MarketAxess Holdings Inc. to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $2.04 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts (NASDAQ:MKTX)

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for MarketAxess in a report issued on Tuesday, May 21st. Zacks Research analyst D. Chatterjee now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.04 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.03. The consensus estimate for MarketAxess’ current full-year earnings is $7.17 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for MarketAxess’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.91 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of MarketAxess in a research note on Wednesday, April 10th. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $199.00 target price on the stock. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of MarketAxess from $278.00 to $279.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $235.00 to $230.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $263.00 to $225.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 1st. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $250.00 to $237.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $249.73.

MarketAxess Stock Up 1.1 %

NASDAQ:MKTX opened at $216.89 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $212.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is $234.09. MarketAxess has a fifty-two week low of $198.01 and a fifty-two week high of $297.97. The company has a market cap of $8.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.85, a P/E/G ratio of 5.50 and a beta of 0.98.

MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.85 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $210.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $212.99 million. MarketAxess had a net margin of 33.83% and a return on equity of 20.82%. MarketAxess’s revenue was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.96 earnings per share.

MarketAxess Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 22nd will be given a $0.74 dividend. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 21st. MarketAxess’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 43.47%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Swedbank AB bought a new stake in shares of MarketAxess in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $625,000. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new position in MarketAxess during the first quarter valued at approximately $502,000. Heartland Bank & Trust Co bought a new position in MarketAxess during the first quarter valued at approximately $488,000. iA Global Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in MarketAxess during the first quarter valued at approximately $229,000. Finally, LBP AM SA raised its position in shares of MarketAxess by 88.3% in the first quarter. LBP AM SA now owns 3,885 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $852,000 after purchasing an additional 1,822 shares during the period. 99.01% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.