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MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX)

Financial Services | Capital Markets | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
164.64 USD +0.13 (0.082%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 2:24 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 3, 2026, 4:10 a.m. EDT

MarketAxess presents a classic case of a high-quality business facing a temporary growth storm. The fundamentals are robust, boasting a 23% return on equity and 35% profit margins, yet the company is currently generating negative free cash flow and seeing revenue shrink slightly. This disconnect explains the tension in the market: the price has fallen nearly 40% in the last year, dragging the stock below its five-year average, yet the analyst consensus still sees downside potential with a mean target below the current price. While the dividend is secure and growing, the lack of earnings acceleration makes it a hold rather than a buy for aggressive capital. For investors, the trade-off is between owning a profitable industry leader that is currently struggling to grow versus the risk of further downside if the recovery in demand continues to lag.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.329596
AutoTheta0.348473
AutoETS0.367650
AutoARIMA0.367709

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 1.39
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 6.62
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 5,794,690,048
Trailing P/E 19.46
Forward P/E 18.77
Beta 0.79
Profit Margins 35.22%
Website https://www.marketaxess.com

As of Oct. 3, 2026, 4:10 a.m. EDT: Speculators are displaying a defensive posture with elevated implied volatility on near-term puts, particularly around the 155 strike for November expiration, suggesting fear of a downside move. However, longer-dated call positioning shows accumulation at the 170 strike for February and May 2027, indicating a belief that the stock can recover and test higher levels over a six-to-twelve-month horizon. The disparity in volume between deep in-the-money puts and out-of-the-money calls highlights a hedging strategy rather than a pure directional bet.


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
dividendYield 1.9
exDividendDate 2026-08-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.08
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.018723404
lastDividendValue 0.78
lastDividendDate 2026-08-19
dividendDate 2026-09-02

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.03840536
Address1 55 Hudson Yards
Address2 15th Floor
All Time High 606.45
All Time Low 3.96
Ask 177.71
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 3.0 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 626,700
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,061,573
Average Volume 1,061,573
Average Volume10Days 626,700
Beta 0.793
Bid 151.37
Bid Size 2
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 164.635
Current Ratio 7.465
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 164.725
Day Low 164.495
Debt To Equity 14.275
Display Name MarketAxess
Dividend Date 1,788,307,200
Dividend Yield 1.9
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 12.958
Enterprise To Revenue 6.478
Enterprise Value 5,636,272,640
Eps Current Year 7.98734
Eps Forward 8.77285
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.46
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 212 813 6390
Fifty Day Average 163.226
Fifty Day Average Change 1.4089966
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.008632182
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -3.8405359
Fifty Two Week High 195.97
Fifty Two Week High Change -31.335007
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.15989695
Fifty Two Week Low 108.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change 55.884995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.513885
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 1.18
Float Shares 29,620,801
Forward Eps 8.77285
Forward P E 18.76642
Free Cashflow -457,790,016
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 863
Fullday Change 0.1349945
Fullday Change Percent 0.08206353
Fullday Price 164.635
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.61662996
Gross Profits 536,480,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0074199997
Held Percent Institutions 1.14844
Implied Shares Outstanding 35,197,197
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 5,794,690,048
Market State REGULAR
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 5,760,725,232
Number Of Analyst Opinions 9
Open 164.52
Operating Cashflow 200,279,008
Operating Margins 0.41862
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.3641
Peg Ratio 1.23
Phone 212 813 6000
Previous Close 164.5
Price Eps Current Year 20.611994
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.676466
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.660372
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 0.1349945
Regular Market Change Percent 0.08206353
Regular Market Day High 164.725
Regular Market Day Low 164.495
Regular Market Day Range 164.495 - 164.725
Regular Market Open 164.52
Regular Market Previous Close 164.5
Regular Market Price 164.635
Regular Market Time 1,792,088,650
Regular Market Volume 442,866
Return On Assets 0.10153
Return On Equity 0.2314
Revenue Growth -0.005
Revenue Per Share 24.146
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 35,197,197
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0911
Shares Short 3,205,371
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,803,113
Short Name MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1181
Short Ratio 3.46
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MKTX
Target High Price 167.0
Target Low Price 124.0
Target Mean Price 162.22221
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 0.018723404
Trailing Eps 8.46
Trailing P E 19.460402
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.2288
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 156.0162
Two Hundred Day Average Change 8.61879
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.055242915
Type Disp Equity
Volume 442,866
Website https://www.marketaxess.com
Zip 10,001