Nasdaq, Inc. $NDAQ Shares Sold by Nordea Investment Management AB

Nordea Investment Management AB trimmed its position in Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) by 22.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 264,097 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 75,410 shares during the quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB’s holdings in Nasdaq were worth $25,829,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NDAQ. Front Row Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Nasdaq in the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Nasdaq during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Tripletail Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Nasdaq during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Westside Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in Nasdaq by 100.0% during the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 318 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 159 shares during the period. Finally, West Branch Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Nasdaq in the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Nasdaq

In related news, EVP John Zecca sold 4,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.01, for a total value of $450,045.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 125,674 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,568,656.74. This represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Adena T. Friedman sold 92,840 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.08, for a total value of $8,363,027.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,079,323 shares in the company, valued at $187,305,415.84. This represents a 4.27% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 697,340 shares of company stock worth $66,803,072 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.70% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on NDAQ shares. Morgan Stanley set a $116.00 price objective on shares of Nasdaq and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Nasdaq in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $109.00 price target on shares of Nasdaq in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. TD Cowen raised Nasdaq from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $105.00 to $106.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $115.00 price objective (up from $114.00) on shares of Nasdaq in a research note on Friday, January 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $103.80.

Nasdaq Stock Performance

NDAQ opened at $84.28 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $88.74 and a 200 day moving average price of $90.27. Nasdaq, Inc. has a 1 year low of $64.84 and a 1 year high of $101.79. The stock has a market cap of $47.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.28, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.03.

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.04. Nasdaq had a net margin of 21.77% and a return on equity of 16.90%. The company had revenue of $2.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.37 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.76 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts anticipate that Nasdaq, Inc. will post 3.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Nasdaq Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. Nasdaq’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.95%.

Key Headlines Impacting Nasdaq

Here are the key news stories impacting Nasdaq this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nasdaq announced a strategic partnership with digital-asset infrastructure provider Talos to enable tokenized collateral management by integrating Talos with Nasdaq’s Calypso and Trade Surveillance platforms — a move that expands Nasdaq’s product set into institutional crypto workflows and could drive new fee-based revenue and cross-asset risk services. Nasdaq and Talos press release PYMNTS coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Nasdaq executed a market oversight action by halting trading in a listed issuer (American Rebel Holdings, AREB) to request additional information — a routine regulatory/market integrity action that has limited direct impact on Nasdaq’s earnings but highlights its exchange/regulatory role. AREB halt announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Several data feeds report a “large increase” in short interest for NDAQ in March, but the published figures appear inconsistent/erroneous (showing zeros/NaN). The reporting confusion itself can add short-term uncertainty or headline-driven volatility until corrected; it’s not clear there’s a genuine short-squeeze threat or coordinated shorting.
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading volume today is below the stock’s average, which can amplify price moves; combined with recent gains earlier this year, this technical backdrop may be contributing to profit-taking despite the positive strategic news.

Nasdaq Company Profile

Nasdaq, Inc is a global financial technology company that operates one of the world’s leading electronic securities exchanges and provides a broad array of products and services to capital markets participants. Its core activities include operating the Nasdaq Stock Market and other trading venues, developing and supplying market technology and matching engines to exchanges and trading firms, licensing market data and indices, and offering clearing, trade execution and post-trade solutions. The company also provides market surveillance, risk management and regulatory technology used by exchanges and regulators.

Founded in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) as the first electronic stock market, Nasdaq has evolved into a diversified marketplace and technology provider.