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Nasdaq (NDAQ) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nasdaq's FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 25.24% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 654.0% year-over-year to 25.24%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 24.07%, up 66.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 24.07%, 67.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 25.24% at Nasdaq, up from 7.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 37.13% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 2.41% in Q2 2021.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 22.77% (2023), against an average of 22.57%.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Margin was 1927bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -2613bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 22.77% in 2021, then grew by 28bps to 29.08% in 2022, then dropped by -22bps to 22.77% in 2023, then soared by 40bps to 31.77% in 2024, then fell by -21bps to 25.24% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NDAQ's FCF Margin are 25.24% (Q4 2025), 7.76% (Q3 2025), and 32.87% (Q2 2025).