Q1 Earnings Estimate for MarketAxess Issued By William Blair

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) – Equities research analysts at William Blair cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of MarketAxess in a report released on Monday, April 14th. William Blair analyst J. Schmitt now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $1.80 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.97. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for MarketAxess’ current full-year earnings is $7.79 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for MarketAxess’ Q2 2025 earnings at $1.96 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.91 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.78 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.45 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.20 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced 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. UBS Group reduced their price target on MarketAxess from $305.00 to $295.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on MarketAxess from $220.00 to $213.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $225.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on shares of MarketAxess from $235.00 to $210.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $252.11.

MarketAxess Trading Down 0.6 %

NASDAQ MKTX opened at $222.73 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $206.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $234.77. MarketAxess has a 52 week low of $186.84 and a 52 week high of $296.68. The stock has a market cap of $8.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 1.12.

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

MarketAxess Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th were given a $0.76 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 19th. This is a boost from MarketAxess’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.74. This represents a $3.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.36%. MarketAxess’s payout ratio is 41.82%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MarketAxess

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of MarketAxess by 179.5% in the 4th quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. now owns 109 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Allianz SE acquired a new position in MarketAxess in the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in MarketAxess by 495.2% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 125 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of MarketAxess by 13,900.0% in the fourth quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 140 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Huntington National Bank lifted its position in shares of MarketAxess by 185.7% during the 4th quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 160 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.01% of the company’s stock.

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.