Nasdaq Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Nasdaq (NDAQ) reported strong financial results for Q4 and full year 2024. The company achieved net revenues of $4.6 billion for 2024, representing a 19% increase over 2023, with Solutions revenue growing 25%. Q4 2024 net revenue reached $1.2 billion, up 10% year-over-year.

Key highlights include Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) of $2.8 billion, showing a 7% increase, with SaaS revenues up 14%. Financial Technology revenue grew 10% to $438 million, while Index revenue surged 29% with $80 billion in net inflows over twelve months. The company maintained strong market leadership, welcoming 180 IPOs in 2024 and achieving a 80% win rate among eligible operating company IPOs.

For 2025, Nasdaq provided guidance for non-GAAP operating expenses between $2,245-$2,325 million and a non-GAAP tax rate of 22.5-24.5%. The company returned $138 million to shareholders through dividends in Q4 and repurchased $181 million of senior unsecured notes.

Nasdaq has reported significant changes in short interest positions as of January 15, 2025. In the Nasdaq Global Market, short interest reached 12,402,417,655 shares across 3,099 securities, up from 12,137,206,474 shares in 3,085 issues on December 31, 2024. The mid-January figures represent 2.56 days of average daily volume, compared to 2.50 days in the previous period.

In the Nasdaq Capital Market, short interest totaled 2,424,890,788 shares across 1,635 securities, increasing from 2,331,105,942 shares in 1,643 securities in the previous period, maintaining a 1.00 day average daily volume.

Overall, total short interest across all 4,734 Nasdaq securities reached 14,827,308,443 shares, up from 14,468,312,416 shares in 4,728 issues previously. The average daily volume increased to 1.82 days from 1.78 days in the prior period.

Novobanco, Portugal's 4th largest bank, has announced an expansion of its technology partnership with Nasdaq (NDAQ) by adopting the complete Calypso platform for its capital market operations. The bank, which has been using Calypso's back-office processing for nearly 20 years, will now integrate front office and risk functionality to consolidate its entire treasury infrastructure.

The cloud-deployed Nasdaq Calypso platform will provide novobanco with enhanced scalability and flexibility, streamlining trading, clearing, risk management, and post-trade processing. The integrated system will centralize data, improve transparency, and enable real-time decision-making through live pricing and risk analytics.

This expansion aligns with novobanco's transformation strategy to become more client-centric and operationally efficient. Nasdaq's technology currently serves 97% of global systematically important banks, half of the world's top 25 stock exchanges, and 35 central banks.

Nasdaq Stock Market has announced the delisting of securities from eight companies: BIMI International Medical, The Dixie Group, Clover Leaf Capital Corp, Focus Impact BH3 Acquisition Company, Forza X1, Vertex Energy, Slam Corp, and HHG Capital All affected companies had their trading suspended between August and October 2024, and none have traded on Nasdaq since their respective suspension dates.

The delistings affect various types of securities including common stocks, Class A ordinary shares, units, warrants, and rights, depending on the company. The suspensions occurred in the following sequence: BIMI (Aug 22), Slam Corp (Aug 27), Clover Leaf Capital (Sept 4), Dixie Group (Oct 3), HHG Capital (Oct 4), Vertex Energy (Oct 8), Forza X1 (Oct 10), and Focus Impact BH3 (Oct 15).

Nasdaq has reported the end-of-month open short interest positions for December 31, 2024. The total short interest across all 4,728 Nasdaq securities reached 14,468,312,416 shares, up from 14,091,933,828 shares in the previous reporting period.

In the Nasdaq Global Market, short interest in 3,085 securities totaled 12,137,206,474 shares, representing 2.50 days of average daily volume, down from 2.65 days in the prior period. The Nasdaq Capital Market saw short interest of 2,331,105,942 shares across 1,643 securities, maintaining a 1.00 day average daily volume.

The overall average daily volume decreased to 1.78 days from 2.09 days in the previous reporting period. These figures represent the total shares sold short by all broker/dealers, regardless of exchange affiliations.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has released its monthly trading volumes for December 2024 and quarterly statistics for Q4 2024. The report includes trading volumes, estimated revenue capture, listing numbers, and index statistics for the period ending December 31, 2024. The complete data set is available on Nasdaq's Investor Relations website.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has announced its upcoming fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results conference call, scheduled for Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 8:00 AM Eastern. The company's senior management team, including the CEO and CFO, will present the results and be available for questions from the investment community.

The earnings press release and results presentation will be accessible on the Nasdaq Investor Relations website (http://ir.nasdaq.com/) at approximately 7:00 AM Eastern on the same day. All interested participants can access the conference through a webcast via the investor relations website.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has announced the closure of all its U.S. equities and options markets on Thursday, January 9, 2025, in observance of the National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. The company observed a moment of silence at 9:20 a.m. ET on December 30, 2024, displaying a tribute message on the Nasdaq Tower. Tal Cohen, President of Nasdaq, expressed condolences to the Carter Family and praised the former president's continued dedication to improving the human condition after his presidency.

Nasdaq has reported significant changes in short interest positions as of December 13, 2024. The Nasdaq Global Market showed 11,912,589,852 shares across 3,063 securities, up from 11,857,580,215 shares in 3,065 issues from November 29, 2024. The days-to-cover ratio increased from 2.36 to 2.65 days.

The Nasdaq Capital Market recorded 2,179,343,976 shares across 1,672 securities, compared to 2,052,759,872 shares in 1,665 securities in the previous period, maintaining a 1.00 day average daily volume.

Overall, total short interest across all 4,735 Nasdaq securities reached 14,091,933,828 shares, with a days-to-cover ratio of 2.09, up from 1.78 in the previous period.