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Nasdaq (NDAQ) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nasdaq's Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 65.49% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 505.0% year-over-year to 65.49%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 63.53%, up 69.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 63.53%, 71.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 65.49% at Nasdaq, down from 67.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 67.82% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 51.54% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 60.39% (2021), against an average of 61.34%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin soared 1115bps in 2021 before it plummeted -754bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 60.33% in 2021, then dropped by -5bps to 57.33% in 2022, then rose by 18bps to 67.82% in 2023, then fell by -11bps to 60.44% in 2024, then rose by 8bps to 65.49% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NDAQ's Gross Margin are 65.49% (Q4 2025), 67.16% (Q3 2025), and 62.49% (Q2 2025).