MarketAxess Holdings Inc. to Post Q1 2026 Earnings of $2.25 Per Share, William Blair Forecasts (NASDAQ:MKTX)

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) – Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of MarketAxess in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, October 3rd. William Blair analyst J. Schmitt anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $2.25 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for MarketAxess’ current full-year earnings is $7.06 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for MarketAxess’ Q2 2026 earnings at $2.29 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $2.13 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on MKTX. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $225.00 price objective on shares of MarketAxess in a research report on Tuesday, August 6th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $225.00 to $215.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 10th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of MarketAxess from $310.00 to $325.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. StockNews.com upgraded shares of MarketAxess from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on MarketAxess from $218.00 to $223.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, August 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, MarketAxess has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $240.50.

MarketAxess Stock Performance

NASDAQ:MKTX opened at $273.65 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $245.00 and its 200 day moving average price is $221.38. MarketAxess has a 1-year low of $192.42 and a 1-year high of $297.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 2.91 and a quick ratio of 2.91. The firm has a market cap of $10.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.04 and a beta of 1.08.

MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 6th. The financial services provider reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.68 by $0.04. MarketAxess had a net margin of 33.71% and a return on equity of 20.43%. The business had revenue of $197.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $198.07 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.63 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of MarketAxess during the 1st quarter worth $7,866,000. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its stake in MarketAxess by 174.2% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 6,743 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,478,000 after purchasing an additional 4,284 shares during the last quarter. Pinebridge Investments L.P. raised its stake in MarketAxess by 84.0% in the 4th quarter. Pinebridge Investments L.P. now owns 9,861 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,888,000 after purchasing an additional 4,502 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in MarketAxess by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,526,422 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,325,563,000 after purchasing an additional 34,197 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. grew its stake in MarketAxess by 20.4% in the 4th quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 181,652 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $53,196,000 after acquiring an additional 30,733 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.01% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at MarketAxess

In other news, insider Christophe Pierre Danie Roupie sold 617 shares of MarketAxess stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.63, for a total transaction of $142,915.71. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 7,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,716,146.67. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 2.66% of the company’s stock.

MarketAxess declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, August 6th that allows the company to buyback $250.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the financial services provider to buy up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

MarketAxess Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st were paid a dividend of $0.74 per share. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 21st. This is an increase from MarketAxess’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. MarketAxess’s payout ratio is 43.47%.

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.