Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) Stock

About Nasdaq, Inc.

Nasdaq, Inc., a technology powerhouse founded in 1971 and based in New York City, is dedicated to supporting capital markets and various other sectors worldwide. Its Market Technology division specializes in fighting financial crime, offering products like Nasdaq Trade Surveillance, a SaaS solution that assists brokers and market participants in meeting compliance requirements and internal surveillance policies. This segment also provides Nasdaq Automated Investigator, a cloud-deployed anti-money laundering tool, and Verafin, a SaaS provider for anti-financial crime management. Furthermore, this division handles a wide array of assets, including cash equities, equity derivatives, global currencies, interest-bearing securities, commodities, energy resources, and digital currencies. The Investment Intelligence segment is responsible for distributing both historical and live market data, creating and licensing Nasdaq-branded financial indexes and products, and delivering valuable investment insights and workflow solutions. Through its Corporate Platforms, Nasdaq manages operational listing venues and furnishes specialized intelligence for investor relations, alongside comprehensive governance services. The Market Services segment covers a broad spectrum of operations, including the trading and clearing of equity derivatives, cash equities, fixed income, and commodities, in addition to providing trade management services. This division operates numerous exchanges and marketplace facilities that accommodate diverse asset classes such as derivatives, commodities, cash equity, debt, structured products, and exchange-traded products, while also offering crucial broker, clearing, settlement, and central depository functionalities. As of December 31, 2021, The Nasdaq Stock Market proudly listed 4,178 companies, specifically 1,632 on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, 1,169 on The Nasdaq Global Market, and 1,377 on The Nasdaq Capital Market. The company adopted its current name, Nasdaq, Inc., in September 2015, having previously been known as The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Nasdaq, Inc. is led by CEO Adena T. Friedman, employs 9,377 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 2002.

Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) stock trades at $95.55 with a market capitalization of $53.41B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.95, price-to-book of 4.20, price-to-sales of 6.34. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $76.85 and $101.79, and currently trades 6.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.21%.

On profitability, Nasdaq, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 16.20%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 19.06%, an operating margin of 29.53%, a net profit margin of 23.15%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Nasdaq, Inc. reported annual revenue of $8.2B, net profit of $1.8B, revenue has compounded at 7.9% a year over the last five years, profit at 13.9% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.01, total assets of $31.1B, $814.0M in cash and equivalents.

NDAQ has an average daily trading volume of 4,017,385 shares, a beta of 0.97.

Official website: www.nasdaq.com