NDAQ · XBRL financial data
Nasdaq financial statements, every fiscal year
The same tables from 7 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal years (NDAQ's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 5,627 | 5,886 | 6,226 | 6,064 | 7,400 | 8,262 |
| Cost of revenue | 2,724 | 2,466 | 2,644 | — | — | — |
| Cost of goods and services sold | — | 2,466 | 2,644 | 2,169 | 2,751 | 3,013 |
| Gross profit | 2,903 | 3,420 | 3,582 | 3,895 | 4,649 | 5,249 |
| General and administrative | 142 | 85 | 125 | 113 | 109 | 75 |
| Total operating expenses | 1,669 | 1,979 | 2,018 | 2,317 | 2,851 | 2,918 |
| Operating income (loss) | 1,234 | 1,441 | 1,564 | 1,578 | 1,798 | 2,331 |
| Interest income | 4 | 1 | 7 | 115 | 28 | 39 |
| Interest expense | 101 | 125 | 129 | 284 | 414 | 367 |
| Other income (expense) | 5 | 81 | 2 | (1) | 21 | (27) |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 279 | 347 | 352 | 344 | 334 | 358 |
| Net income (loss) | 933 | 1,187 | 1,125 | 1,059 | 1,117 | 1,788 |
| Earnings per share, basic‡ USD per share | 1.89 | 2.38 | 2.28 | 2.10 | 1.94 | 3.12 |
| Earnings per share, diluted‡ USD per share | 1.86 | 2.35 | 2.26 | 2.08 | 1.93 | 3.09 |
| Weighted average shares, basic‡ millions of shares | 493 | 498 | 492 | 505 | 575 | 573 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted‡ millions of shares | 501 | 505 | 498 | 508 | 579 | 579 |
- ‡ Per-share figures and share counts are adjusted for the 3-for-1 stock split (August 2022); filings made before it reported them unadjusted.
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal years (NDAQ's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2,745 | 393 | 502 | 453 | 592 | 604 |
| Marketable securities | — | — | — | — | — | 28 |
| Total current assets | 7,660 | 7,423 | 8,604 | 9,096 | 7,786 | 8,003 |
| Property and equipment, net | 475 | 509 | 532 | 576 | 593 | 728 |
| Right-of-use asset | 381 | 366 | 444 | 402 | 375 | 447 |
| Goodwill | 6,850 | 8,433 | 8,099 | 14,112 | 13,957 | 14,371 |
| Total assets | 17,979 | 20,115 | 20,868 | 32,294 | 30,395 | 31,053 |
| Total current liabilities | 4,924 | 7,872 | 8,835 | 9,025 | 7,902 | 7,961 |
| Long-term debt | 5,541 | 4,812 | 4,735 | 10,163 | 9,081 | 8,573 |
| Lease liability, non-current | 389 | 386 | 452 | 417 | 388 | 462 |
| Total liabilities | 11,543 | 13,710 | 14,704 | 21,467 | 19,195 | 18,821 |
| Retained earnings | 5,628 | 6,465 | 7,207 | 7,825 | 8,401 | 9,588 |
| Total stockholders' equity | 6,433 | 6,395 | 6,151 | 10,816 | 11,191 | 12,227 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 17,979 | 20,115 | 20,868 | 32,294 | 30,395 | 31,053 |
| Common shares outstanding (cover page)‡ millions of shares | 494 | 493 | 489 | 575 | 575 | 568 |
- ‡ Per-share figures and share counts are adjusted for the 3-for-1 stock split (August 2022); filings made before it reported them unadjusted.
Cash flows
CSVFiscal years (NDAQ's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | 933 | 1,187 | 1,125 | 1,059 | 1,117 | 1,788 |
| Stock-based compensation | 87 | 90 | 106 | 122 | 141 | 165 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 99 | 108 | 105 | 117 | 125 | 145 |
| Net cash from operating activities | 1,252 | 1,083 | 1,706 | 1,696 | 1,939 | 2,255 |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 188 | 163 | 152 | 158 | 207 | 266 |
| Net cash from investing activities | (231) | (2,653) | 49 | (5,994) | (953) | (1,100) |
| Proceeds from issuing common stock | 50 | 26 | 23 | 29 | — | — |
| Share repurchases | 222 | 468 | 308 | 269 | 145 | 616 |
| Dividends paid | 320 | 350 | 383 | 441 | 541 | 601 |
| Proceeds from long-term debt | 3,807 | 826 | 539 | — | 0 | — |
| Repayments of long-term debt | 1,468 | 804 | 1,097 | 260 | 521 | 826 |
| Net cash from financing activities | 1,383 | 1,418 | 1,036 | 4,220 | (2,561) | (2,953) |
| Net change in cash | 2,420 | (483) | 1,498 | 124 | (2,112) | (1,072) |
Compare with peers
SIC 6200 and related industry codes, similar size. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 6200 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasdaq | 365 | 2,393 | 521* | 555.0M | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| LPL Financial Holdings | 1,059 | 5,344 | 297* | 77.9M | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Cboe Global Markets | 2,663 | 1,359 | 817* | 104.3M | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Tradeweb Markets | 2,115 | 585 | 347* | not reported | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Cme Group | 2,199 | 1,737 | 1,086* | not reported | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Intercontinental Exchange | 936 | 3,630 | 1,162* | 558.9M | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
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