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NDAQ (Nasdaq) Debt-to-Equity : 0.93 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Nasdaq Debt-to-Equity?

Nasdaq's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $499 Mil. Nasdaq's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $9,758 Mil. Nasdaq's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $11,072 Mil. Nasdaq's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.93.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nasdaq's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

NDAQ' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 0.71   Max: 1.66
Current: 0.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Nasdaq was 1.66. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 0.71.

NDAQ's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
72.04% of 608 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.33 vs NDAQ: 0.93

Nasdaq Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nasdaq's Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Chart

Nasdaq Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.66 0.92 0.97 0.95 1.01

Nasdaq Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-Equity 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 1.56 1.01 0.96 0.94 0.93

Competitive Comparison of Nasdaq's Debt-to-Equity

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Nasdaq's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Nasdaq's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Nasdaq's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nasdaq's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Nasdaq Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Nasdaq's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Nasdaq's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

* 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) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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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
John Zecca officer: Executive Vice President 151 W. 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036
Bradley J Peterson officer: Executive Vice President ONE LIBERTY PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10006
Adenza Parent, Lp director, 10 percent owner ONE MARKET PLAZA, SPEAR TOWER, SUITE 2400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94150
Bryan Everard Smith officer: Executive Vice President 151 W. 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036
Borse Dubai Ltd 10 percent owner LEVEL 7, PRECINCT BLDG 5, GATE DISTRICT, PO BOX 506690, DUBAI INTL FINANCIAL CTR, DUBAI C0 00000
Spaht Paul Holden Jr. director 600 MONTGOMERY STREET, 20TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Thoma Bravo Ugp, Llc director, 10 percent owner 110 N. WACKER DRIVE, 32ND FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Ann M Dennison officer: Controller and Prin Acctg Ofcr ONE LIBERTY PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10006
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
Michelle Lynn Daly officer: Controller and Prin Acctg Ofcr 151 W. 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036
Brendan Brothers officer: Interim Head of AFC 151 W. 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036