MarketAxess Holdings Inc.·Financial Services

Investors interested in stocks from the Financial - Investment Bank sector have probably already heard of The Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) and MarketAxess (MKTX). But which of these two stocks presents investors with the better value opportunity right now?

MarketAxess tops Q1 estimates as commission revenues and trading volumes surge across high-grade, EM and Eurobonds markets.

MarketAxess NASDAQ: MKTX reported record first-quarter 2026 results, driven by higher trading activity, continued growth in international products, and expanding adoption of newer trading protocols and automation tools.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for MarketAxess (MKTX) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

MarketAxess (MKTX) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.25 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.15 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.87 per share a year ago.
MarketAxess Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform for institutional investor and broker-dealer companies worldwide. It offers the access to liquidity in the U.S. investment-grade bonds, U.S. high-yield bonds, and U.S. Treasuries, as well as municipal bonds, emerging market debts, Eurobonds, and other fixed income securities. The company, through its Open Trading protocols, executes bond trades between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in an all-to-all anonymous trading environment for corporate bonds. It also offers trading-related products and services, including composite+ pricing and other market data products to assist clients with trading decisions; auto-execution and other execution services for clients requiring specialized workflow solutions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; and technology services to optimize trading environments. In addition, the company provides various pre-and post-trade services, such as trade matching, trade publication, regulatory transaction reporting, and market and reference data across a range of fixed-income and other products. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Financial Services
Financial - Capital Markets
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2004-11-05
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