20 percent drop. This multi-year decline overrides the attractive valuation metrics, which currently trade at a forward P/E of 18 times. Technically, the price sits above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, offering a short-term bounce opportunity, yet analyst targets hover just below the current level. The dividend yield of 1.9 percent is modest and unlikely to drive capital appreciation. Options activity reveals a tug-of-war between put buyers seeking protection and call buyers betting on recovery, but the compressed implied volatility suggests the market expects continued stagnation rather than a breakout. Investors should view this as a hold for income rather than a growth play, waiting for the price history to stabilize before adding to a position.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.100018
AutoTheta0.107393
MSTL0.115560
AutoETS0.115986

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 5.52
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 3.29
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 14.275
Revenue per Share 24.146
Market Cap 5,726,587,392
Trailing P/E 19.19
Forward P/E 18.45
Beta 0.83
Profit Margins 35.22%
Website https://www.marketaxess.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:18 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioned for a range-bound outcome with asymmetric bets. September and November expirations show heavy open interest on out-of-the-money puts (strikes 100-130), indicating a perceived downside floor, while out-of-the-money calls (strikes 170-185) also carry significant positioning. The November 160 strike acts as a major anchor wall. Implied volatility remains compressed (8-16%), suggesting a lack of immediate fear or greed, though volume spikes indicate active positioning around current levels.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.48% 1.95% 1.57% 1.32%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-19 0.78 0.482255
2026-05-20 0.78 0.566120
2026-02-18 0.78 0.442880
2025-11-19 0.76 0.454573
2025-08-20 0.76 0.401861
2025-05-21 0.76 0.346021
2025-02-19 0.76 0.396784
2024-11-20 0.74 0.278782
2024-08-21 0.74 0.318115
2024-05-21 0.74 0.340136
2024-02-13 0.74 0.337360
2023-11-07 0.72 0.332517
2023-08-01 0.72 0.274181
2023-05-09 0.72 0.240184
2023-02-07 0.72 0.202338
2022-11-01 0.70 0.293415
2022-08-02 0.70 0.257552
2022-05-03 0.70 0.264071
2022-02-08 0.70 0.190171
2021-11-02 0.66 0.162118
2021-08-03 0.66 0.137517
2021-05-11 0.66 0.147308
2021-02-09 0.66 0.118330
2020-11-09 0.60 0.112183
2020-08-04 0.60 0.117955
2020-05-12 0.60 0.120547
2020-02-11 0.60 0.175295
2019-11-05 0.51 0.148372
2019-08-06 0.51 0.147895
2019-05-07 0.51 0.182227
2019-02-12 0.51 0.226254
2018-11-06 0.42 0.202644
2018-08-08 0.42 0.225528
2018-05-08 0.42 0.206591
2018-02-13 0.42 0.217279
2017-11-07 0.33 0.185383
2017-08-08 0.33 0.167148
2017-05-09 0.33 0.176906
2017-02-07 0.33 0.174290
2016-11-07 0.26 0.169801
2016-08-09 0.26 0.161051
2016-05-10 0.26 0.204531
2016-02-09 0.26 0.243036
2015-11-02 0.20 0.202020
2015-08-04 0.20 0.206271
2015-05-05 0.20 0.240096
2015-02-10 0.20 0.248386
2014-11-04 0.16 0.246268
2014-08-05 0.16 0.286072
2014-05-06 0.16 0.294659
2014-02-11 0.16 0.264857
2013-11-05 0.13 0.197388
2013-08-06 0.13 0.246212
2013-05-07 0.13 0.298165
2013-02-12 0.13 0.342917
2012-11-07 0.11 0.355412
2012-08-07 0.11 0.335673
2012-05-08 0.11 0.339192
2012-02-14 0.11 0.340874
2011-11-08 0.09 0.302928
2011-08-09 0.09 0.362027
2011-05-09 0.09 0.408905
2011-02-14 0.09 0.415512
2010-11-05 0.07 0.378788
2010-08-09 0.07 0.456323
2010-05-10 0.07 0.441084
2010-02-12 0.07 0.475867
2009-11-06 0.07 0.563154
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.12
dividendYield 1.92
exDividendDate 2026-08-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.08
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.01895851
lastDividendValue 0.78
lastDividendDate 2026-08-19
dividendDate 2026-09-02

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.09844619
Address1 55 Hudson Yards
Address2 15th Floor
All Time High 606.45
All Time Low 3.96
Ask 175.55
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 3.0 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,119,700
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,035,374
Average Volume 1,035,374
Average Volume10Days 1,119,700
Beta 0.825
Bid 162.71
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 1
Book Value 35.205
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 162.72
Current Ratio 7.465
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 162.8
Day Low 162.51
Debt To Equity 14.275
Display Name MarketAxess
Dividend Date 1,788,307,200
Dividend Rate 3.12
Dividend Yield 1.92
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,418,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,418,200
Earnings Growth 0.01
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.043
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,881,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,881,800
Ebitda 434,956,000
