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NDAQ vs. CBOE, COIN, CSQ, MKTX, TROW, BLK, ICE, MCO, MSCI, and SPGI

Should you be buying Nasdaq stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nasdaq include Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Coinbase Global (COIN), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), MarketAxess (MKTX), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), BlackRock (BLK), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), MSCI (MSCI), and S&P Global (SPGI).

Nasdaq vs. Its Competitors

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and Cboe Global Markets (BATS:CBOE) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Nasdaq pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Nasdaq pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets pays out 99.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nasdaq has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Cboe Global Markets has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Nasdaq is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Nasdaq has higher revenue and earnings than Cboe Global Markets. Nasdaq is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nasdaq$7.40B6.93$1.12B$2.2040.63
Cboe Global Markets$3.49B7.19$529M$1.94122.17

Nasdaq currently has a consensus target price of $92.63, suggesting a potential upside of 3.64%. Cboe Global Markets has a consensus target price of $212.89, suggesting a potential downside of 10.18%. Given Nasdaq's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Nasdaq is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nasdaq
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
Cboe Global Markets
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

72.5% of Nasdaq shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nasdaq shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Nasdaq has a net margin of 16.36% compared to Cboe Global Markets' net margin of 5.77%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 20.05% beat Nasdaq's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nasdaq16.36% 15.38% 5.65%
Cboe Global Markets 5.77%20.05%9.29%

Nasdaq has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Nasdaq had 20 more articles in the media than Cboe Global Markets. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Nasdaq and 3 mentions for Cboe Global Markets. Nasdaq's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Cboe Global Markets' score of 0.95 indicating that Nasdaq is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nasdaq
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cboe Global Markets
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Nasdaq beats Cboe Global Markets on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NDAQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NDAQ vs. The Competition

MetricNasdaqSecurities Exchanges IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$51.36B$78.84B$12.12B$9.42B
Dividend Yield1.21%1.17%5.57%4.06%
P/E Ratio40.6628.4819.1719.89
Price / Sales6.939.1826.15102.31
Price / Cash22.8121.7621.5057.94
Price / Book4.596.212.315.68
Net Income$1.12B$2.04B$997.60M$257.97M
7 Day Performance-0.04%-0.05%0.35%2.51%
1 Month Performance3.48%2.59%4.26%11.64%
1 Year Performance43.05%28.24%541.76%18.87%

Nasdaq Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.4845 of 5 stars
$89.23
-0.8%
$92.63
+3.8%
+41.7%$51.21B$7.40B40.559,162Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
0.8141 of 5 stars
$237.31
+22.7%
$212.89
-10.3%
+31.7%$20.41B$3.49B121.291,540News Coverage
High Trading Volume
COIN
Coinbase Global
2.7519 of 5 stars
$395.48
+2.2%
$305.71
-22.7%
+64.9%$100.40B$6.96B74.063,772Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$18.19
+0.0%
N/A+6.6%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/APositive News
MKTX
MarketAxess
4.5587 of 5 stars
$217.00
+0.4%
$241.44
+11.3%
-6.3%$8.13B$817.10M37.70740Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.7219 of 5 stars
$102.53
+1.0%
$95.82
-6.5%
-9.9%$22.58B$7.09B11.628,158Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BLK
BlackRock
4.5235 of 5 stars
$1,107.95
+0.6%
$1,132.29
+2.2%
+31.5%$171.88B$20.96B26.9521,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange
4.513 of 5 stars
$182.05
+0.9%
$192.58
+5.8%
+21.7%$104.49B$11.76B37.7112,920Analyst Forecast
MCO
Moody's
4.572 of 5 stars
$502.88
+0.7%
$519.07
+3.2%
+10.3%$90.56B$7.23B43.4715,838Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
MSCI
MSCI
4.6067 of 5 stars
$574.94
+1.7%
$651.55
+13.3%
+15.2%$44.56B$2.86B39.586,132Upcoming Earnings
SPGI
S&P Global
4.9034 of 5 stars
$530.64
+0.7%
$596.79
+12.5%
+7.3%$162.95B$14.21B41.7442,350Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NDAQ) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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