MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

NasdaqGS:MKTX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$8.7b

MarketAxess Holdings Valuation

Is MKTX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MKTX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MKTX ($230.15) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($183.65)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MKTX is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MKTX?

Key metric: As MKTX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MKTX. This is calculated by dividing MKTX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MKTX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio31.1x
EarningsUS$278.67m
Market CapUS$8.68b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MKTX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MKTX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average41.9x
MORN Morningstar
44.7x9.8%US$14.6b
CBOE Cboe Global Markets
25.8x6.7%US$20.1b
FDS FactSet Research Systems
34.1x8.6%US$18.4b
TW Tradeweb Markets
63.1x17.3%US$31.4b
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings
31.1x10.5%US$8.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MKTX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.1x) compared to the peer average (41.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MKTX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

22 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.6xn/aUS$2.26b
CET Central Securities
4.4xn/aUS$1.29b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.2xn/aUS$1.20b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
MKTX 31.1xIndustry Avg. 23.6xNo. of Companies73PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MKTX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.1x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MKTX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MKTX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.1x
Fair PE Ratio17.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MKTX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MKTX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$230.15
US$281.00
+22.1%
12.9%US$330.00US$201.00n/a12
Dec ’25US$258.69
US$286.50
+10.8%
13.8%US$335.00US$187.00n/a12
Nov ’25US$287.40
US$281.92
-1.9%
14.2%US$330.00US$195.00n/a12
Oct ’25US$255.85
US$252.17
-1.4%
15.9%US$310.00US$193.00n/a12
Sep ’25US$242.39
US$245.58
+1.3%
15.6%US$310.00US$193.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$221.22
US$240.42
+8.7%
16.4%US$310.00US$186.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$193.39
US$239.15
+23.7%
16.5%US$310.00US$183.00n/a13
Jun ’25US$198.93
US$240.62
+21.0%
16.3%US$310.00US$183.00n/a13
May ’25US$206.24
US$252.54
+22.4%
14.5%US$310.00US$199.00n/a13
Apr ’25US$216.56
US$261.83
+20.9%
12.4%US$310.00US$210.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$218.14
US$262.25
+20.2%
12.6%US$310.00US$210.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$218.96
US$270.92
+23.7%
14.6%US$335.00US$210.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$292.85
US$258.58
-11.7%
13.2%US$305.00US$203.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$240.17
US$248.58
+3.5%
13.0%US$305.00US$203.00US$258.6912
Nov ’24US$217.24
US$251.17
+15.6%
13.1%US$305.00US$203.00US$287.4012
Oct ’24US$213.64
US$282.91
+32.4%
10.3%US$330.00US$234.00US$255.8511
Sep ’24US$238.84
US$288.82
+20.9%
11.5%US$350.00US$234.00US$242.3911
Aug ’24US$262.60
US$290.09
+10.5%
11.5%US$350.00US$234.00US$221.2211
Jul ’24US$261.42
US$329.73
+26.1%
10.4%US$375.00US$254.00US$193.3911
Jun ’24US$277.33
US$348.30
+25.6%
9.9%US$415.00US$288.00US$198.9310
May ’24US$317.29
US$353.60
+11.4%
10.2%US$415.00US$288.00US$206.2410
Apr ’24US$391.29
US$374.55
-4.3%
17.8%US$545.00US$288.00US$216.5611
Mar ’24US$347.27
US$359.45
+3.5%
18.8%US$545.00US$288.00US$218.1411
Feb ’24US$377.00
US$358.82
-4.8%
18.8%US$545.00US$288.00US$218.9611
Jan ’24US$278.89
US$272.18
-2.4%
12.5%US$355.00US$214.00US$292.8511
Dec ’23US$273.27
US$266.27
-2.6%
13.1%US$355.00US$214.00US$240.1711

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:03
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. is covered by 27 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Jeremy CampbellBarclays
Benjamin BudishBarclays