Nasdaq Valuation

Is NDAQ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NDAQ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NDAQ ($60.12) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($53.55)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NDAQ is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NDAQ?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

NDAQ key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue7.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.4x
PEG Ratio2.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NDAQ's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NDAQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average38.5x
MSCI MSCI
32.5x7.7%US$37.9b
TW Tradeweb Markets
53.9x18.2%US$24.1b
CBOE Cboe Global Markets
24.8x4.5%US$18.8b
MCO Moody's
42.7x11.7%US$68.7b
NDAQ Nasdaq
35.2x14.0%US$34.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NDAQ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.2x) compared to the peer average (38.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NDAQ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NDAQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.2x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (19.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NDAQ's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NDAQ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio35.2x
Fair PE Ratio20.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NDAQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NDAQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$60.12
US$66.93
+11.3%
12.2%US$80.00US$50.00n/a15
Apr ’25US$62.29
US$64.00
+2.7%
12.1%US$82.00US$54.00n/a15
Mar ’25US$56.53
US$62.13
+9.9%
12.2%US$82.00US$54.00n/a16
Feb ’25US$57.09
US$61.75
+8.2%
12.4%US$82.00US$54.00n/a16
Jan ’25US$58.14
US$59.56
+2.4%
13.3%US$82.00US$50.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$55.90
US$59.38
+6.2%
13.2%US$82.00US$50.00n/a16
Nov ’24US$48.71
US$59.57
+22.3%
14.0%US$82.00US$50.00n/a14
Oct ’24US$48.59
US$59.43
+22.3%
14.2%US$82.00US$50.00n/a14
Sep ’24US$51.94
US$59.85
+15.2%
14.4%US$82.00US$50.00n/a13
Aug ’24US$50.24
US$59.77
+19.0%
14.5%US$82.00US$50.00n/a13
Jul ’24US$49.85
US$61.33
+23.0%
13.9%US$82.00US$51.00n/a12
Jun ’24US$55.03
US$62.07
+12.8%
11.6%US$82.00US$53.00n/a14
May ’24US$55.05
US$62.00
+12.6%
11.7%US$82.00US$53.00n/a14
Apr ’24US$54.67
US$63.20
+15.6%
11.9%US$82.00US$50.00US$62.2915
Mar ’24US$55.55
US$63.27
+13.9%
11.7%US$82.00US$50.00US$56.5315
Feb ’24US$59.50
US$63.13
+6.1%
11.8%US$82.00US$50.00US$57.0915
Jan ’24US$61.35
US$66.02
+7.6%
12.2%US$84.00US$55.00US$58.1415
Dec ’23US$68.49
US$65.76
-4.0%
11.9%US$84.00US$55.00US$55.9015
Nov ’23US$62.35
US$64.62
+3.6%
12.3%US$84.00US$50.00US$48.7115
Oct ’23US$56.68
US$64.64
+14.0%
11.8%US$80.33US$48.00US$48.5913
Sep ’23US$59.99
US$64.79
+8.0%
11.6%US$80.33US$49.33US$51.9413
Aug ’23US$59.62
US$62.75
+5.2%
9.5%US$73.33US$49.33US$50.2412
Jul ’23US$51.86
US$66.57
+28.4%
14.0%US$83.33US$48.33US$49.8514
Jun ’23US$50.76
US$67.24
+32.5%
12.3%US$83.33US$53.67US$55.0315
May ’23US$52.46
US$68.20
+30.0%
11.8%US$83.33US$53.67US$55.0515
Apr ’23US$60.64
US$69.20
+14.1%
13.8%US$92.33US$53.67US$54.6715

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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