Company Analysis

Tradeweb Markets Inc. (TW)

Nasdaq: TW · Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade6.1
◀ Past 6.3● Present 5.8▶ Future 6.4

The grade of Tradeweb Markets Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past6.325% of the headline
● Present5.835% of the headline
▶ Future6.440% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Tradeweb Markets Inc.'s filings since 2018 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+17.6% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 8 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tradeweb Markets Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $563 million in fiscal 2017 to $2.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 17.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 7 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 8 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span17.6%top 35% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 31% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.0% a year. 7% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 25 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Tradeweb Markets Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 7% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 25 sales (22 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 42% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 13%: 13¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 12%: owes 12¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Tradeweb Markets Inc. earned about 13 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 12 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 19% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 35% of 13 in its family; net margin 44.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tradeweb Markets Inc.'s standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 44.9% ranks in the top 12%; revenue growth of 20% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.05Btop 50% of its family
  • net margin44.9%top 12% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth20.0%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 23% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Tradeweb Markets Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hult, William (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-01-04, 3.9 years (top 50% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (bottom 7%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 13%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 14 peoplebottom 13% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.9 yearsbottom 7% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.9 yearstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 27% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Tradeweb Markets Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.1 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 25.5% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 54.9% of revenue (top 19%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets25.5%top 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue54.9%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tradeweb Markets Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 20% a year over the last three filed years against 17.6% over all 8, speeding up (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 18.9% (bottom 42%); capital spending grew 20.4% a year (bottom 42%) (its annual reports). Tradeweb Markets Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Transaction Fee Revenue at $1.7 billion (83%), Subscription Fee Revenue at $234 million (11%), Market Data Revenue at $93 million (5%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.4 points a yeartop 19% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.9%bottom 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending20.4%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Tradeweb Markets Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.3% below the $2.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 35% of its family); net income of $922 million against a prior three-year average of $450 million (top 12%); a net margin of 44.9% against 31.5% before (top 19%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.3%bottom 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+105%top 12% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+13.4 pointstop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton TW · research, not advice