Nasdaq (NDAQ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) is a global financial technology company best known for operating the Nasdaq Stock Market, the world’s first electronic stock exchange. Since its launch in 1971, Nasdaq has grown into a diversified market infrastructure provider, offering trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information, and public company services across multiple asset classes. The company serves a wide range of market participants, including corporations, financial institutions, exchanges, and regulatory agencies worldwide.

Nasdaq’s core businesses include equities and derivatives trading, where it provides order execution, market surveillance, and post-trade services to ensure stability and transparency. Its Market Technology segment licenses software and hardware solutions that power over 90 marketplaces globally, covering trading, clearing, settlement, and risk management. The company also operates a leading global index franchise, creating and maintaining benchmarks such as the Nasdaq-100 Index, and offers extensive data products and analytics to institutional investors, wealth managers, and corporate clients.

Beyond market infrastructure, Nasdaq delivers corporate solutions designed to streamline governance, compliance, and capital-raising processes. Its Corporate Solutions division offers tools for board and leadership communications, shareholder engagement, ESG reporting, and corporate access. This suite of services helps public and private companies meet regulatory requirements, improve investor relations, and enhance disclosure practices. Nasdaq is also active in fixed income markets through its electronic trading platforms and market data offerings.

Headquartered in New York City, Nasdaq maintains a global footprint with offices and technology centers in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Under the leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Adena Friedman, the company continues to innovate in areas such as digital assets, cybersecurity solutions, and machine learning–driven market analytics. By blending exchange operations with cutting-edge technology and data services, Nasdaq positions itself at the intersection of capital markets and financial innovation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $89.50 to $90.35
• 50-Day Range: $75.10 to $89.93
• 52-Week Range: $59.95 to $90.45
• Volume: 1.43 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $51.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: 40.88
• Dividend Yield: 1.20%
• Price Target: $88.06
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Nasdaq Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nasdaq scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 196th out of 2,763 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: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Nasdaq has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 13 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nasdaq has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.52%

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 40.88, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.53.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nasdaq is 40.88, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.06.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Nasdaq has a PEG Ratio of 2.31. 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 4.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.92% 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 1.4, 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 4.01%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Nasdaq pays a meaningful dividend of 1.21%, 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 49.09%. 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 29.92% next year. This indicates that Nasdaq will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.46

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.92% 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 1.4, 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 4.01%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.10

News Sentiment

Nasdaq has a news sentiment score of 1.10. 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 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 32 news articles for Nasdaq this week, compared to 20 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for NDAQ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% 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 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

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 $1,921,838.00 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.

NDAQ Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have NDAQ shares performed this year?

Nasdaq's stock was trading at $77.31 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, NDAQ stock has increased by 16.3% and is now trading at $89.93.

How were Nasdaq's earnings last quarter?

Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.02. The company's quarterly revenue was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Nasdaq's stock split?

Nasdaq shares split on Monday, August 29th 2022.The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, July 20th 2022. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, August 26th 2022. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Who are Nasdaq's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Nasdaq include Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Harbor Investment Advisory LLC and Central Pacific Bank Trust Division. 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, Sarah Youngwood, Johan Torgeby, Michelle Lynn Daly, Jeffery W Yabuki, Roland Chai and Michael R Splinter.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Nasdaq?

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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Nasdaq own?

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

• Last Earnings: 4/24/2025
• Record date for 6/27 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/27 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/27/2025
• Today: 7/03/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/24/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Securities Exchanges
• Sub-Industry: Specialized Finance
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NDAQ
• CIK: 1120193
• Web: www.nasdaq.com
• Phone: (212) 401-8700
• Fax: 212-401-1024
• Employees: 9,162
• Year Founded: 1971

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $88.06
• High Stock Price Target: $105.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $74.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.20
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 40.86
• Forward P/E Ratio: 28.27
• P/E Growth: 2.29
• Net Income: $1.12 billion
• Net Margins: 16.36%
• Pretax Margin: 20.80%
• Return on Equity: 15.38%
• Return on Assets: 5.65%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.77
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.40 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.97
• Cash Flow: $3.95 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 22.78
• Book Value: $19.49 per share
• Price / Book: 4.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 574,120,000
• Free Float: 570,103,000
• Market Cap: $51.61 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.01