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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

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

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
Cboe Global Markets$3.49B7.06$529M$1.94119.91
Nasdaq$7.40B6.87$1.12B$2.2040.27

In the previous week, Nasdaq had 25 more articles in the media than Cboe Global Markets. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Nasdaq and 1 mentions for Cboe Global Markets. Nasdaq's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cboe Global Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Nasdaq is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Cboe Global Markets presently has a consensus price target of $212.89, indicating a potential downside of 8.49%. Nasdaq has a consensus price target of $88.06, indicating a potential downside of 0.60%. Given Nasdaq's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nasdaq is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cboe Global Markets
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Nasdaq
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

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

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

Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Nasdaq pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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 pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Nasdaq has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Nasdaq is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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
Cboe Global Markets5.77% 20.05% 9.29%
Nasdaq 16.36%15.38%5.65%

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$51.99B$80.07B$11.91B$8.95B
Dividend Yield1.19%1.15%5.57%4.06%
P/E Ratio40.2728.6919.9820.10
Price / Sales6.879.2625.43120.24
Price / Cash23.1922.2721.4457.86
Price / Book4.556.362.265.56
Net Income$1.12B$2.04B$990.08M$248.40M
7 Day Performance-1.04%0.91%0.22%4.67%
1 Month Performance3.43%3.76%2.88%6.64%
1 Year Performance45.68%33.42%541.16%21.31%

Nasdaq Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.7412 of 5 stars
$88.59
-2.2%
$88.06
-0.6%
+46.6%$51.99B$7.40B40.279,162
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
0.4587 of 5 stars
$230.30
+19.1%
$212.89
-7.6%
+37.9%$20.41B$3.49B117.921,540High Trading Volume
COIN
Coinbase Global
3.2148 of 5 stars
$351.24
-0.6%
$291.06
-17.1%
+60.9%$89.17B$6.56B65.784,510Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$18.18
+0.2%
N/A+5.8%$0.00$863.77M0.00N/A
MKTX
MarketAxess
4.6159 of 5 stars
$220.53
+0.4%
$241.78
+9.6%
+6.1%$8.27B$817.10M38.35740Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.5462 of 5 stars
$95.91
-0.2%
$94.09
-1.9%
-13.0%$21.13B$7.09B10.877,870Positive News
BLK
BlackRock
4.4985 of 5 stars
$1,043.82
-0.4%
$1,102.08
+5.6%
+36.1%$161.72B$20.41B25.3621,100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange
4.2227 of 5 stars
$182.64
+0.5%
$188.46
+3.2%
+28.1%$104.77B$11.76B37.8112,920Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MCO
Moody's
4.5013 of 5 stars
$497.99
+2.0%
$519.40
+4.3%
+15.4%$89.59B$7.09B43.0014,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MSCI
MSCI
4.9178 of 5 stars
$574.63
-0.3%
$645.36
+12.3%
+18.1%$44.46B$2.86B39.494,760Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SPGI
S&P Global
4.9086 of 5 stars
$523.45
+1.1%
$592.71
+13.2%
+15.4%$160.54B$14.49B41.1242,350Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:NDAQ) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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