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) Return on invested capital

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Nasdaq, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.56%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.85% (fiscal 2023) to 9.59% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 10.6% and above the Financial sector median of 4.70%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 7.30% 1.53
FY2024 5.77% 0.92
FY2023 4.85% (4.74)
FY2022 9.59% 1.08
FY2021 8.51% (0.06)
FY2020 8.57% 0.61
FY2019 7.96% (0.55)
FY2018 8.51% 1.61
FY2017 6.90% 0.66
FY2016 6.24% 0.17

Against its own ten years

Low 4.85% High 9.59%
Ten-year median 7.30%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MSCI MSCI Inc compare 34.7%
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 26.2%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 25.7%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 15.5%
CME CME Group Inc. compare 10.4%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. 8.56%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 8.08%
TRU TransUnion compare 6.43%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 0.77%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 10.6%
Financial sector median 4.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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