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How Nasdaq, Inc. stacks up
NDAQ · against 23 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
71/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #14 of 24 · scores higher than 43% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including NDAQ · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 71?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 66% of peers. Operating margin: 29.6% vs peer median 23.5%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 66% of peers. Return on invested capital: 10.1% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 81% of peers. Return on assets: 7.2% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NDAQ, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NDAQ | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 23 reported | 10.1% | 14.3% | 32% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 20 reported | 29.6% | 28.0% | 53% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 26 reported | 7.2% | 2.4% | 72% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 25 reported | 16.5% | 17.1% | 46% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 26 reported | 100.0% | 74.7% | 84% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NDAQ| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31.1B USD | 98 | 65 | |
| 2 | 46.5B USD | 95 | 44 | |
| 3 | 81.4B USD | 93 | 54 | |
| 4 | 87.2B USD | 92 | 49 | |
| 5 | 26.0B GBP (≈$33.9B) | 86 | 73 | |
| 9 | 109.3B USD | 77 | 53 | |
| 11 | 70.0B USD | 76 | 53 | |
| 12 | 97.2B USD | 72 | 44 | |
| 12 | 49.8B USD | 72 | 55 | |
| 14 | 59.8B USD | 71 | 46 | |
| 15 | 42.8B USD | 69 | 39 | |
| 16 | 31.6B USD | 63 | 57 | |
| 17 | 56.1B EUR (≈$61.7B) | 60 | 53 | |
| 18 | 96.0B USD | 58 | 48 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score