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

107.07 0.24 +0.22%
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) Operating margin

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Nasdaq, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 29.9%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (28.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.2% (fiscal 2015) to 28.2% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is in line with the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 29.1% and above the Financial sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 28.2% 3.91
FY2024 24.3% (1.72)
FY2023 26.0% 0.90
FY2022 25.1% 0.64
FY2021 24.5% 2.54
FY2020 21.9% (1.94)
FY2019 23.9% (0.16)
FY2018 24.0% (1.06)
FY2017 25.1% 2.53
FY2016 22.6% 1.41

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 30.6% 2.47
Jun 2026 28.1% (2.62)
Mar 2026 30.7% 0.54
Dec 2025 30.2% 0.59
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Against its own ten years

Low 21.2% High 28.2%
Ten-year median 24.3%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
CME CME Group Inc. compare 65.7%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare 55.7%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 52.3%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 46.2%
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 44.6%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 36.4%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. 29.9%
TRU TransUnion compare 19.3%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 3.56%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 29.1%
Financial sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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