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NDAQ (Nasdaq) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.27% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Nasdaq Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Nasdaq's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $51,760 Mil. Nasdaq's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,693 Mil. Nasdaq's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.27%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nasdaq's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

NDAQ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.73   Med: 5.18   Max: 8.88
Current: 3.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Nasdaq was 8.88%. The lowest was 1.73%. And the median was 5.18%.

NDAQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
51.39% of 792 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 3.375 vs NDAQ: 3.18

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Nasdaq's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 12.29%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Nasdaq Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nasdaq's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Nasdaq Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Nasdaq Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.46 5.24 4.06 4.51 3.83

Nasdaq Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 5.79 3.83 3.59 3.90 3.27

Competitive Comparison of Nasdaq's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Nasdaq's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Nasdaq's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nasdaq's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Nasdaq Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Nasdaqs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1673/43680.74426
=3.83 %

Nasdaq's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,693 Mil.



Nasdaq  (NAS:NDAQ) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Nasdaq Business Description

Industry
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