MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. (MKTX)
NEUTRALFundamental
65
Price
$162.48
Market Cap
$5.71B
Part 1 · What the company is worth
Overview
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.
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Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Revenue
$870M
Trailing 12 months (through 6/30/2026)
Net Income
$306M
Trailing 12 months (through 6/30/2026)
Free Cash Flow
$374M
Total Equity
$1.15B
Total Liabilities
$777M
Current Ratio
2.19
Interest Coverage
59.88
Debt/EBITDA
0.43
Earnings Per Share
Revenue & Net Income
Free Cash Flow
Income Breakdown
Historical statement
Margins over time
Debt over time
How heavy the debt is
Growth grid
Growth — Revenue
Fair Value Estimation
Fair Value
$149.76
Current Price
$162.48
Margin of Safety
-8.5%
Fair Value Range
$115.95 - $183.58
Estimation Methods
Valuation Metrics
P/E Ratio
19.20
ROE
21.5%
P/B Ratio
4.61
P/FCF
29.43
Gross Margin
-
ROIC
-
Profitability Radar
Value Creation (Economic Moat)
ROIC
-
WACC
8.6%
ROIC − WACC
-
Fundamental Analysis Criteria
Passed (14)
- EPS shows upward trend
- EPS CAGR 18.83%
- P/FCF 29.43
- Debt/Equity ratio
- Operating Margin 40.5%
- Positive Free Cash Flow
- CapEx intensity
- Interest Coverage
- Debt/EBITDA
- Return on Tangible Assets
- ROE 24.7%
- Earnings Surprise avg 15.3%
- Share Dilution -1.4%
- Net Margin Trend 35.2% vs 26.6%
Failed (9)
- Price CAGR 0.99%
- P/B Ratio 4.61
- Low reliance on intangibles
- Price below Graham Number
- DCF valuation (Overvalued)
- Revenue Growth 5Y 4.2%
- Analyst Consensus 44% Buy
- Earnings Quality (OCF/NI) 0.65
- Piotroski F-Score 4/9
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- Current Ratio
- PEG Ratio (need PE > 0 and growth > 0)
Piotroski F-Score
Mixed signals: some areas need attention
Earnings Quality
Moderate: some gap between profits and cash
Share Dilution
Buying back shares. Shareholder friendly
Governance
Executive Team
| Name | Title | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Christopher Robert Concannon J.D. | CEO & Director | 58 |
| Ms. Ilene J. Fiszel Bieler | Chief Financial Officer | 56 |
| Mr. Dean Berry | Group COO & CEO of Europe, the Middle East & Africa, and Asia-Pacific | 52 |
| Mr. Kevin M. McPherson | Chief Revenue Officer | 54 |
| Mr. Nitin A. Mirwani | Chief Accounting Officer | 45 |
| Mr. William Quan | Chief Technology Officer | 42 |
| Mr. Stephen C. Davidson | Head of Investor Relations | - |
| Mr. Scott Pintoff J.D. | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | 54 |
| Ms. Julie Sheffet | Chief Human Resources Officer | - |
| Mr. James Nevil Blair Rucker | Global Head of Operations Services | 69 |
Audit Risk
1
Board Risk
1
Compensation Risk
2
Shareholder Rights Risk
1
Part 2 · The price and when to enter
This part won't tell you whether the company is worth owning: it helps you choose when to buy it, once the fundamentals have convinced you. Inside: technical analysis, potential, historical drawdowns, gamma exposure.
Latest News
Recent headlines for MKTX, sourced from Markets Gazette.
- 3/4/2026POSITIVEVan Den Berg Boosts MarketAxess Stake as Electronic Platforms Compete for Credit Trading Flow
Van Den Berg Management has increased its stake in MarketAxess Holdings Inc., a key player in electronic trading platforms for corporate bonds. This increased position by a significant institutional investor signals confidence in MarketAxess's business model within a rapidly evolving sector. As more credit trading moves online and competition among trading venues intensifies, MarketAxess's ability to anchor institutional bond market liquidity is crucial. This move could indicate a positive outlook on the platform's future.
via Markets Gazette