Marketaxess PE ratio MKTX

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 19.4×
10-year median: 49.3×
Against its 10-year history: 5th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 13.3× to 90.0×
Peer median: 27.2×

Marketaxess' PE ratio is 19.4× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $164.67 against $8.48 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 49.3×, lower than on 95% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 13.3× in Jun 2026 to 90.0× in Jul 2020.

The median for 10 capital markets stocks of a similar size is 27.2×.

PE ratio over time

median 49.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	19.4×	13.3×	30.8×
2025	31.1×	26.2×	40.2×
2024	31.0×	28.5×	42.0×
2023	44.4×	31.3×	58.8×
2022	43.3×	34.9×	56.0×
2021	56.3×	47.8×	78.7×
2020	78.6×	57.5×	90.0×
2019	70.9×	49.4×	85.8×
2018	49.0×	43.3×	57.7×
2017	51.9×	44.6×	61.9×
2016	47.1×	41.4×	60.8×
2015	45.4×	35.0×	47.8×
2014	36.4×	23.1×	36.4×
2013	34.4×	23.5×	36.3×
2012	26.0×	20.8×	27.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Financial - Capital Markets nearest Marketaxess' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
MKTXMarketaxess	19.4×
PIPRPiper Sandler Companies	15.0×
VIRTVirtu Financial	9.3×
MIAXMiami International	39.1×
SFStifel Financial	11.9×
WTWisdomTree	40.8×
FRHCFreedom	67.7×
SEICSEI Investments	18.0×
CRCLCircle Internet	54.0×
LPLALPL Financial	25.2×
TWTradeweb Markets	29.3×
Peer median	27.2×

Where Marketaxess ranks

#9of 16Capital markets stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.