Benzinga | Jan 25, 2022 10:10AM EST

MarketAxess Holdings's Earnings Outlook

MarketAxess Holdings (NASDAQ:MKTX) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2022-01-26. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that MarketAxess Holdings will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.43.

MarketAxess Holdings bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.06, which was followed by a 1.24% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at MarketAxess Holdings's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020EPS Estimate 1.46 1.75 2.12 1.83EPS Actual 1.52 1.77 2.11 1.91Price Change % 1.24% 1.88% 0.91% 0.4%

Stock Performance

Shares of MarketAxess Holdings were trading at $365.22 as of January 24. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 33.44%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely upset going into this earnings release.

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