To own Nasdaq, I think you need to believe it can keep evolving from a pure exchange into a global financial-technology and market-infrastructure provider. The latest double-digit Q1 revenue and EPS growth, coupled with record FinTech momentum and AI efficiency targets, reinforces that thesis and supports the near term catalyst around execution in Financial Technology. The biggest risk, in my view, remains macro and regulatory uncertainty that could slow client decision-making or adoption of new market technologies, and this news does not remove that risk.<\/p>\n
Among the recent updates, SEC approval for 23\/5 trading and tokenized securities stands out as most relevant. It ties directly into Nasdaq\u2019s FinTech and market-structure ambitions and could support future demand for its technology and data offerings if clients embrace extended hours and tokenized assets. How quickly institutions adapt to these changes, amid competitive and regulatory pressure, will likely shape how powerful this catalyst becomes.<\/p>\n
Yet investors should also be aware that regulatory shifts around tokenization and extended trading could…<\/p>\n
Read the full narrative on Nasdaq (it’s free!)<\/a><\/p>\n Nasdaq’s narrative projects $6.8 billion revenue and $2.3 billion earnings by 2029. This requires 7.7% yearly revenue growth and about a $0.4 billion earnings increase from $1.9 billion today.<\/p>\n Uncover how Nasdaq’s forecasts yield a $106.67 fair value<\/a>, a 19% upside to its current price.<\/p>\n Three fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly US$77 to over US$200 per share, showing very different views of Nasdaq\u2019s potential. When you set these side by side with the macro and regulatory risks around client adoption of new technologies, it underlines why examining several independent viewpoints can be helpful before forming your own expectations for the business.<\/p>\n Explore 3 other fair value estimates on Nasdaq<\/a> – why the stock might be worth over 2x more than the current price!<\/p>\n Disagree with existing narratives? Extraordinary investment returns rarely come from following the herd, so go with your instincts.<\/p>\n Early movers are already taking notice. See the stocks they’re targeting before they’ve flown the coop:<\/p>\n This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.<\/p>\n Companies discussed in this article include NDAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch<\/a> with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team@simplywallst.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In April 2026, Nasdaq, Inc. reported first-quarter revenue of US$1,407 million and net income of US$519 million, alongside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,15586,78999,85,46,2378,136210],"class_list":{"0":"post-412597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-earnings-per-share","10":"tag-financial-technology","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-nasdaq","14":"tag-share-repurchase"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"NDAQ](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/871d21aea1dd1c35252d31453eac5ed3.png\")
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