Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
NDAQ · against 24 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Ranked #14 of 25 · scores higher than 46% of peers · safety percentile 30
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)6 peers with a safety percentile of 20–29, including NDAQ · Click a bar to see the companies
Mainly because of its current ratio and beta, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
Risk is relative to the sector, not a bankruptcy probability. Banks and brokers carry high leverage by design, and share buybacks can shrink equity and current assets, which raises debt/equity on paper.
| Metric | NDAQ | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / equityLower is better · 23 reported | 0.78× | 0.70× | 32% | 33% | |
| BetaLower is better · 26 reported | 1.00 | 1.12 | 56% | 33% | |
| Current ratioHigher is better · 24 reported | 1.01× | 1.16× | 17% | 33% |
| Rank | Company | Market cap | Safety | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26.0B GBP (≈$33.9B) | 79 | 73 | |
| 2 | 391.0B SEK (≈$39.1B) | 68 | 57 | |
| 3 | 109.3B USD | 65 | 53 | |
| 4 | 197.1B BRL (≈$35.5B) | 65 | 60 | |
| 5 | 6.04T INR (≈$72.4B) | 60 | 60 | |
| 10 | 477.0B HKD (≈$61.1B) | 46 | 60 | |
| 11 | 43.8B USD | 36 | 57 | |
| 12 | 96.0B USD | 32 | 48 | |
| 13 | 97.2B USD | 32 | 44 | |
| 14 | 59.8B USD | 30 | 46 | |
| 15 | 81.4B USD | 28 | 54 | |
| 16 | 38.4B USD | 26 | 22 | |
| 17 | 70.0B USD | 25 | 53 | |
| 18 | 49.8B USD | 24 | 55 |
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