MarketAxess (MKTX) Competitors

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

Is MKTX or AROW a better dividend stock?

MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. MarketAxess pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arrow Financial pays out 63.3% 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MKTX or AROW?

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
MarketAxess	$817.10M	8.76	$274.18M	$7.27	26.11
Arrow Financial	$223.07M	2.00	$29.71M	$1.77	15.05

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MKTX or AROW?

99.0% of MarketAxess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of MarketAxess shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Arrow Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MKTX or AROW?

In the previous week, MarketAxess had 6 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MarketAxess and 2 mentions for Arrow Financial. MarketAxess' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Arrow Financial's score of 0.52 indicating that MarketAxess is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MarketAxess	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arrow Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MKTX or AROW?

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

Do analysts prefer MKTX or AROW?

MarketAxess presently has a consensus target price of $254.78, suggesting a potential upside of 34.23%. Arrow Financial has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.37%. Given MarketAxess' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MarketAxess is more favorable than Arrow Financial.

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

Is MKTX or AROW 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
MarketAxess	33.56%	20.23%	14.75%
Arrow Financial	13.32%	8.59%	0.76%

Which has more volatility and risk, MKTX or AROW?

MarketAxess has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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