Nasdaq Stock Forecast, Price & News

Nasdaq's stock was trading at $99.32 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NDAQ stock has increased by 28.0% and is now trading at $127.12.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nasdaq in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Nasdaq is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021.
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Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 21st. The financial services provider reported $1.53 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $715 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $691.07 million. Nasdaq had a return on equity of 17.15% and a net margin of 17.41%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 13.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.27 earnings per share.
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Nasdaq declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.49 per share on Friday, December 18th. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 3rd.
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13 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Nasdaq's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $168.00. On average, they expect Nasdaq's share price to reach $131.58 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price.
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Nasdaq saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,490,000 shares, a decline of 19.4% from the October 15th total of 3,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 752,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 2.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Nasdaq include CME Group (CME), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), MSCI (MSCI), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), MarketAxess (MKTX), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Arrow Financial (AROW), California First National Bancorp (CFNB) and Marlin Business Services (MRLN).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nasdaq investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), The Walt Disney (DIS), Square (SQ), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Visa (V), The Home Depot (HD) and Baidu (BIDU).

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

Nasdaq's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (9.07%), BlackRock Inc. (4.88%), State Street Corp (3.14%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.83%), Findlay Park Partners LLP (0.59%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.58%). Company insiders that own Nasdaq stock include Ann M Dennison, Bjorn Sibbern, Bradley J Peterson, Bryan Everard Smith, Charlene T Begley, Edward S Knight, Jeremy Skule, Lars Ottersgard, Lars Wedenborn, Pc Nelson Griggs and Thomas A Wittman.
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NDAQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Findlay Park Partners LLP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Truist Financial Corp, State Street Corp, and Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Nasdaq company stock in the last year include Bjorn Sibbern, Bradley J Peterson, Bryan Everard Smith, Jeremy Skule, Lars Ottersgard, and Pc Nelson Griggs.
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NDAQ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Sabal Trust CO, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, NatWest Group plc, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, and Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership.
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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 $127.12.

Nasdaq has a market capitalization of $20.85 billion and generates $4.37 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $774 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.00 on an earnings per share basis. Nasdaq employs 4,776 workers across the globe.

The official website for Nasdaq is www.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]