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Nasdaq, Inc.
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Nasdaq, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.3 billion, up 11.6% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 20.5%, EPS grew 13.9%, free cash flow fell 7.71% and total debt fell 2.14%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 18.42 | 21.99 | 24.33 | 26.22 | 23.89 | 43.57 | 46.77 | 46.88 | 54.90 | 64.84 |
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| High | 23.97 | 26.71 | 32.28 | 36.09 | 46.50 | 71.65 | 70.29 | 63.90 | 83.77 | 99.59 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 4,325 | 4,734 | 4,099 | 4,361 | 4,830 | 5,814 | 6,377 | 8,525 | 9,162 | 9,525 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.86 | 0.83 | 1.04 | 0.98 | 1.16 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 0.71 | 0.81 | 0.87 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 3,704 | 3,948 | 4,277 | 4,258 | 5,625 | 5,886 | 6,226 | 6,064 | 7,400 | 8,262 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 61.45 | 61.07 | 59.06 | 59.53 | 51.61 | 58.10 | 57.53 | 64.23 | 62.82 | 63.53 | |||||
| EBT | 133 | 872 | 1,064 | 1,019 | 1,212 | 1,534 | 1,475 | 1,401 | 1,449 | 2,145 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 3.59 | 22.09 | 24.88 | 23.93 | 21.55 | 26.06 | 23.69 | 23.10 | 19.58 | 25.96 | |||||
| Net income | 106 | 729 | 458 | 774 | 933 | 1,187 | 1,123 | 1,057 | 1,115 | 1,787 | |||||
| Depreciation | 170 | 188 | 210 | 190 | 202 | 278 | 258 | 323 | 613 | 632 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 7.47 | 7.91 | 8.62 | 8.61 | 11.40 | 11.83 | 12.64 | 12.01 | 12.86 | 14.41 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.22 | 1.47 | 0.92 | 1.56 | 1.89 | 2.38 | 2.28 | 2.10 | 1.94 | 3.12 | |||||
| Cash flow | 1.57 | 1.82 | 2.07 | 1.95 | 2.54 | 2.18 | 3.46 | 3.36 | 3.37 | 3.93 | |||||
| Capex | (0.27) | (0.29) | (0.22) | (0.26) | (0.38) | (0.33) | (0.31) | (0.31) | (0.36) | (0.46) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.30 | 1.53 | 1.85 | 1.69 | 2.16 | 1.85 | 3.16 | 3.05 | 3.01 | 3.47 | |||||
| Book value | 10.96 | 11.78 | 10.98 | 11.40 | 13.05 | 12.87 | 12.52 | 21.44 | 19.46 | 21.34 | |||||
| Shares, m | 496 | 499 | 496 | 495 | 493 | 498 | 492 | 505 | 575 | 573 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 101.05 | 17.40 | 29.55 | 22.88 | 23.41 | 29.33 | 27.01 | 26.84 | 39.65 | 31.03 | ||||
| P/S | 2.97 | 3.23 | 3.15 | 4.15 | 3.88 | 5.92 | 4.88 | 4.74 | 6.01 | 6.74 | |||||
| P/B | 2.03 | 2.17 | 2.48 | 3.13 | 3.39 | 5.44 | 4.93 | 2.65 | 3.97 | 4.55 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 3.77 | 4.11 | 3.73 | 4.79 | 4.40 | 6.69 | 5.59 | 6.37 | 7.18 | 7.72 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 21.77 | 21.23 | 17.41 | 24.39 | 23.28 | 42.83 | 22.41 | 25.10 | 30.68 | 32.07 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 776 | 909 | 1,028 | 963 | 1,252 | 1,083 | 1,706 | 1,696 | 1,939 | 2,255 | ||||
| Capex | (134) | (144) | (111) | (127) | (188) | (163) | (152) | (158) | (207) | (266) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 642 | 765 | 917 | 836 | 1,064 | 920 | 1,554 | 1,538 | 1,732 | 1,989 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 478 | 276 | (200) | 63 | 2,736 | (449) | (231) | 71 | (116) | 42 | ||||
| Total debt | 3,603 | 3,727 | 2,956 | 2,996 | 5,541 | 4,812 | 4,735 | 10,163 | 9,081 | 8,573 | |||||
| Net debt | 2,940 | 3,093 | 2,102 | 2,343 | 2,564 | 4,182 | 4,030 | 9,502 | 8,274 | 7,731 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 5,430 | 5,880 | 5,449 | 5,639 | 6,436 | 6,405 | 6,164 | 10,827 | 11,200 | 12,232 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 0.82 | 4.94 | 2.95 | 5.23 | 5.85 | 6.23 | 5.49 | 3.98 | 3.56 | 5.82 | ||||
| ROIC | 6.24 | 6.90 | 8.51 | 7.96 | 8.57 | 8.51 | 9.59 | 4.85 | 5.77 | 7.30 | |||||
| ROE | 1.92 | 12.89 | 8.09 | 13.96 | 15.45 | 18.49 | 17.90 | 12.47 | 10.14 | 15.26 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Nasdaq, Inc. vs peers in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | $118.7B | 24.9× | 25.0× | +10.41% (above 0%: growing) | +16.57% (above 0%: growing) | +1.23% (above 0%: growing) | 71.90% | 43.70% | Compare |
| CME CME Group Inc. | $99.4B | 23.6× | 21.7× | +0.84% (above 0%: growing) | +2.85% (above 0%: growing) | −11.21% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 64.89% | Compare |
| ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. | $87.2B | 21.9× | 19.9× | +4.84% (above 0%: growing) | +14.09% (above 0%: growing) | +29.65% (above 0%: growing) | 98.61% | 52.18% | Compare |
| MCO Moody's Corporation | $79.5B | 29.3× | 28.7× | +15.12% (above 0%: growing) | +56.52% (above 0%: growing) | +47.01% (above 0%: growing) | 76.29% | 47.87% | Compare |
| NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. | $51.6B | 27.0× | 26.1× | +20.51% (above 0%: growing) | +13.92% (above 0%: growing) | −7.71% (below 0%: shrinking) | 59.24% | 28.12% | |
| COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. | $45.4B | — (loss-making) | 359× | −18.51% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +128.50% (above 0%: growing) | 84.44% | (9.30%) | Compare |
| MSCI MSCI Inc | $40.8B | 30.8× | 30.8× | +12.20% (above 0%: growing) | +19.90% (above 0%: growing) | +8.19% (above 0%: growing) | 82.71% | 56.23% | Compare |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | $30.7B | 23.6× | — | +22.95% (above 0%: growing) | +50.67% (above 0%: growing) | −270.85% (below 0%: shrinking) | 50.71% | 32.99% | Compare |
| TRU TransUnion | $12.4B | 17.1× | 17.1× | +14.91% (above 0%: growing) | +33.93% (above 0%: growing) | +42.65% (above 0%: growing) | 58.41% | 19.70% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $62.4B | 23.6× | 25.0× | +11.31% | +19.90% | +18.92% | 79.50% | 45.79% |
NDAQ metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) key facts
- Strength: Nasdaq, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.3 billion, up 11.6% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $1.8 billion, or $3.12 per share (basic), a net margin of 21.6%.
- Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) is a Financial Data & Stock Exchanges company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 9, 2026, NDAQ traded at $93.65, a market capitalization of $51.6 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 27.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 6.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 53% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Nasdaq, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share, a yield of 1.24%, with a payout ratio of 33.8%.
- Return on equity was 15.3% and debt-to-equity 0.71.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 9 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.