Nasdaq (NDAQ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Nasdaq, Inc. is a global financial technology company that operates one of the world’s leading electronic securities exchanges and provides a broad array of products and services to capital markets participants. Its core activities include operating the Nasdaq Stock Market and other trading venues, developing and supplying market technology and matching engines to exchanges and trading firms, licensing market data and indices, and offering clearing, trade execution and post-trade solutions. The company also provides market surveillance, risk management and regulatory technology used by exchanges and regulators.

Founded in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) as the first electronic stock market, Nasdaq has evolved into a diversified marketplace and technology provider. A significant milestone in its history was the 2008 combination with OMX AB, which expanded its footprint into the Nordic and Baltic regions and broadened its technology and exchange offerings. Today Nasdaq operates and supports markets and clients across the United States, Europe and in many other global markets through its Market Technology, Market Services and Information Services businesses.

Nasdaq’s product suite spans exchange listings and issuer services, index creation and licensing (including widely used equity indices), real-time and historical market data, analytics and corporate solutions such as investor relations and governance services. The company supplies its trading and surveillance technology to other exchanges and financial institutions worldwide. Adena Friedman serves as president and chief executive officer, leading Nasdaq’s strategy to combine marketplace operations with technology, data and analytics to serve issuers, investors and market intermediaries.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $96.63 to $97.98
• 50-Day Range: $76.85 to $97.59
• 52-Week Range: $76.55 to $101.79
• Volume: 1.68 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.25 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $54.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.20
• Dividend Yield: 1.28%
• Price Target: $110.30
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Nasdaq Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nasdaq scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 8th out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Nasdaq has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.09, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Nasdaq has a consensus price target of $110.30, representing about 14.1% upside from its current price of $96.71.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nasdaq has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.77%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Nasdaq are expected to grow by 12.77% in the coming year, from $4.15 to $4.68 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Nasdaq is 28.20, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.61.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nasdaq is 28.20, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.24.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Nasdaq has a PEG Ratio of 1.31. 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 4.51. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.53% 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 2.09, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Nasdaq has recently decreased by 5.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Nasdaq pays a meaningful dividend of 1.28%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Nasdaq has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Nasdaq is 36.15%. 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 26.50% next year. This indicates that Nasdaq will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.90

News Sentiment

Nasdaq has a news sentiment score of 0.90. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Nasdaq this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

14 people have searched for NDAQ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added Nasdaq to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 11% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $955,797.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0018% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Nasdaq insiders have bought 24.34% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $4,882,116.00 in company stock and sold $3,926,319.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.60% 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/26 Dividend: 6/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/26 Dividend: 6/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/26/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/23/2026
• Today: 8/18/2026
• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/20/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Financial Exchanges & Data
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NDAQ
• CIK: 1120193
• Web: www.nasdaq.com
• Phone: (212) 401-8700
• Fax: 212-401-1024
• Employees: 9,525
• Year Founded: 1971

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Nasdaq: $110.30
• High Price Target: $120.00
• Low Price Target: $101.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.09
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.20
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.30
• P/E Growth: 1.31
• Net Income: $1.79 billion
• Net Margins: 22.60%
• Pretax Margin: 28.01%
• Return on Equity: 18.38%
• Return on Assets: 7.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.71
• Current Ratio: 1.01
• Quick Ratio: 1.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.22 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.58
• Cash Flow: $4.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 20.94
• Book Value: $21.42 per share
• Price / Book: 4.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 558,980,000
• Free Float: 555,623,000
• Market Cap: $54.06 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.96