Head-To-Head Survey: Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) and MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX)

Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) and MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Webull and MarketAxess”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Webull	$571.00 million	4.97	$24.77 million	$0.08	65.56
MarketAxess	$846.27 million	6.88	$246.63 million	$8.17	20.24

MarketAxess has higher revenue and earnings than Webull. MarketAxess is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Webull, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Webull and MarketAxess, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Webull	1	1	3	0	2.40
MarketAxess	0	12	1	0	2.08

Webull presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 90.66%. MarketAxess has a consensus target price of $159.44, suggesting a potential downside of 3.60%. Given Webull’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Webull is more favorable than MarketAxess.

Volatility and Risk

Webull has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MarketAxess has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.5% of Webull shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of MarketAxess shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.0% of Webull shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MarketAxess shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Webull and MarketAxess’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Webull	6.26%	5.95%	1.60%
MarketAxess	33.51%	23.15%	12.43%

Summary

MarketAxess beats Webull on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Webull

Webull Corp. engages in the provision of financial services. It offers trading, wealth management product distribution, market data and information, user community, and investor education. The company was founded by An Quan Wang in 2016 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

About MarketAxess

MarketAxess Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform for institutional investor and broker-dealer companies worldwide. The company offers trading technology that provides liquidity access in U.S. high-grade bonds, U.S. high-yield bonds, emerging market debt, eurobonds, municipal bonds, U.S. government bonds, and other fixed-income securities; and executes bond trades between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in an all-to-all anonymous trading environment for corporate bonds through its Open Trading protocols. It also provides 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 offers 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.