Nasdaq Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • 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 ($81.07) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($58.41)

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?

Key metric: As NDAQ is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NDAQ. This is calculated by dividing NDAQ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NDAQ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio48.6x
EarningsUS$959.00m
Market CapUS$46.49b

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 Average42.6x
MSCI MSCI
38.3x9.5%US$45.6b
TW Tradeweb Markets
64.7x17.3%US$31.9b
CME CME Group
24.1x3.1%US$81.6b
MCO Moody's
43.5x9.3%US$86.6b
NDAQ Nasdaq
48.6x17.3%US$46.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NDAQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (48.6x) compared to the peer average (42.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

23 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.6xn/aUS$2.50b
CET Central Securities
4.5xn/aUS$1.32b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.1xn/aUS$1.16b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
NDAQ 48.6xIndustry Avg. 24.3xNo. of Companies74PE020406080100+
23 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NDAQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (48.6x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (24.3x).


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 Ratio48.6x
Fair PE Ratio22.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NDAQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (48.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.7x).


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$81.07
US$81.83
+0.9%
8.7%US$93.00US$64.00n/a18
Nov ’25US$74.32
US$81.72
+10.0%
8.7%US$93.00US$64.00n/a18
Oct ’25US$73.05
US$77.59
+6.2%
8.9%US$90.00US$64.00n/a17
Sep ’25US$72.08
US$72.14
+0.09%
11.1%US$85.00US$53.00n/a14
Aug ’25US$67.32
US$70.71
+5.0%
12.3%US$85.00US$53.00n/a14
Jul ’25US$59.48
US$66.53
+11.9%
11.5%US$80.00US$50.00n/a15
Jun ’25US$59.03
US$66.60
+12.8%
11.6%US$80.00US$50.00n/a15
May ’25US$59.88
US$67.40
+12.6%
11.9%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$50.00US$74.3214
Oct ’24US$48.59
US$59.43
+22.3%
14.2%US$82.00US$50.00US$73.0514
Sep ’24US$51.94
US$59.85
+15.2%
14.4%US$82.00US$50.00US$72.0813
Aug ’24US$50.24
US$59.77
+19.0%
14.5%US$82.00US$50.00US$67.3213
Jul ’24US$49.85
US$61.33
+23.0%
13.9%US$82.00US$51.00US$59.4812
Jun ’24US$55.03
US$62.07
+12.8%
11.6%US$82.00US$53.00US$59.0314
May ’24US$55.05
US$62.00
+12.6%
11.7%US$82.00US$53.00US$59.8814
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

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


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