Nasdaq Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

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.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) demonstrated strong market leadership in 2024 with 171 IPOs raising $22.7 billion, maintaining an 81% win rate of eligible IPOs. The listings included 123 operating companies and 48 SPACs, extending Nasdaq's leadership to 44 consecutive quarters. The exchange attracted 23 company transfers representing $180 billion in market cap, including Palantir as the largest switch.

Notable achievements include maintaining 100% of eligible biotech listings and securing 87% of eligible SPAC IPOs, which raised $6.9 billion. Marquee listings included Lineage (largest IPO), Waystar (largest health-tech IPO), and ServiceTitan. Private equity and venture-capital backed companies represented 33% of IPOs, including Brightspring and Astera Labs.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) announced the annual reconstitution of the Nasdaq-100 Index® (NDX®), effective December 23, 2024. Three companies will be added to the index: Palantir Technologies (PLTR), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Axon Enterprise (AXON). Simultaneously, Illumina (ILMN), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), and Moderna (MRNA) will be removed.

The Nasdaq-100 Index®, launched in January 1985, comprises 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market®. The index serves as the basis for various financial products, including the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), options, futures, and structured products.

Nasdaq has reported short interest positions for the settlement date of November 29, 2024. In the Nasdaq Global Market, short interest reached 11.86 billion shares across 3,065 securities, down from 11.97 billion shares in 3,070 issues from November 15, 2024. This represents 2.36 days of average daily volume, up from 2.25 days in the previous period.

The Nasdaq Capital Market showed 2.05 billion shares of short interest across 1,665 securities, slightly up from 2.04 billion shares in 1,668 securities previously. The average daily volume remained steady at 1.00 day.

Overall, total short interest across all 4,730 Nasdaq securities amounted to 13.91 billion shares, decreasing from 14.02 billion shares in 4,738 issues, with average daily volume dropping to 1.78 days from 1.83 days.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has announced that Executive Vice President & CFO Sarah Youngwood will be presenting at the Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET. The presentation will be accessible via webcast through Nasdaq's Investor Relations website at ir.nasdaq.com/events.cfm.

Nasdaq's ninth Annual Global Compliance Survey reveals a significant shift towards AI adoption in financial services compliance. 35% of respondents identified AI and advanced technologies as primary drivers of compliance process change, up from 9% last year. Firms are focusing on improving data quality, cloud integration, and cross-product surveillance.

The survey shows companies are increasingly hiring data scientists (12%) and support staff (13%) to strengthen compliance systems. Nearly 90% of respondents find reducing false positives challenging. Compliance teams maintain strong influence in business decisions, with 76% agreeing they have a seat at the table. Over 40% of firms reported increased compliance spending this year.

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has released its monthly volumes for November 2024. Details are available on the company's Investor Relations website. For more information, visit: Nasdaq Volume Statistics.