MKTX — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of MKTX's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-07 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-07
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +25 | −51 | ~50 | 42 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~5 | 9 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 0 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | −1 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
MarketAxess operates leading electronic trading platforms delivering greater trading efficiency, a diversified pool of liquidity and significant cost savings to approximately 2,100 institutional investor and broker-dealer clients across the global fixed-income and other markets. We have built a diff…
We believe our scale, network effects, and product innovation uniquely position us to capture increased trading volumes as the market continues its transition from voice to electronic trading. At the center of our offerings is Open Trading®, our award winning all-to-all marketplace, which creates a …
We continue to invest in technology innovation. Our next-generation trading platform, MarketAxess X-Pro (“X-Pro”), provides access to multiple trading protocols and workflow tools and integrates our suite of proprietary pre- and post-trade data and analytics tools, powered by our AI-driven pricing e…
We expect that current cash and investment balances, in combination with cash flows that are generated from operations and the ability to borrow under our Credit Agreement, will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs and planned capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months…
the number of markets that are available for our participants to trade on our platforms;
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
MarketAxess operates leading electronic trading platforms delivering greater trading efficiency, a diversified pool of liquidity and significant cost savings to our clients across the global fixed-income markets. Approximately 2,100 institutional investor and broker-dealer firms use our patented tra…
We provide automated and algorithmic trading solutions that we believe help our clients make faster, better-informed decisions on when and how to trade on our platforms. We also provide a number of integrated and actionable data offerings to assist clients with real-time pricing and trading decision…
We operate in a large and growing market that provides us with a significant opportunity for future growth, due, in part, to the relatively low levels of electronic trading in many of our largest current product areas. We offer Open Trading for most of our products in order to capitalize on this add…
In the first nine months of 2025, the market backdrop for the Company showed increases in estimated U.S. credit market volumes, with U.S. high-grade and U.S. high-yield market average daily volume up 9.0% and 21.0%, respectively, compared to the prior year. However, despite an increase in volatility…
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) was enacted into law in the United States. The OBBBA made significant changes to existing U.S. federal and international tax provisions. The most impactful provisions to our business include the immediate expensing of domestic U.S. resear…
Other information
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
Scott Pintoff, the Company’s General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, terminated a trading arrangement intended to satisfy Rule 10b5-1(c) on September 9, 2025 (the “Terminated Pintoff Plan”). The Terminated Pintoff Plan was originally entered into on December 5, 2024 for the sale of up to 2,225 shares…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice