MarketAxess (MKTX) Competitors

Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) and MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is AROW or MKTX more profitable?

MarketAxess has a net margin of 33.56% compared to Arrow Financial's net margin of 13.32%. MarketAxess' return on equity of 20.23% beat Arrow Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arrow Financial	13.32%	8.59%	0.76%
MarketAxess	33.56%	20.23%	14.75%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AROW or MKTX?

46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of MarketAxess shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Arrow Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of MarketAxess shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AROW or MKTX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arrow Financial	$139.81M	3.21	$29.71M	$1.77	15.18
MarketAxess	$817.10M	9.91	$274.18M	$7.27	29.56

Which has more risk and volatility, AROW or MKTX?

Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MarketAxess has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AROW or MKTX?

MarketAxess received 222 more outperform votes than Arrow Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.10% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote while only 45.19% of users gave MarketAxess an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arrow Financial	Outperform Votes 116 51.10%	Underperform Votes 111 48.90%
MarketAxess	Outperform Votes 338 45.19%	Underperform Votes 410 54.81%

Do analysts recommend AROW or MKTX?

Arrow Financial presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.41%. MarketAxess has a consensus target price of $254.78, indicating a potential upside of 18.57%. Given MarketAxess' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MarketAxess is more favorable than Arrow Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arrow Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MarketAxess	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Is AROW or MKTX a better dividend stock?

Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Arrow Financial pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MarketAxess pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media prefer AROW or MKTX?

In the previous week, MarketAxess had 11 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for MarketAxess and 3 mentions for Arrow Financial. MarketAxess' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Arrow Financial's score of 1.27 indicating that MarketAxess is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arrow Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MarketAxess	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

MarketAxess beats Arrow Financial on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.