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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
COST Costco Wholesale	$943.32 -0.2%	$966.42	$867.16 ▼ $1,078.23	$418.34B	0.97	2.24 million shs	1.61 million shs
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$177.10 +0.9%	$165.99	$140.68 ▼ $181.16	$426.69B	0.4	8.30 million shs	6.94 million shs
NDAQ Nasdaq	$94.74 -0.5%	$92.48	$64.84 ▼ $97.63	$54.36B	1.02	2.54 million shs	1.74 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
COST Costco Wholesale	0.00%	-1.59%	+0.39%	-10.06%	+6.22%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	0.00%	-1.12%	+7.49%	+14.27%	+8.04%
NDAQ Nasdaq	0.00%	-0.01%	-1.54%	+13.73%	+33.53%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
COST Costco Wholesale	4.2515 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	3.3	1.5	2.8	2.5	1.9
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	4.7792 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	4.2	3.9	3.0	1.7	1.9
NDAQ Nasdaq	4.9292 of 5 stars	2.4	5.0	4.2	3.4	3.6	2.5	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
COST Costco Wholesale	2.63	Moderate Buy	$1,050.00	11.31% Upside
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	2.65	Moderate Buy	$176.29	-0.46% Downside
NDAQ Nasdaq	2.82	Moderate Buy	$97.06	2.45% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest COST, JNJ, and NDAQ Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/27/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$1,100.00
8/21/2025	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$185.00 ➝ $200.00
8/7/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$1,115.00 ➝ $1,160.00
8/5/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
8/4/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$1,100.00
8/4/2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$97.00 ➝ $104.00
7/31/2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral
7/25/2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy
7/25/2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$95.00 ➝ $108.00
7/25/2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$101.00 ➝ $109.00
7/25/2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$103.00 ➝ $104.00

(Data available from 8/31/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
COST Costco Wholesale	$254.45B	1.64	$21.21 per share	44.47	$53.28 per share	17.70
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$88.82B	4.80	$13.12 per share	13.50	$29.69 per share	5.96
NDAQ Nasdaq	$7.40B	7.35	$3.90 per share	24.27	$19.49 per share	4.86

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
COST Costco Wholesale	$7.37B	$17.63	53.51	47.91	5.86	2.92%	30.48%	10.52%	9/25/2025 (Estimated)
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$14.07B	$9.35	18.94	16.00	2.26	25.00%	32.49%	13.00%	10/21/2025 (Estimated)
NDAQ Nasdaq	$1.12B	$2.60	36.44	26.24	2.08	18.59%	15.90%	5.95%	10/23/2025 (Estimated)

Latest COST, JNJ, and NDAQ Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
9/25/2025	Q4 2025	COST Costco Wholesale	$5.80	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7/24/2025	Q2 2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	$0.78	$0.85	+$0.07	$0.78	$1.26 billion	$1.31 billion
7/16/2025	Q2 2025	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$2.68	$2.77	+$0.09	$2.29	$22.85 billion	$23.74 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.20	0.55%	N/A	29.50%	22 Years
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$5.20	2.94%	N/A	55.61%	64 Years
NDAQ Nasdaq	$1.08	1.14%	N/A	41.54%	14 Years

Latest COST, JNJ, and NDAQ Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/24/2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	quarterly	$0.27	1.22%	9/12/2025	9/12/2025	9/26/2025
7/16/2025	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	quarterly	$1.30	3.35%	8/26/2025	8/26/2025	9/9/2025
7/15/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.30	0.55%	8/1/2025	8/1/2025	8/15/2025
6/13/2025	NDAQ Nasdaq	quarterly	$0.27	1.47%	6/13/2025	6/13/2025	6/27/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
COST Costco Wholesale	0.21	1.02	0.52
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	0.50	1.01	0.76
NDAQ Nasdaq	0.73	0.96	0.96

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	69.55%
NDAQ Nasdaq	72.47%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	0.18%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	0.16%
NDAQ Nasdaq	0.70%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	333,000	443.48 million	442.68 million	Optionable
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	138,100	2.41 billion	2.40 billion	Optionable
NDAQ Nasdaq	9,162	573.79 million	569.78 million	Optionable

COST, JNJ, and NDAQ Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Aperture Investors LLC Buys 22,312 Shares of Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 31 at 7:46 AM | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Sells 341,883 Shares of Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 31 at 7:24 AM | marketbeat.com

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Sells 4,102 Shares of Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 31 at 5:32 AM | marketbeat.com

Corebridge Financial Inc. Has $7.63 Million Holdings in Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 31 at 5:02 AM | marketbeat.com

Rafferty Asset Management LLC Decreases Stock Position in Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 30 at 5:28 AM | marketbeat.com

FORA Capital LLC Invests $664,000 in Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 30 at 5:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Purchases 5,507 Shares of Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 30 at 4:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD Purchases 5,114 Shares of Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 30 at 4:22 AM | marketbeat.com

eToro partners with Nasdaq to provide broad access to Nordic-listed stocks

August 28 at 6:53 PM | albawaba.comA

American Bitcoin targets trading in September on Nasdaq

August 28 at 2:11 PM | proactiveinvestors.com

Quantitative Investment Management LLC Lowers Holdings in Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 28 at 6:30 AM | marketbeat.com

Jump Financial LLC Sells 30,371 Shares of Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 28 at 6:15 AM | marketbeat.com

Allstate Corp Has $693,000 Stake in Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 28 at 5:27 AM | marketbeat.com

Aptera Motors Corp. Files for Proposed Direct Listing on Nasdaq

August 28 at 2:01 AM | globenewswire.com

NDAQ Outperforms Industry, Trades Near 52-Week High: Time to Buy?

August 27, 2025 | zacks.com

Nasdaq Announces 2026 Investor Day

August 27, 2025 | globenewswire.com

CW Advisors LLC Buys 13,727 Shares of Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 27, 2025 | marketbeat.com

CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd $200 Million Initial Public Offering

August 26, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date August 15, 2025

August 26, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Thematics Asset Management Has $7.85 Million Stake in Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 26, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Groupe la Francaise Grows Stake in Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ

August 26, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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COST, JNJ, and NDAQ Company Descriptions

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$943.32 -1.64 (-0.17%)

Closing price 08/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$942.44 -0.88 (-0.09%)

As of 08/29/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Johnson & Johnson NYSE:JNJ

$177.10 +1.65 (+0.94%)

Closing price 08/29/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$177.46 +0.36 (+0.20%)

As of 08/29/2025 07:52 PM Eastern

Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension. The MedTech segment includes a portfolio of products used in the interventional solutions, orthopaedics, surgery, and vision categories. The company was founded by Robert Wood Johnson I, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead Johnson Sr. in 1887 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

Nasdaq NASDAQ:NDAQ

$94.74 -0.50 (-0.52%)

Closing price 08/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$94.62 -0.11 (-0.12%)

As of 08/29/2025 07:51 PM Eastern

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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