MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

MKTX Financial Capital Markets

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $846.3 million, up 3.57% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 1.05% and free cash flow fell 83.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for ten.

164.64 0.10 +0.06%
Market cap
$5.8B
P/E
19.4×
Fwd P/E
14.6×
Dividend yield
1.88%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 1.18
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Insider Ownership 0.78%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,790.00
Revenue 870.03
Net Income 307.10
Free Cash Flow 142.59
Net Debt (350.34)
Current Ratio 1.85
Debt/Equity 0.09
P/E ratio 19.37
Fwd P/E 14.60
P/S ratio 6.66
P/B ratio 4.68
Past 5Y EPS Growth (3.29%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 7.43%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.00%
Next Y revenue growth 5.90%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.12%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 4.57%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 4.61%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 6.08%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.37
Annual Dividend Rate 3.10
Annual Dividend Yield 1.88%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.12
0.78
0.78
0.78
2025 3.04
0.76
0.76
0.76
0.76
2024 2.96
0.74
0.74
0.74
0.74
2023 2.88
0.72
0.72
0.72
0.72
2022 2.80
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
2021 2.64
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.66
2020 2.40
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
2019 2.04
0.51
0.51
0.51
0.51
2018 1.68
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.42
2017 1.32
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
2016 1.04
0.26
0.26
0.26
0.26
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 631 757 739 466
Receivables 778 450 590 1,362
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
1,494 1,289 1,376 1,828
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 574 256 369 906
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
642 328 492 990

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 10.81% 4.19% 5.62%
Cash Flow 11.87% (1.13%) 9.73%
Earnings 9.89% (3.80%) (0.48%)
Book Value 11.36% 3.71% 1.95%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 233 218 — — —
’25 209 219 209 209 846
’24 210 198 207 202 817
’23 203 180 172 197 753
’22 186 182 172 178 718
’21 195 176 162 165 699
’20 169 185 164 171 689
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (75) 27 — — —
’25 30 104 90 159 382
’24 (5) 119 95 176 385
’23 8 105 79 142 334
’22 (24) 94 85 134 289
’21 (23) 97 63 146 282
’20 120 105 (48) 228 404
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (93) 15 — — —
’25 13 91 77 143 324
’24 (20) 101 83 165 329
’23 (3) 93 63 128 281
’22 (35) 83 73 116 237
’21 (35) 83 50 134 231
’20 109 94 (60) 216 359
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.20 1.93 — — —
’25 0.40 1.91 1.84 2.51 6.64
’24 1.92 1.72 1.90 1.73 7.28
’23 1.96 1.59 1.46 1.84 6.85
’22 1.71 1.78 1.58 1.58 6.65
’21 2.11 1.77 1.52 1.37 6.77
’20 1.96 2.20 1.78 1.91 7.85
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 98.00 147.79 172.09 206.79 275.50 341.50 217.44 200.01 192.42 156.17

