NDAQ vs Peers Stock Comparison

Nasdaq Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc.
$104.72 +11.9% 1M +18.4% 1Y
Market cap
$58.34B
P/E
28.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.15B
Div. yield
–
Exchanges Financial Services

Percentile Scorecard

NDAQ

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNDAQ
Valuation 43 #56 of 97
Growth 45 #38 of 68
Profitability 79 #15 of 67
Financial Health 49 #50 of 97
Shareholder Returns 64 #15 of 40
Overall 56
  • NDAQ ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNDAQSPY
1 month +11.9% -0.8%
3 months +11.5% +3.5%
6 months +15.8% +7.0%
Year to date +7.8% +12.2%
1 year +18.4% +13.0%
3 years +120.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +30.1% +23.1%
5 years +55.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.2% +11.0%
10 years +385.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +17.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNDAQSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.57 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.65 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $104.72 $779.14
52-week low $76.85 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNDAQ
P/E now vs peer median 28.1xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.7xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.9xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.53median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNDAQ
Revenue $9.15B
Gross profit $5.78B
Operating income $2.73B
Net income $2.08B
Free cash flow $2.26B
EPS (diluted) $3.70
Cash & equivalents $365.00M
Total debt $8.74B
Shares (diluted) 563.31M
Enterprise value $55.78B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNDAQ
P/E 28.1x
P/FCF 25.9x
P/Operating cash flow 23.0x
P/S 6.4x
P/B 4.9x
P/Tangible book 9.9x
EV/EBITDA 19.7x
EV/EBIT 24.4x
EV/Revenue 7.3x
EV/FCF 29.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNDAQ
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 28.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 23.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 31.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNDAQ
Gross margin 63.2%
EBITDA margin 37.0%
Operating margin 29.8%
Pretax margin 28.5%
Net margin 22.8%
FCF margin 24.7%
Operating cash flow margin 27.8%
Return on equity 17.4%
Return on assets 7.6%
Return on invested capital 10.5%
Return on capital employed 12.0%
Asset turnover 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNDAQ
Debt / assets 31.9%
Debt / equity 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x
Debt / FCF 3.9x
Liabilities / assets 56.2%
Equity / assets 43.8%
Interest coverage 7.9x
Current ratio 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNDAQ
Dividend yield 1.1%
Net buyback yield 2.5%
Shareholder yield 3.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNDAQ
Forward P/E 26.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.03FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNDAQ
Held by institutions 83.8%
Institutions holding 1,082
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0%
Institutions buying 538
Institutions selling 397
Buyers to sellers 1.36

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