NDAQ
Nasdaq, Inc.
NDAQ's fundamentals are strong: revenue grew 12% and earnings per share grew 30%. At 30x earnings, it's trading in line with its usual 27x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
NDAQ Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
NDAQ's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like NDAQ.
NDAQ PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 24x | $87.92 | -19% |
| Forward | 24x | $109 | — |
| Fair | 27x | $100 | -7.9% |
| Current | 30x | $109 | — |
| Expensive | 35x | $128 | +18% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
NDAQ's PE is in its expensive range at 30x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 24x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
NDAQ Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for NDAQ, with profitability improving.
NDAQ Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.57 | +25% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.66 | +30% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.43 | +31% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.32 | +50% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.09 | +60% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.81 | +71% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.61 | +53% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.21 | +18% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.93 | -7.2% |
NDAQ earned $3.66 per share over the past year, up 30% from the year before.
NDAQ Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.4B | +22% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.5B | +21% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.1B | +2.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.1B | +4.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $2B | +2.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.1B | +17% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.1B | +25% |
| Q4 2024 | $2B | +23% |
NDAQ's revenue has grown year over year for 12 quarters in a row: $2.4B last quarter, up 22% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 31% | +0.7 points |
| Q2 2026 | 28% | +0.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | 31% | +4.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 30% | +4.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 30% | +6.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 27% | +3.6 points |
| Q1 2025 | 26% | +1.7 points |
| Q4 2024 | 25% | +4 points |
NDAQ's operating margin was 31% last quarter, up 0.7 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
NDAQ Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $459M | +202% |
| Q2 2026 | $634M | -7.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $629M | +2.4% |
| Q4 2025 | $536M | -17% |
| Q3 2025 | $152M | -19% |
| Q2 2025 | $687M | +68% |
| Q1 2025 | $614M | +25% |
| Q4 2024 | $645M | +72% |
NDAQ's free cash flow was $2.3B over the past year, up 7.6% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like NDAQ.
NDAQ Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.8% | -4.4M shares |
| 1 year | -2.7% | -15.7M shares |
| 3 years | +14% | +69.2M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +52.8M shares |
| Available history | +12% | +62.4M shares |
NDAQ has 563M diluted shares, down 2.7% from a year ago, with $1.5B in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $323M |
| Q2 2026 | $355M |
| Q1 2026 | $548M |
| Q4 2025 | $286M |
| Q3 2025 | $115M |
| Q2 2025 | $100M |
| Q1 2025 | $115M |
| Q4 2024 | — |
NDAQ spent $1.5B buying back its own shares over the past year, about five times what it spent the year before.
NDAQ Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.5x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 2.6x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 3.0x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q1 2025 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 3.7x | Elevated |
NDAQ's net debt is about 2.5 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 3.0 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like NDAQ.
NDAQ Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 68.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 87.1 | Overbought |
NDAQ's weekly RSI is 68 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 87 (overbought).
NDAQ PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | NDAQ | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 30x | 13x | 128% above |
| PE % | 69 | 63 | 6 pts above |
NDAQ is trading at 30x earnings, a 128% premium to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
NDAQ Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $99.5 | 9.2% above |
| 20 week MA | $95.9 | 13% above |
| 50 week MA | $92.1 | 18% above |
| 100 week MA | $88.2 | 23% above |
| 200 week MA | $73.9 | 47% above |
NDAQ is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 47% above its 200-week average.
NDAQ Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $36.0 | $42.9 | +19% |
| 2021 | $42.9 | $68.5 | +60% |
| 2022 | $68.5 | $61.3 | -11% |
| 2023 | $61.3 | $58.1 | -5.1% |
| 2024 | $58.1 | $78.4 | +35% |
| 2025 | $78.4 | $99.4 | +27% |
| 2026 YTD | $99.4 | $108.7 | +9.4% |
NDAQ has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 9.4% so far in 2026.