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 178.21 211.06 231.33 421.45 606.45 589.25 412.79 399.78 296.68 232.84
People
People Employees 383 429 454 527 606 676 744 881 891 868
Revenue/emp, $m 0.96 0.92 0.96 0.97 1.14 1.03 0.97 0.85 0.92 0.97
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 368 393 436 511 689 699 718 753 817 846
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 192 202 218 257 374 334 338 333 361 367
EBT margin, % 52.10 51.29 50.07 50.34 54.32 47.77 47.10 44.21 44.13 43.37
Net income 126 148 173 205 299 258 250 258 274 247
Depreciation 18 19 23 33 43 60 67 76 80 84
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 9.98 10.67 11.79 13.79 18.45 18.63 19.17 20.04 21.73 22.84
Earnings 3.42 4.02 4.68 5.53 8.01 6.88 6.68 6.87 7.29 6.66
Cash flow 2.44 4.56 6.06 7.17 10.83 7.52 7.72 8.89 10.25 10.31
Capex (0.50) (0.69) (1.29) (0.94) (1.22) (1.35) (1.38) (1.40) (1.50) (1.57)
Free cash flow 1.93 3.87 4.77 6.24 9.61 6.17 6.34 7.49 8.74 8.75
Book value 12.70 13.96 16.45 20.77 25.56 27.76 28.85 34.44 36.93 30.92
Shares, m 37 37 37 37 37 38 37 38 38 37
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 43.78 50.65 45.15 68.56 71.14 59.86 42.71 41.64 31.05 27.17
P/S 15.05 19.08 17.93 27.49 30.93 22.07 14.86 14.29 10.40 7.94
P/B 11.82 14.58 12.85 18.26 22.32 14.81 9.87 8.32 6.12 5.86
EV/Sales 14.06 18.05 16.81 26.71 30.29 21.35 14.19 13.56 9.49 7.32
EV/FCF 72.58 49.83 41.53 59.06 58.16 64.46 42.94 36.28 23.58 19.12
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 90 168 224 266 404 282 289 334 385 382
Capex (19) (26) (48) (35) (46) (51) (52) (52) (57) (58)
Free cash flow 71 142 176 231 359 231 237 281 329 324
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 365 411 479 507 645 692 745 851 961 885
Total debt — — — 98 94 88 83 — — 220
Net debt (363) (407) (486) (403) (539) (505) (482) (631) (757) (519)
Shareholders’ equity 468 515 608 770 955 1,041 1,081 1,293 1,389 1,146
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 26.09 26.70 27.08 24.83 26.19 18.02 15.95 14.25 14.41 13.24
ROIC 112.69 115.27 109.40 42.67 56.29 39.30 34.13 29.75 33.72 34.10
ROE 29.39 30.14 30.79 29.74 34.71 25.84 23.58 21.74 20.45 19.46
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. vs peers in Capital Markets (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
SNEX StoneX Group Inc. $7.2B 12.8× 18.8× +15.40% (above 0%: growing) +86.64% (above 0%: growing) −183.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 3.06% 1.67% Compare
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WULF TeraWulf Inc. $6.3B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −6.02% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −695.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 72.30% (313.74%) Compare
FIGR Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. $6.2B 17.7× 30.4× +112.66% (above 0%: growing) −9.34% (below 0%: shrinking) −119.20% (below 0%: shrinking) 87.18% 34.46% Compare
RIOT Riot Platforms, Inc. $5.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +13.89% (above 0%: growing) n/m +49.16% (above 0%: growing) 23.67% (137.42%) Compare
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $5.8B 19.4× 14.6× −0.48% (below 0%: shrinking) +1.05% (above 0%: growing) −83.73% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 41.15%
BGC BGC Group, Inc. $5.4B 28.3× 7.4× +7.85% (above 0%: growing) +36.36% (above 0%: growing) +164.18% (above 0%: growing) 97.58% 12.38% Compare
MRX Marex Group PLC $5.2B 16.7× 11.3× +76.97% (above 0%: growing) +94.87% (above 0%: growing) +54.74% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 21.10% Compare
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies $4.6B 14.2× 16.3× +24.88% (above 0%: growing) +58.10% (above 0%: growing) +58.77% (above 0%: growing) 98.91% 20.27% Compare
Median of peers $6.0B 16.7× 16.3× +14.65% +58.10% +51.95% 79.74% 7.02%

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MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $246.9 million, or $6.66 per share (basic), a net margin of 29.1%.
  • Strength: MarketAxess Holdings Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $846.3 million, up 3.57% from fiscal 2024.
  • MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX) is a Capital Markets company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, MKTX traded at $164.64, a market capitalization of $5.8 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 19.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 6.7× sales; its P/E is higher than 5% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • MarketAxess Holdings Inc. pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share, a yield of 1.88%, with a payout ratio of 36.6%.
  • Return on equity was 19.5% and debt-to-equity 0.09.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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