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How MarketAxess’ US$400 Million Buyback Plan Will Impact MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX) Investors

Simply Wall St · 2d ago
  • In December 2025, MarketAxess Holdings Inc. announced a new share repurchase program authorizing the buyback of up to US$400 million of its stock, signaling a major capital allocation move by the electronic bond-trading platform.
  • This buyback plan highlights management’s confidence in the company’s long-term cash generation and may amplify the impact of any future earnings growth on each remaining share.
  • Next, we’ll assess how MarketAxess’s US$400 million buyback authorization could reshape its investment narrative around growth, margins, and capital returns.

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MarketAxess Holdings Investment Narrative Recap

To own MarketAxess, you need to believe electronic bond trading keeps gaining share and the platform can defend pricing power despite rising competition and fee pressure. The new US$400 million buyback does not meaningfully alter the key near term catalyst, which is whether MarketAxess can stabilize US high grade share and fee per million, nor does it reduce the biggest risk around ongoing market share erosion in block trading.

The most immediately relevant backdrop is the board’s decision in November 2025 to maintain the quarterly dividend at US$0.76 per share. Together with the fresh repurchase authorization, this reinforces MarketAxess’s profile as a capital return story at a time when investors are watching closely how volume trends, product mix shifts toward lower margin protocols, and competitive intensity feed through to margins and earnings.

Yet while capital returns may support the share price, investors should still be aware of the concentration risk around US high grade bonds and...

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MarketAxess Holdings’ narrative projects $1.1 billion revenue and $370.5 million earnings by 2028.

Uncover how MarketAxess Holdings' forecasts yield a $200.20 fair value, a 10% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

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Five members of the Simply Wall St Community value MarketAxess between US$150 and US$206.63, underlining how far apart individual views can be. You can weigh these against the central risk that fee compression and market share losses in US high grade trading could constrain both revenue growth and margins over time.

Explore 5 other fair value estimates on MarketAxess Holdings - why the stock might be worth 17% less than the current price!

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