NASDAQ:NDAQ - Nasdaq Stock Price, Forecast & News

Nasdaq trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NDAQ."

Nasdaq announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Nasdaq's Dividend History.

Nasdaq announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, January 30th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ:NDAQ) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.21 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $632 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $627.44 million. Nasdaq had a return on equity of 15.22% and a net margin of 12.16%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.13 EPS. View Nasdaq's Earnings History.

Nasdaq is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Nasdaq.

Nasdaq will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

9 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Nasdaq's stock. Their forecasts range from $88.00 to $122.00. On average, they anticipate Nasdaq's share price to reach $105.63 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Nasdaq.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nasdaq in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nasdaq.

Media stories about NDAQ stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Nasdaq earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Nasdaq.

Nasdaq saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 3,170,000 shares, a drop of 22.9% from the November 28th total of 4,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 733,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 2.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Nasdaq's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Nasdaq include CME Group (CME), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), Msci (MSCI), MarketAxess (MKTX), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Marlin Business Services (MRLN), California First National Bancorp (CFNB), Gain Capital (GCAP) and Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nasdaq investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Micron Technology (MU), Walt Disney (DIS), Baidu (BIDU), Visa (V), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), Starbucks (SBUX) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

Nasdaq's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.18%), PGGM Investments (0.16%), Strs Ohio (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.03%). Company insiders that own Nasdaq stock include Ann M Dennison, Bradley J Peterson, Charlene T Begley, Edward S Knight, Lars Ottersgard, Lars Wedenborn, Pc Nelson Griggs and Thomas A Wittman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Nasdaq.

NDAQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Strs Ohio, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Verus Financial Partners Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Leavell Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Nasdaq company stock in the last year include Ann M Dennison, Bradley J Peterson, Charlene T Begley, Edward S Knight, Lars Ottersgard, Lars Wedenborn, Pc Nelson Griggs and Thomas A Wittman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nasdaq.

NDAQ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., AE Wealth Management LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc., Means Investment CO. Inc., Diligent Investors LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nasdaq.

Shares of NDAQ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NDAQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $109.49.

Nasdaq has a market capitalization of $18.03 billion and generates $4.28 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $458 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.84 on an earnings per share basis. Nasdaq employs 4,099 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Nasdaq.

The official website for Nasdaq is http://www.business.nasdaq.com/.

Nasdaq's mailing address is 151 W. 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-401-8700 or via email at [email protected]