MarketAxess (MKTX) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SEIC or MKTX?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MarketAxess has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SEIC or MKTX?

SEI Investments presently has a consensus target price of $77.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.40%. MarketAxess has a consensus target price of $267.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.24%. Given MarketAxess' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MarketAxess is more favorable than SEI Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MarketAxess	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Is SEIC or MKTX a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. SEI Investments pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MarketAxess pays out 40.1% 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. SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years and MarketAxess has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. SEI Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is SEIC or MKTX more profitable?

MarketAxess has a net margin of 34.32% compared to SEI Investments' net margin of 26.60%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 24.29% beat MarketAxess' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	26.60%	24.29%	21.21%
MarketAxess	34.32%	20.93%	14.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEIC or MKTX?

SEI Investments received 44 more outperform votes than MarketAxess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.98% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 45.60% of users gave MarketAxess an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 381 58.98%	Underperform Votes 265 41.02%
MarketAxess	Outperform Votes 337 45.60%	Underperform Votes 402 54.40%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SEIC or MKTX?

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of MarketAxess shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of MarketAxess shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SEIC or MKTX?

In the previous week, MarketAxess had 12 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for MarketAxess and 10 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat MarketAxess' score of 0.62 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MarketAxess	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SEIC or MKTX?

SEI Investments has higher revenue and earnings than MarketAxess. SEI Investments 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
SEI Investments	$1.92B	5.39	$462.26M	$4.14	19.38
MarketAxess	$752.55M	13.11	$258.05M	$7.38	35.45

Summary

SEI Investments beats MarketAxess on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.