MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX) to Distribute Quarterly Dividend of $0.78 on November 25th

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 11th will be given a dividend of $0.78 per share by the financial services provider on Wednesday, November 25th. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 10th.

MarketAxess has a dividend payout ratio of 36.7% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect MarketAxess to earn $8.68 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $3.12 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 35.9%.

MarketAxess Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of MarketAxess stock opened at $165.59 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $5.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.27, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.83. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $164.10 and a 200-day moving average price of $155.31. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. MarketAxess has a twelve month low of $108.75 and a twelve month high of $195.96.

MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 23rd. The financial services provider reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.95 by ($0.09). The firm had revenue of $210.41 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $218.98 million. MarketAxess had a net margin of 33.51% and a return on equity of 23.15%. MarketAxess’s quarterly revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.84 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that MarketAxess will post 7.98 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MarketAxess News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting MarketAxess this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks modestly raised its FY2027 EPS forecast to $8.60 from $8.56, and lifted estimates for Q2 and Q3 2027. MarketAxess analyst estimates
• Negative Sentiment: More notably, Zacks cut its FY2026 EPS estimate to $7.89 from $7.98 and FY2028 to $8.66 from $8.98. It also lowered estimates for several quarters, including Q1–Q3 2028, signaling softer earnings expectations that could pressure the shares. MarketAxess analyst estimates

MarketAxess Company Profile

MarketAxess Holdings Inc operates an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities and related market data services. The company connects institutional investors, broker-dealers and other market participants, enabling them to trade corporate bonds, government bonds, emerging-market debt and other credit products through digital workflows.

Its offerings include electronic request-for-quote trading, all-to-all trading through its Open Trading marketplace, portfolio trading, and tools designed to support pricing, liquidity discovery and trade execution.