Nasdaq (NDAQ) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026)

Nasdaq's (NDAQ) quarterly Cost of Revenue came in at $730.0 million in Q1 2026, down 15.02% year-on-year from $859.0 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $732.0 million in Q4 2025.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nasdaq has disclosed Cost of Revenue across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $730.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Cost of Revenue for Q1 2026 came in at $730.0 million, down 15.02% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.9 billion (down 5.31% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.0 billion, up 9.52% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue came in at $730.0 million for Q1 2026 at Nasdaq, roughly flat from $732.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cost of Revenue ranged from a high of $859.0 million in Q1 2025 to a low of $508.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $659.0 million (2022), against an average of $665.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Cost of Revenue decreased 23.39% in 2023 and jumped 54.22% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Nasdaq's Cost of Revenue stood at $675.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 21.48% to $530.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 51.51% to $803.0 million in 2024, then fell by 8.84% to $732.0 million in 2025, then declined by 0.27% to $730.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $730.0 million (Q1 2026), $732.0 million (Q4 2025), and $643.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 1.24 Bn
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 52.50 Mn
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 531.00 Mn
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - -
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 730.00 Mn
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn 83.91 Mn
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 85.70 Mn
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 5.80 Mn
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 519.50 Mn
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 Bn 314.28 Mn 296.74 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 730.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 730.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 732.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 732.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 643.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 643.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 784.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 784.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 859.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 859.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 803.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 803.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 756.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 756.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 633.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 633.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 557.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 557.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 530.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 530.00 Mn