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Nasdaq (NDAQ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$72.85 -1.81 (-2.42%)
Closing price 03/10/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$72.50 -0.35 (-0.47%)
As of 03/10/2025 07:58 PM Eastern
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About Nasdaq Stock (NASDAQ:NDAQ)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$71.83
$73.82
50-Day Range
$72.85
$83.76
52-Week Range
$57.96
$84.15
Volume
5.23 million shs
Average Volume
2.87 million shs
Market Capitalization
$41.90 billion
P/E Ratio
37.94
Dividend Yield
1.32%
Price Target
$86.88
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Nasdaq, Inc. operates as a technology company that serves capital markets and other industries worldwide. It operates in three segments: Capital Access Platforms, Financial Technology, and Market Services. The Capital Access Platforms segment sells and distributes historical and real-time market data; and develops and licenses Nasdaq-branded indices and financial products. This segment also offers investor relations intelligence, governance solutions, and ESG solutions; and insights and workflow solutions, as well as operates listing platforms. The Financial Technology segment offers Verafin, a cloud-based platform to detect, investigate, and report money laundering and financial frauds; surveillance solutions, including a SaaS platform to assist in complying with market rules, regulations, and internal market surveillance policies; AxiomSL, a risk data management and regulatory reporting solution; and Calypso, a front-to-back trading technology solution for the financial market. This segment also handles assets, comprising cash equities, equity derivatives, currencies, various interest-bearing securities, commodities, energy products, and digital currencies; and trade management and colocation services. The Market Platforms segment offers equity derivative trading and clearing, cash equity trading, fixed income and commodities trading and clearing, and currency trading services. This segment operates various exchanges and other marketplace facilities across various asset classes which includes derivatives, commodities, cash equity, debt, structured products, and exchange traded products; and provides clearing, settlement, and central depository services. The company was formerly known as The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. and changed its name to Nasdaq, Inc. in September 2015. Nasdaq, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Nasdaq Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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96th Percentile Overall Score

NDAQ MarketRank™: 

Nasdaq scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 74th out of 930 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Nasdaq has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.78, and is based on 14 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Nasdaq has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Nasdaq's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Nasdaq are expected to grow by 13.52% in the coming year, from $3.18 to $3.61 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Nasdaq is 37.94, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.50.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Nasdaq is 37.94, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.97.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Nasdaq has a PEG Ratio of 2.12. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Nasdaq has a P/B Ratio of 3.74. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Nasdaq's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.89% of the float of Nasdaq has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Nasdaq has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Nasdaq has recently increased by 22.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Nasdaq pays a meaningful dividend of 1.26%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Nasdaq has been increasing its dividend for 13 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Nasdaq is 50.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Nasdaq will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.59% next year. This indicates that Nasdaq will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Nasdaq's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.89% of the float of Nasdaq has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Nasdaq has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Nasdaq has recently increased by 22.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Nasdaq has a news sentiment score of 1.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.85 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 28 news articles for Nasdaq this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 18 people have searched for NDAQ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 9 people have added Nasdaq to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -31% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Nasdaq insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $285,460.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.70% of the stock of Nasdaq is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    72.47% of the stock of Nasdaq is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Nasdaq's insider trading history.
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NDAQ Stock News Headlines

Nasdaq targeting 2026 launch of 24-hour trading
$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move
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Nasdaq Reports February 2025 Volumes
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NDAQ Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Nasdaq's stock was trading at $77.31 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, NDAQ stock has decreased by 5.8% and is now trading at $72.85.
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Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.02. Nasdaq had a net margin of 15.10% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.82%.
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Nasdaq shares split before market open on Monday, August 29th 2022. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, July 20th 2022. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, August 26th 2022. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Nasdaq's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.15%), Wellington Management Group LLP (6.08%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.38%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.92%). Insiders that own company stock include Dubai Ltd Borse, Seller Lp Argus, Adena T Friedman, Pc Nelson Griggs, Steven D Black, Bradley J Peterson, Jeremy Skule, Ann M Dennison, Bryan Everard Smith, Johan Torgeby, Michelle Lynn Daly, Jeffery W Yabuki, Roland Chai, Michael R Splinter and Lauren B Dillard.
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Shares of NDAQ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Nasdaq investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Enovix (ENVX), Rambus (RMBS), Saia (SAIA), Meta Platforms (META), Globant (GLOB) and COMPASS Pathways (CMPS).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 12/20 Dividend
12/06/2024
Dividend Payable
12/20/2024
Last Earnings
1/29/2025
Today
3/10/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/28 Dividend
3/14/2025
Dividend Payable
3/28/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/24/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services
Sub-Industry
Specialized Finance
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:NDAQ
Employees
8,525
Year Founded
1971

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$86.88
High Stock Price Target
$98.00
Low Stock Price Target
$64.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+19.3%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.78
Research Coverage
18 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
37.94
Forward P/E Ratio
22.91
P/E Growth
2.12
Net Income
$1.12 billion
Pretax Margin
19.58%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$7.40 billion
Cash Flow
$3.45 per share
Price / Cash Flow
21.14
Book Value
$19.49 per share
Price / Book
3.74

Miscellaneous

Free Float
570,735,000
Market Cap
$41.90 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.96

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This page (NASDAQ:NDAQ) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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