Nasdaq is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. manages, operates and provides its products and services in four segments: Market Technology, which includes exchanges, clearing organizations, central securities depositories, regulators, banks, brokers and other businesses; Investment Intelligence, which includes its Market Data, Index, and Analytics businesses; Corporate Platforms, which includes its Listing Services and IR and Environmental, Social and Governance Services businesses; and Market Services, which includes its Equity Derivative Trading and Clearing, Cash Equity Trading, Fixed Income and Commodities Trading and Clearing and Trade Management Services businesses. We show 55 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our NDAQ shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute NDAQ market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing NDAQ market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing NDAQ's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of NDAQ versus a peer is one thing; comparing
NDAQ market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like NDAQ can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching NDAQ by allowing them to research the NDAQ market cap history. |
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