MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. (MKTX) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup · Temp Headwind edge
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Wait — supporting gate not met yet. Price is at or below entry $139.80 but weak momentum; below 200-day MA (death cross) still blocks BUY_NOW. Key risks: Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.6%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
MarketAxess operates leading electronic fixed-income trading platforms serving approximately 2,100 institutional investor and broker-dealer clients across roughly 90 countries. In 2025, 86.8% of revenues came from commissions; U.S. high-grade corporate bonds represent ~37.8% of... Read more
Wait — supporting gate not met yet. Price is at or below entry $139.80 but weak momentum; below 200-day MA (death cross) still blocks BUY_NOW. Key risks: Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.6%/30d (confirmed downtrend). Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 27, MACD bearish. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
Latest news
- MarketAxess Holdings Solicits Proxies from Shareholders - marketscreener.com — marketscreener.com neutral
- John Chevedden Submits Shareholder Proposal to MarketAxess Holdings - marketscreener.com — marketscreener.com neutral
- MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) Reaches New 1-Year Low - What's Next? - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. Lowers Stake in MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $MKTX - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- MarketAxess Announces Trading Volume Statistics for April 2026 - Business Wire — Business Wire neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMProductU.S. high-grade corporate bonds38%10-K Item 1A: 'We currently derive approximately 37.8% of our revenues from secondary trading in U.S. high-grade corporate bonds.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-17Item 5.02LOWBoard committee assignments for directors Douglas Cifu (Compensation/Talent and Finance Committees) and Kenneth Schiciano (Audit Committee) effective May 1, 2026. Amendment to Jan 26, 2026 8-K election announcement.SEC filing →
- 2026-02-17Item 5.02MEDIUMNaineshkumar Panchal (CIO) service ending April 1, 2026. New Chief Technology Officer identified via comprehensive search but identity not yet disclosed; to be announced in a press release. No successor named in this filing.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Wait — supporting gate not met yet. Price is at or below entry $139.80 but weak momentum; below 200-day MA (death cross) still blocks BUY_NOW. Key risks: Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.6%/30d (confirmed downtrend). Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 27, MACD bearish. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. Target $163.64 (+18.1%), stop $129.98 (−6.6%), Setup A.R:R 3.2:1. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $163.64 (+22.6% upside). Target $163.64 (+18.1%), stop $129.98 (−6.6%), Setup A.R:R 3.2:1. Stop-loss: $129.98.
Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.6%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. trades at a P/E of 16.8 (forward 15.8). TrendMatrix value score: 6.9/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
19 analysts cover MKTX with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $188.
What does MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. do?MarketAxess operates leading electronic fixed-income trading platforms serving approximately 2,100 institutional...
MarketAxess operates leading electronic fixed-income trading platforms serving approximately 2,100 institutional investor and broker-dealer clients across roughly 90 countries. In 2025, 86.8% of revenues came from commissions; U.S. high-grade corporate bonds represent ~37.8% of revenues alone. International revenues grew to 32.8% of total in 2025.