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.

Revenue
+20.9%
EPS
+31.1%
Free cash flow
+202.0%
Total debt
−2.26%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

107.36 0.53 +0.50%
Market cap
$59.3B
P/E
28.9×
Fwd P/E
29.4×
Dividend yield
1.08%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) Free cash flow margin

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Nasdaq, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 24.7%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (24.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.6% (fiscal 2021) to 25.4% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 32.1% and above the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 24.1% 0.66
FY2024 23.4% (1.95)
FY2023 25.4% 0.40
FY2022 25.0% 9.33
FY2021 15.6% (3.29)
FY2020 18.9% (0.71)
FY2019 19.6% (1.81)
FY2018 21.4% 2.06
FY2017 19.4% 2.05
FY2016 17.3% (0.13)

Against its own ten years

Low 15.6% High 25.4%
Ten-year median 19.6%
Current reading's percentile 82

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
CME CME Group Inc. compare 62.2%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 47.9%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 44.3%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare 42.4%
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 36.4%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 35.7%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. 24.7%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 20.3%
TRU TransUnion compare 18.1%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 32.1%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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