Ebitda Margins 0.49994
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.814
Enterprise To Revenue 6.406
Enterprise Value 5,573,629,440
Eps Current Year 8.003
Eps Forward 8.81752
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.48
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 212 813 6390
Fifty Day Average 135.36
Fifty Day Average Change 27.36
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.20212767
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -9.844619
Fifty Two Week High 195.97
Fifty Two Week High Change -33.25
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.16966882
Fifty Two Week Low 108.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change 53.97
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.49627587
Fifty Two Week Range 108.75 - 195.97
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,099,665,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.2
Float Shares 29,558,157
Forward Eps 8.81752
Forward P E 18.454168
Free Cashflow -457,790,016
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 863
Fullday Change 0.259995
Fullday Change Percent 0.160036
Fullday Price 162.72
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.61662996
Gross Profits 536,480,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.009459999
Held Percent Institutions 1.14276
Implied Shares Outstanding 35,192,891
Industry Capital Markets
Industry Disp Capital Markets
Industry Key capital-markets
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Last Dividend Value 0.78
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary MarketAxess Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform for institutional investor and broker-dealer firms in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers trading technology to access liquidity on its platforms in U.S. high-grade bonds, U.S. high-yield bonds, emerging market debt, eurobonds, municipal bonds, U.S. government bonds, and other fixed-income securities; and executes bond trades between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in an all-to-all anonymous trading environment for corporate bonds through its Open Trading protocols. It also provides automated and algorithmic trading solutions, such as X-Pro, a trading platform to combine trading protocols with its proprietary data and pre-trade analytics; and integrated and actionable data offerings, including CP+ and Axess All, a real-time pricing engine, including Auto-X and portfolio trading. In addition, the company offers various pre-and post-trade services, such as processing, trade matching, trade publication, regulatory transaction reporting, and market and reference data across a range of fixed-income and other products. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Long Name MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 5,726,587,392
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_109450
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 306,400,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,718,844,787
Number Of Analyst Opinions 9
Open 162.59
Operating Cashflow 200,279,008
Operating Margins 0.41862
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.3641
Peg Ratio 1.36
Phone 212 813 6000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 162.72
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 162.46
Price Eps Current Year 20.332375
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.6220703
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.582095
Profit Margins 0.35217
Quick Ratio 6.516
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.259995
Regular Market Change Percent 0.160036
Regular Market Day High 162.8
Regular Market Day Low 162.51
Regular Market Day Range 162.51 - 162.8
Regular Market Open 162.59
Regular Market Previous Close 162.46
Regular Market Price 162.72
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 830,101
Return On Assets 0.10153
Return On Equity 0.2314
Revenue Growth -0.005
Revenue Per Share 24.146
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 35,192,891
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0379
Shares Short 1,333,912
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 2,103,650
Short Name MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.049200002
Short Ratio 1.02
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MKTX
Target High Price 167.0
Target Low Price 124.0
Target Mean Price 158.0
Target Median Price 167.0
Total Cash 346,312,000
Total Cash Per Share 9.84
Total Debt 178,912,992
Total Revenue 870,025,024
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.08
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.01895851
Trailing Eps 8.48
Trailing P E 19.18868
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.358
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 157.3432
Two Hundred Day Average Change 5.3768005
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.034172438
Type Disp Equity
Volume 830,101
Website https://www.marketaxess.com
Zip 10,001