Q4 EPS Estimates for MarketAxess Reduced by Zacks Research

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for MarketAxess in a report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $2.00 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.01. The consensus estimate for MarketAxess’ current full-year earnings is $7.79 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for MarketAxess’ Q1 2026 earnings at $2.17 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $9.66 EPS.

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

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on MarketAxess from $258.00 to $264.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. UBS Group cut their price objective on MarketAxess from $330.00 to $305.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on MarketAxess from $235.00 to $210.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Barclays cut their price objective on MarketAxess from $256.00 to $225.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price objective on MarketAxess from $251.00 to $225.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, MarketAxess presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $254.78.

MarketAxess Trading Up 2.2 %

NASDAQ:MKTX opened at $193.96 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $7.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.68, a PEG ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 1.02. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $216.37 and its 200-day simple moving average is $244.80. MarketAxess has a 12-month low of $186.84 and a 12-month high of $296.68.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in MKTX. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 0.3% during the third quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 15,431 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $3,953,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale boosted its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 1.0% during the third quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 5,080 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,287,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 1,340 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $303,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp boosted its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 4.0% during the third quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 1,469 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $376,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming boosted its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 13.6% during the fourth quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 483 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $109,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.01% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, General Counsel Scott Pintoff sold 300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $240.57, for a total value of $72,171.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel now owns 8,302 shares in the company, valued at $1,997,212.14. This trade represents a 3.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 2.66% of the company’s stock.

MarketAxess Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be given a $0.76 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 19th. This represents a $3.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.57%. This is a boost from MarketAxess’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.74. MarketAxess’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 41.82%.

MarketAxess Company Profile

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.