Zacks Research Has Weak Forecast for MarketAxess Q4 Earnings

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) – Zacks Research dropped their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of MarketAxess in a report released on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $2.00 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.01. The consensus estimate for MarketAxess’ current full-year earnings is $7.82 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 posted 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 net margin of 33.56% and a return on equity of 20.23%.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on MKTX. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $256.00 to $225.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $258.00 to $264.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $251.00 to $225.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $265.00 to $240.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $235.00 to $210.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, MarketAxess presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $254.78.

MarketAxess Trading Down 0.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ:MKTX opened at $189.81 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $217.17 and a 200-day moving average of $244.93. The firm has a market cap of $7.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.11, a P/E/G ratio of 3.91 and a beta of 1.02. MarketAxess has a twelve month low of $188.57 and a twelve month high of $296.68.

Institutional Trading of MarketAxess

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of MKTX. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in MarketAxess by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,434,946 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,002,475,000 after purchasing an additional 90,805 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its position in MarketAxess by 17.4% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,300,536 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $520,013,000 after purchasing an additional 341,493 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its position in MarketAxess by 11.4% in the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,298,409 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $519,533,000 after purchasing an additional 236,118 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its position in MarketAxess by 13.4% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,000,736 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $452,246,000 after purchasing an additional 236,497 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Primecap Management Co. CA grew its position in MarketAxess by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 1,369,102 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $309,472,000 after purchasing an additional 30,180 shares during the last quarter. 99.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at MarketAxess

In related news, General Counsel Scott Pintoff sold 300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $240.57, for a total transaction of $72,171.00. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel now directly owns 8,302 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,997,212.14. This represents a 3.49 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 2.66% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

MarketAxess Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.76 per share. This is a positive change from MarketAxess’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.74. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 19th. This represents a $3.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.60%. MarketAxess’s dividend payout ratio is 41.82%.

About MarketAxess

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.