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MarketAxess Holdings Inc(MKTX)

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QUALITY SIGNAL RECENCY
1-STAR RATING
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BUY for 36 days
PROFIT SINCE LAST BUY
+1.2%
LAST CLOSE
$163.43
09/22/2026
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Upturn Advisory & Investor View for MKTX

09/22/2026: MKTX (1-star) has a low Upturn Star Rating. Not recommended to BUY.

How to Read the Upturn Advisory

The Upturn Star Rating and the current BUY, SELL, or PASS advisory are generated by Upturn’s AI advisory engine based on proprietary signal analysis, price behavior, advisory history, and historical signal performance.

Company fundamentals, valuation, risks, and news provide supporting context about the business.

Price Behavior

Downtrend
PRICE PATH

Downtrend

The stock has experienced a sustained decline in price over recent periods.

Moderately Choppy
PRICE STABILITY

Moderately Choppy

The stock has experienced noticeable price swings while retaining some directional structure.

Analysis of Past Performance

Type Stock
Historic Profit 13.07%
Avg. Invested days 37
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Upturn Scorecard

Upturn Star Rating

MKTX receives a 4-star rating, supported by strong unit economics, and solid company fundamentals. The rating is constrained by weak price momentum, and limited analyst upside.

Company Fundamentals

MKTX has solid overall fundamentals (4 stars), with solid financial health, moderate growth momentum, and solid ownership. In FY2025 versus FY2024, strong cash generation (FCF margin 44.0%) and strong profitability (net margin 29.0%) are partially offset by negative earnings growth (-10.0%), moderate revenue growth (+3.8%), very low insider ownership of 0.93%.

Financial Health Rating

MKTX's financial health is supported by strong liquidity, including working-capital and asset support (WC/assets 41.0%). Cash strength is solid (4 stars), which helps explain the 4-star overall score.

Growth Momentum Score

Free-cash-flow growth is MKTX's strongest growth driver at +13.8% FY2025 versus FY2024 (solid, 4 stars). By comparison, while earnings growth (-10.0%, negative) holds the profile back, so recent growth is not broad-based across the business.

Ownership

Institutional ownership is 114.1% and approximately 84.2% of outstanding shares are publicly tradable, supporting liquidity and institutional participation. Insider ownership is only 0.93%, which materially reduces the ownership score.

Top 5 Institutional Investors

BlackRock Inc 11.58%
PRIMECAP Management Company 9.96%
AQR Capital Management LLC 7.63%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC 6.15%
North Reef Capital Management LP 5.33%

Unit Economics (Per $1K Revenue)

MKTX generates approximately $699 of gross profit, $412 of operating income, and $440 of free cash flow for every $1,000 of revenue. Based on FY2025 results. Strong margins, cash conversion, and capital efficiency support the rating.

Economic Dimensions

Effective Tax Rate: 32.72%

Quantitative Style Profile

MKTX has a high-quality, liquid profile. Weak momentum is the primary drawback, while valuation that is moderately attractive rather than deeply discounted.

Style Classification

Quality Focused

Quality TiltSmall / Mid Cap RiskShort Squeeze RiskHighly Liquid / Institution-Friendly

Key Highlights

Company Size Mid-Cap Stock
Market Capitalization 5.75B USD
Price to earnings Ratio 19.32
1Y Target Price 158
Price to earnings Ratio 19.32
1Y Target Price 158
Volume (30-day avg) 1.0M shares
Beta 0.82
52 Weeks Range 108.23 - 193.96
Updated Date 09/22/2026
52 Weeks Range 108.23 - 193.96
Updated Date 09/22/2026
Dividends yield (FY) 1.88%
Basic EPS (TTM) 8.46

Analyzing Revenue: Products, Geography and Growth

Revenue by Products

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Revenue by Geography

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Valuation

Trailing PE 19.32
Forward PE 18.52
Enterprise Value 5.69B
Price to Sales(TTM) 6.61
Enterprise Value 5.69B
Price to Sales(TTM) 6.61
Enterprise Value to Revenue 6.53
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.39
Shares Outstanding 35.20M
Shares Floating 29.62M
Shares Outstanding 35.20M
Shares Floating 29.62M
Percent Insiders 0.93
Percent Institutions 114.09

Financial Metrics

🧭 Investment Snapshot

Total Revenue (Scale)

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Net Income (Profit)

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Free Cash Flow (Cash Strength)

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📈 Growth & Strength

Operating Income (Core Profit)

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EBITDA (Cash Earnings)

Information icon Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, indicating operating cash potential. It is needed to compare operating performance across companies without accounting or financing differences.

Gross Profit (Unit Profitability)

Information icon Revenue minus cost of revenue, showing profit after direct production costs. It is needed to evaluate core business profitability before overhead expenses.

🛡️ Financial Safety

Cash (Liquidity Buffer)

Information icon Total cash and cash equivalents on hand. It is needed to evaluate immediate liquidity and financial flexibility.

Total Debt (Leverage Risk)

Information icon Total debt including both short-term and long-term components. It is needed to assess the company’s leverage and financial risk.

Net Working Capital (Short-Term Health)

Information icon Current assets minus current liabilities, indicating short-term liquidity strength. It is needed to assess whether the company can meet its short-term obligations.

🧱 Balance Sheet Strength

Stockholder Equity (Net Worth)

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Total Assets (Asset Base)

Information icon The full value of everything the company owns, including cash, inventory, equipment, and investments. It is needed to understand the resource base used to generate revenue.

Income Before Tax (Pre-Tax Earnings)

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⚙️ Cost & Drag Factors

Cost of Revenue (Production Cost)

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Total Operating Expenses (Operating Cost)

Information icon Indirect costs of running the business such as salaries, marketing, and administration. It is needed to understand how much it costs to sustain ongoing business operations.

Income Tax Expense (Tax Drag)

Information icon Amount of taxes paid or payable to the government. It is needed to evaluate the impact of taxation on overall profitability.

About MarketAxess Holdings Inc

Exchange NASDAQ
Headquarters New York, NY, United States
IPO Launch date 2004-11-05
CEO & Director Mr. Christopher Robert Concannon J.D.
Sector Financial Services
Industry Capital Markets
Full time employees 863
Full time employees 863

MarketAxess Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform for institutional investor and broker-dealer firms in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers trading technology to access liquidity on its platforms in U.S. high-grade bonds, U.S. high-yield bonds, emerging market debt, eurobonds, municipal bonds, U.S. government bonds, and other fixed-income securities; and executes bond trades between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in an all-to-all anonymous trading environment for corporate bonds through its Open Trading protocols. It also provides automated and algorithmic trading solutions, such as X-Pro, a trading platform to combine trading protocols with its proprietary data and pre-trade analytics; and integrated and actionable data offerings, including CP+ and Axess All, a real-time pricing engine, including Auto-X and portfolio trading. In addition, the company offers various pre-and post-trade services, such as processing, trade matching, trade publication, regulatory transaction reporting, and market and reference data across a range of fixed-income and other products. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.