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) Net margin

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Nasdaq, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 22.8%, up 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.86% (fiscal 2016) to 21.6% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 25.4% and above the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 21.6% 6.55
FY2024 15.1% (2.37)
FY2023 17.5% (0.61)
FY2022 18.1% (2.10)
FY2021 20.2% 3.58
FY2020 16.6% (1.59)
FY2019 18.2% 7.47
FY2018 10.7% (7.76)
FY2017 18.5% 15.61
FY2016 2.86% (9.72)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 22.6% 2.55
Jun 2026 20.0% (4.27)
Mar 2026 24.3% (0.54)
Dec 2025 24.8% 3.46
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Against its own ten years

Low 2.86% High 21.6%
Ten-year median 17.5%
Current reading's percentile 98

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
CME CME Group Inc. compare 63.3%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare 40.3%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 38.1%
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 35.3%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 30.5%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 27.9%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. 22.8%
TRU TransUnion compare 15.8%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare −12.5%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 25.4%
Financial sector median 14.3%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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