Nasdaq is a financial data & stock exchanges business based in the US. Nasdaq shares (NDAQ) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $80.08 – an increase of 2.59% over the previous week. Nasdaq employs 9,120 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $7 billion.
Paid non-client promotion. Finder does not invest money with providers on this page. If a brand is a referral partner, we're paid when you click or tap through to, open an account with or provide your contact information to the provider. Partnerships are not a recommendation for you to invest with any one company. Learn more about how we make money.
Finder is not an advisor or brokerage service. Information on this page is for educational purposes only and not a recommendation to invest with any one company, trade specific stocks or fund specific investments. All editorial opinions are our own.
| Latest market close | $80.08 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $52.56 - $80.77 |
| 50-day moving average | $74.06 |
| 200-day moving average | $64.80 |
| Wall St. target price | $81.83 |
| PE ratio | 48.1852 |
| Dividend yield | $0.92 (1.2%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.62 |
The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. This is not a recommendation, however. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.
This chart is not advice or a guarantee of success. Rather, it gauges the real-time recommendations of three popular technical indicators: moving averages, oscillators and pivots. Finder is not responsible for how your stock performs.
Historical closes compared with the close of $80.16 from 2024-11-19
| 1 week (2024-11-14) | 2.69% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-22) | 7.90% |
| 3 months (2024-08-21) | 14.12% |
| 6 months (2024-05-21) | 28.38% |
| 1 year (2023-11-21) | 46.76% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-21) | 25.28% |
| 3 years (2021-11-19) | 20.89% |
| 5 years (2019-11-21) | 147.17% |
Valuing Nasdaq stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Nasdaq's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Nasdaq's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 48x. In other words, Nasdaq shares trade at around 48x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Nasdaq's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.263. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Nasdaq's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Nasdaq's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.5 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Nasdaq's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 25.71% |
| Gross profit TTM | $3.6 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.39% |
| Return on equity TTM | 10.89% |
| Profit margin | 13.67% |
| Book value | $19.26 |
| Market Capitalization | $44.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Nasdaq.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 16.08
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Nasdaq's overall score of 16.08 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 11st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Nasdaq is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 4.54/100
Nasdaq's environmental score of 4.54 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Nasdaq is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 10.23/100
Nasdaq's social score of 10.23 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Nasdaq is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 11.31/100
Nasdaq's governance score puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Nasdaq is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Nasdaq scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Nasdaq has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Nasdaq Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 16.08 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 10.96 |
| Environmental score | 4.54 |
| Environmental score percentile | 5 |
| Social score | 10.23 |
| Social score percentile | 5 |
| Governance score | 11.31 |
| Governance score percentile | 5 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 33.81% of net profits
Recently Nasdaq has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Nasdaq shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Nasdaq's case, that would currently equate to about $0.92 per share.
While Nasdaq's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Nasdaq may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Nasdaq's most recent dividend payout was on 19 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 5 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Nasdaq's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 28 August 2022 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Nasdaq shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Nasdaq shares which in turn could have impacted Nasdaq's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Nasdaq's shares have ranged in value from as little as $52.5649 up to $80.7692. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Nasdaq's is 0.96. This would suggest that Nasdaq's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Nasdaq, Inc. operates as a technology company that serves capital markets and other industries worldwide. It operates in three segments: Capital Access Platforms, Financial Technology, and Market Services. The Capital Access Platforms segment sells and distributes historical and real-time market data; and develops and licenses Nasdaq-branded indices and financial products. This segment also offers investor relations intelligence, governance solutions, and ESG solutions; and insights and workflow solutions, as well as operates listing platforms. The Financial Technology segment offers Verafin, a cloud-based platform to detect, investigate, and report money laundering and financial frauds; surveillance solutions, including a SaaS platform to assist in complying with market rules, regulations, and internal market surveillance policies; AxiomSL, a risk data management and regulatory reporting solution; and Calypso, a front-to-back trading technology solution for the financial market. This segment also handles assets, comprising cash equities, equity derivatives, currencies, various interest-bearing securities, commodities, energy products, and digital currencies; and trade management and colocation services.
Steps to owning and managing PYPL, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing JPM, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing BLK, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing WFC, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing V, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing MA, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing MS, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing GS, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing BAC, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.
Steps to owning and managing C, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.