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Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ)

Financial Services · Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges · Large-cap · updated October 16, 2026

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What this means. Nasdaq, Inc. is an average business by our measures, its shares look expensive compared with other stocks, and its share price trend is middling.
Value16
Quality61
Price trend52
Overall37
2486 of 2764rank among the US stocks we score (our core model buys the top 15)
10%of US stocks we score rank below it

Scores are 0 to 100 against every US stock we track; 50 is average. Recomputed after every US market close.

The business in numbers

Fiscal year to December 2025, from the company's annual filing with the SEC.

Salesyearly sales$8.3B
Sales growthchange from the year before+11.6%
Gross marginshare of sales left after the direct cost of what it sells63.5%
Operating marginshare of sales left after running the business28.2%
Net marginshare of sales kept as profit21.6%
Free-cash-flow marginspare cash generated per $100 of sales24.1%
Return on invested capitalprofit made on each $100 put into the business8.9%
Return on equityprofit vs. shareholders' accounting value14.6%
Debt / equitydebt vs. shareholders' accounting value0.70
Change in share countnegative = the company is buying back its shares-0.1%

Insider trades, last 90 days

3 insiders sold $4.1M (4% under pre-arranged plans) on the open market.

Smith Bryan EverardEvp, CpoSold (plan)Aug 31,556 shat $95.07 · $148K
Griggs PC NelsonPres. Capital Access PlatformsSoldJul 2911,010 shat $96.35 · $1.1M
Griggs PC NelsonPres. Capital Access PlatformsSoldJul 2711,010 shat $93.96 · $1.0M

From Form 4 filings with the SEC. Open-market trades only. "Plan" = a sale set up in advance under a 10b5-1 plan, usually routine.

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