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Nasdaq (Nasdaq) Operating Income : $1,819 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nasdaq Operating Income?

Nasdaq's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $481 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,819 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Nasdaq's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $481 Mil. Nasdaq's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,647 Mil. Therefore, Nasdaq's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 29.20%.

Good Sign:

Nasdaq Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Nasdaq's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 3.60% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Nasdaq's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.42%. Nasdaq's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 160.25%.


Nasdaq Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nasdaq's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Nasdaq Operating Income Chart

Nasdaq Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,086.00 1,315.00 1,559.00 1,661.00 1,806.00

Nasdaq Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Operating Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 432.00 441.00 452.00 481.00 445.00

Nasdaq Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,819 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Nasdaq  (NAS:NDAQ) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Nasdaq's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=1924 * ( 1 - 29.5% )/( (18531 + 31504)/ 2 )
=1356.42/25017.5
=5.42 %

where

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Nasdaq's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Sep. 2023  Q: Dec. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=1536/( ( (939 + max(-309, 0)) + (978 + max(-279, 0)) )/ 2 )
=1536/( ( 939 + 978 )/ 2 )
=1536/958.5
=160.25 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(595 + 0 + 6144) - (516 + 451 + 6081)
=-309

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(929 + 0 + 7526) - (719 + 594 + 7421)
=-279

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Nasdaq's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=481/1647
=29.20 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Nasdaq (Nasdaq) Business Description

Address
151 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
Executives
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Johan Torgeby director 151 W. 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jeffery W Yabuki director 255 FISERV DRIVE, BROOKFIELD WI 53045
Adena T Friedman officer: Executive Vice President 1801 K STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20006
Michael R Splinter director
Steven D Black director C/O JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., 270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Bryan Everard Smith officer: Executive Vice President 151 W. 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036
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Jeremy Skule officer: Executive Vice President ONE LIBERTY PLAZA, NEW YORK MD 20850
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