Nasdaq Company Profile (NASDAQ:NDAQ)

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

Nasdaq announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 14th. View Nasdaq's Dividend History.

Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.96 by $0.06. The firm earned $602 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $596.55 million. Nasdaq had a return on equity of 12.19% and a net margin of 5.76%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.91 EPS. View Nasdaq's Earnings History.

Nasdaq is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 24th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Nasdaq.

9 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Nasdaq's shares. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate Nasdaq's stock price to reach $76.67 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Nasdaq.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Nasdaq stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Nasdaq remains focused on growth through acquisitions and organic initiatives that enable entry and cross-selling opportunities into new markets at a low-cost and highly-flexible platform. It displays prudence by accelerating its non-transaction revenue base. It realigned its reporting segments to better reflect client orientation, rebranded its fixed income business and has decided to end its NLX interest rate futures business as well. It had identified $10-$20 million in additional cost synergies and expects to deploy capital in de-leveraging over the next four quarters, investing in growth initiatives and engaging in shareholders friendly moves. However, its elevated expenses restrict the desired margin expansion. Intense competition and regulatory issues remain key concerns. Shares of Nasdaq have underperformed the industry, year to date. A Zacks Rank #3 combined with Earnings ESP of 0.66% makes us reasonably confident of an earnings beat." (10/17/2017)
• 2. UBS AG analysts commented, "Lowering 1Q17 EPS estimate to $1.06 from $1.09 vs. $1.09 Street consensus. Following NDAQ's February metrics release, we are lowering our 1Q EPS estimate to $1.06 from $1.09. This is now $0.03 below the latest Street consensus. Volumes for February were mixed relative to the prior month but were generally down y/y. QTD volumes are also mostly running down y/y, with US equities and options as well as OMX volumes all running below our prior forecasts. In addition to reducing our 1Q forecasts to reflect lower-than-previously-expected volumes in these areas (with the most downside from European derivatives), lower US FICC expectations add to the downside in our estimate revision. While we wait until next month for 1Q pricing data, we believe slightly disappointing volume trends (read: downside to near-term forecasts) could hold back the shares a bit tomorrow." (3/3/2017)

Some companies that are related to Nasdaq include Equity Residential (EQR), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Ameriprise Financial Services (AMP), Ventas (VTR), The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX), Orix Corp Ads (IX), Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS), Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (WLTW), Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd (SHG), Legal & General Group Plc (LGGNY), National Bank of Canada (NA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) (HIG), Nomura Holdings Inc ADR (NMR), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Deutsche Boerse AG (DBOEY), KB Financial Group (KB) and KeyCorp (KEY).

Nasdaq's management team includes the folowing people:

• Adena T. Friedman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Hans-Ole Jochumsen, President, Vice Chairman of the Board
• Michael S. Ptasznik, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Corporate Strategy
• Bradley J. Peterson, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer
• Edward S. Knight, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Regulatory Officer
• P.C. Nelson Griggs, Executive Vice President, Listing Services
• Lars Ottersgard, Executive Vice President, Market Technology
• Bjorn Sibbern, Executive Vice President - Global Information Services Businesses
• Stacie Swanstrom, Executive Vice President - Corporate Solutions
• Thomas A. Wittman, Executive Vice President, Global Head - Equities

Shares of Nasdaq can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Nasdaq stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.94.