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MarketAxess Holdings Inc MKTX

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$164.79 +0.11 (0.07%)
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MarketAxess To Be Acquired by Intercontinental Exchange; Lowering FVE to $167 Purchase Price

Michael Miller

MarketAxess has announced that it intends to sell itself to Intercontinental Exchange for $167 per share in an all-cash deal. We do not like this deal for the company as we think the firm is likely worth more as a independent company. That said, we admit MarketAxess has been facing meaninful competitive issues and difficult market conditions, causing it to trade at a deep discount to our previous fair value estimate.

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Price
$164.66
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

If MarketAxess' efforts to increase electronic penetration of corporate block trades its market share will improve more than expected.

Bears

MarketAxess’s revenue base is mostly transactional, weakness in corporate bond trading would likely lead to a decline in revenue.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$164.66
Day Range
$164.64–164.82
52-Week Range
$108.52–195.92
Bid/Ask
$164.77 / $164.80
Shares Outstanding
35.20M
Market Cap
$5.80B
Volume/Avg
440,813 / 1M

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
21.33
Price/Sales
6.83
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
1.89%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
1.90%
Dividend Payment Schedule
Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Total Yield
7.84%

Company Profile

Founded in 2000, MarketAxess is a leading electronic fixed-income trading platform that connects broker/dealers and institutional investors. The company is primarily focused on credit based fixed income securities with its main trading products being US investment-grade and high-yield bonds, Eurobonds, and Emerging Market corporate debt. Recently the company has expanded more aggressively into Treasuries and municipal bonds with the acquisitions of LiquidityEdge and MuniBrokers in 2019 and 2021, respectively. The company also provides pre- and post-trade services with its acquisition of Regulatory Reporting Hub from Deutsche Börse Group in 2020 adding to its product offerings.
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Capital Markets
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
868
Website
https://www.marketaxess.com

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MKTX
CME
TW
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 21.3325.9332.17
Price/Book Value
 4.684.143.88
Price/Sales
 6.8315.8311.82
Price/Cash Flow
 13.1125.0321.55
Price/Earnings
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CME
TW

Financial Strength

Metric
MKTX
CME
TW
Quick Ratio
 1.570.024.34
Current Ratio
 1.761.024.44
Interest Coverage
 59.9332.98597.03
Quick Ratio
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Profitability

Metric
MKTX
CME
TW
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 15.69%2.22%10.99%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 26.35%15.49%13.95%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 22.06%14.21%11.63%
Return on Assets
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