Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes for MarketAxess (MKTX)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for MarketAxess (NASDAQ: MKTX):

• 8/11/2026 – MarketAxess had its “market perform” rating reaffirmed by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. They now have a $167.00 price target on the stock, up from $150.00.
• 8/10/2026 – MarketAxess had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $132.00 to $167.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 8/10/2026 – MarketAxess was downgraded by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from “moderate buy” to “hold”.
• 8/3/2026 – MarketAxess had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 8/1/2026 – MarketAxess was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 7/31/2026 – MarketAxess was downgraded by UBS Group AG from “buy” to “neutral”. They now have a $167.00 price target on the stock, down from $200.00.
• 7/30/2026 – MarketAxess was downgraded by William Blair from “outperform” to “market perform”.
• 7/15/2026 – MarketAxess had its price target lowered by Piper Sandler from $175.00 to $128.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/10/2026 – MarketAxess had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $195.00 to $129.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 7/9/2026 – MarketAxess had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $170.00 to $132.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 7/8/2026 – MarketAxess had its price target lowered by UBS Group AG from $215.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/8/2026 – MarketAxess had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Benchmark Co..
• 6/30/2026 – MarketAxess had its price target lowered by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $168.00 to $130.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.

MarketAxess Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be given a $0.78 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 19th. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. MarketAxess’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 36.79%.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc operates a leading global electronic trading platform specializing in fixed-income securities and related products. The company’s network enables institutional investors and broker-dealers to trade corporate bonds, municipal securities, emerging markets debt, U.S. Treasuries and credit default swaps in an automated, multi-dealer environment. MarketAxess also offers portfolio trading, data analytics, best-execution tools and post-trade services to streamline workflows and enhance price discovery across its marketplace.

In addition to core voice-like trading protocols, MarketAxess provides Open Trading®, an anonymous, all-to-all trading protocol designed to improve liquidity and transaction efficiency.