NASDAQ:NDAQ

Nasdaq - NDAQ Stock Forecast, Price & News

$60.50

+0.39 (+0.65%)

(As of 01/27/2023 12:00 AM ET)

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Today's Range: $59.62
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$60.67
50-Day Range: $58.30
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$68.98
52-Week Range: $46.77
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$69.22

Volume: 3.12 million shs
Average Volume: 2.45 million shs
Market Capitalization: $29.72 billion

P/E Ratio: 26.85
Dividend Yield: 1.33%
Price Target: $66.38

Institutional Ownership

Nasdaq MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Hold
2.29 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 7.5% Upside
$65.02 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
1.21% of Shares Sold Short
Dividend Strength: Strong
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability: -0.46
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: -0.28
Based on 31 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$1.28 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.91%
From $2.78 to $3.00 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

2.66 out of 5 stars

Finance Sector

205th out of 900 stocks

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services Industry

4th out of 9 stocks

2.2

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Nasdaq has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $65.02, Nasdaq has a forecasted upside of 7.5% from its current price of $60.50.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Nasdaq has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

5.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
1.21% of the outstanding shares of Nasdaq have been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
Nasdaq has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, 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 12.22%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

3.3

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Nasdaq pays a meaningful dividend of 1.33%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth
Nasdaq has been increasing its dividend for 9 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Nasdaq is 35.50%. 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 26.67% next year. This indicates that Nasdaq will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

3.4

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
Nasdaq has received a 37.81% net impact score from Upright. The largest positive contribution comes from its "Distributing knowledge" impact, which is mostly driven by its "Market intelligence data provision", "Company financial information provision", and "Stock exchanges" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for Nasdaq is -0.46.

1.0

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Nasdaq has a news sentiment score of -0.28. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 31 news articles for Nasdaq this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 8 people have searched for NDAQ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -11% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 10 people have added Nasdaq to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

2.5

Company Ownership

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 $1,277,784.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.68% of the stock of Nasdaq is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
73.01% of the stock of Nasdaq is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

2.5

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Nasdaq are expected to grow by 7.91% in the coming year, from $2.78 to $3.00 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Nasdaq is 26.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 126.62.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Nasdaq is 26.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 180.81.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Nasdaq has a PEG Ratio of 5.30. 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 4.82. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) Stock

Nasdaq, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in trading, clearing, exchange technology, regulatory, securities listing, information, and public and private company services. It operates through the following segments: Market Technology, Investment Intelligence, Corporate Platforms, and Market Services. The Market Technology segment is a global technology solutions provider and partner to exchanges, clearing organizations, central securities depositories, regulators, banks, brokers, buy-side firms, and corporate businesses. The Investment Intelligence segment includes the firm's Market Data, Index, and Analytics businesses. The Market Data business sells and distributes historical and real-time market data to the sell-side, the institutional investing community, retail online brokers, proprietary trading shops, other venues, Internet portals, and data distributors. The Index business develops and licenses Nasdaq-branded indexes and financial products. The Analytics business provides asset managers, investment consultants, and institutional asset owners with investment insights and workflow solutions. The Corporate Platforms segment includes the company's Listing Services and IR

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