MarketAxess HoldingsMKTX
MKTX
About: Founded in 2000, MarketAxess is a leading electronic fixed-income trading platform that connects broker/dealers and institutional investors. The company is primarily focused on credit based fixed income securities with its main trading products being US investment-grade and high-yield bonds, Eurobonds, and Emerging Market corporate debt. Recently the company has expanded more aggressively into Treasuries and municipal bonds with the acquisitions of LiquidityEdge and MuniBrokers in 2019 and 2021, respectively. The company also provides pre- and post-trade services with its acquisition of Regulatory Reporting Hub from Deutsche Börse Group in 2020 adding to its product offerings.
Employees: 891
0
Funds holding %
of 7,407 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 6 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
25% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 198 | Existing positions reduced: 159
20% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 90 | Existing positions closed: 75
4.41% more ownership
Funds ownership: 95.41% [Q3] → 99.81% (+4.41%) [Q4]
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 500 [Q3] → 508 (+8) [Q4]
8% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.28B [Q3] → $8.5B (-$777M) [Q4]
10% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $28.7M | Put options by funds: $31.9M
50% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 2 (-2) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$191
14%
downside
Avg. target
$228
2%
upside
High target
$295
32%
upside
6 analyst ratings
1 positive
17%
4 neutral
67%
1 negative
17%
Piper Sandler Patrick Moley 70% 1-year accuracy 31 / 44 met price target | 4%downside $213 | Neutral Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
UBS Alex Kramm 61% 1-year accuracy 11 / 18 met price target | 32%upside $295 | Buy Maintained | 7 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish 62% 1-year accuracy 82 / 133 met price target | 4%upside $232 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 7 Apr 2025 |
B of A Securities Eli Abboud 25% 1-year accuracy 1 / 4 met price target | 14%downside $191 | Underperform Maintained | 2 Apr 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Alexander Blostein 54% 1-year accuracy 25 / 46 met price target | 6%downside $210 | Neutral Maintained | 10 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 6 articles about MKTX published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Business Wire
2 days ago
MarketAxess Reports Record Trading Week in U.S. Government Bonds, including $100+ Billion Record Day
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, today announced that its Rates business reported an all-time single-day record of $102.3 billion U.S. Government Bonds notional traded on April 9. “We're thrilled to see this growth in our client business. We're seeing clients increasingly seek out firm sources of liquidity like Live Markets® to weather periods of market volatility like we exper.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
MarketAxess's 1Q25 Total Average Trading Volume Jumps to $42.9B
MKTX experiences significant growth from the impact of single-dealer portfolio trades.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
MarketAxess Announces Trading Volume Statistics for March and First Quarter 2025
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, today announced trading volume and preliminary variable transaction fees per million (“FPM”) for March 2025 and the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.1 Chris Concannon, CEO of MarketAxess, commented: “Our record trading results in March, combined with the progress we are seeing from the enhancements we have made to our portfolio trading solutio.
Negative
Invezz
1 week ago
Top 4 S&P 500 stocks to buy Polymarket recession odds jump
The S&P 500 index has plunged this week, and there are signs that the trend will continue in the coming months. One reason for this is that the market anticipates that the US will have a recession.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Compelling Reasons to Hold on to MarketAxess Stock Right Now
MKTX remains well-poised for growth on the back of improved trading volumes, a well-established Open Trading platform and sufficient cash generation abilities.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
3 weeks ago
SCHW vs. MKTX: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?
Investors interested in stocks from the Financial - Investment Bank sector have probably already heard of The Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) and MarketAxess (MKTX). But which of these two companies is the best option for those looking for undervalued stocks?
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
MarketAxess Announces Trading Volume Statistics for February 2025
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, today announced trading volume and preliminary variable transaction fees per million (“FPM”) for February 2025.1 Chris Concannon, CEO of MarketAxess, commented: “While we are not satisfied with our February performance in U.S. credit, we are seeing the benefit of the enhancements we have made to our portfolio trading solution, and the launch of.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
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Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
MarketAxess to Participate in the Raymond James 2025 Institutional Investors Conference
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, today announced that Chris Concannon, Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the Raymond James 2025 Institutional Investors Conference on March 3, 2025. Mr. Concannon will participate in a fireside chat at 4:35 p.m. ET. The live webcast and replay for the fireside chat will be available on the events and presentations section of the Market.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
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