Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) EVP Pc Nelson Griggs Sells 500 Shares – Defense World

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                Posted by <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name"><a href="https://www.defenseworld.net/author/admin" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span></span> on <span itemprop="datePublished dateModified" content="2022-04-30T10:31:24+0000">Apr 30th, 2022</span>                <br><img height="150" width="250" src="https://axxess.ar/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasdaq-omx-group-inc-logo.jpg" alt="Nasdaq logo" title="Nasdaq" class="companylogo" />Nasdaq, Inc. (<a href='https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/NDAQ/'>NASDAQ:NDAQ</a> &#8211; <a style='font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green' href='https://report.stocknews.com/sign-up/ticker/?ticker=NDAQ&lead_source=marketbeat_snra&utm_source=marketbeat_snra&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=ticker&utm_term=NDAQ&utm_content=text_link'>Get Rating</a>) EVP <a target='_blank' rel="noopener" href='https://www.insidertrades.com/nasdaq-inc-stock/pc-nelson-griggs/'>Pc Nelson Griggs</a> sold 500 shares of the company&#8217;s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.64, for a total value of $80,820.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 35,086 shares in the company, valued at $5,671,301.04. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1120193/000120919122026223/xslF345X03/doc4.xml" target='_blank' rel="noopener">this link</a>. <br>Shares of <a href='https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/NDAQ/insider-trades/' target='_blank' rel="noopener">NDAQ</a> opened at $157.37 on Friday. Nasdaq, Inc. has a 52 week low of $156.72 and a 52 week high of $214.96. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The company has a market capitalization of $25.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.58, a PEG ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.90. The stock&#8217;s 50-day moving average price is $173.74 and its 200-day moving average price is $188.50. <br>Nasdaq (<a href='https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/NDAQ/'>NASDAQ:NDAQ</a> &#8211; <a style='font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green' href='https://report.stocknews.com/sign-up/ticker/?ticker=NDAQ&lead_source=marketbeat_snra&utm_source=marketbeat_snra&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=ticker&utm_term=NDAQ&utm_content=text_link'>Get Rating</a>) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 20th. The financial services provider reported $1.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts&#8217; consensus estimates of $1.95 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $892.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $892.18 million. Nasdaq had a return on equity of 20.05% and a net margin of 20.31%. Nasdaq&#8217;s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.96 earnings per share.  As a group, equities analysts anticipate that  Nasdaq, Inc. will post 7.92 EPS for the current fiscal year. <br>           <div class="in-article-ad"> <iframe src="https://marketbeat.com/scripts/336x280AdNewsSites.ashx" width="336" height="280" frameborder="no" title="Offer"></iframe> </div>                    The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 10th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 9th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.53%. This is an increase from Nasdaq&#8217;s previous quarterly dividend of $0.54. Nasdaq&#8217;s dividend payout ratio  is currently 30.99%. <br>A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on NDAQ shares. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on Nasdaq from $199.00 to $204.00 and gave the company a &#8220;neutral&#8221; rating in a report on Thursday, April 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on Nasdaq from $210.00 to $207.00 and set a &#8220;buy&#8221; rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 21st. Citigroup cut their price objective on Nasdaq from $188.00 to $184.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 13th. UBS Group cut their price objective on Nasdaq from $238.00 to $225.00 and set a &#8220;buy&#8221; rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 27th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on Nasdaq from $245.00 to $239.00 and set an &#8220;overweight&#8221; rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned  a hold rating and eight have issued  a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of &#8220;Hold&#8221; and an average price target of $213.17.<br>A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NDAQ. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its position in  Nasdaq by 7.5% during the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 13,360 shares of the financial services provider&#8217;s stock worth $2,578,000 after purchasing an additional 937 shares in the last quarter.  Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its position in shares of  Nasdaq by 5.6% in the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 3,991 shares of the financial services provider&#8217;s stock valued at $770,000 after acquiring an additional 210 shares in the last quarter.  AE Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of  Nasdaq by 24.6% in the third quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,103 shares of the financial services provider&#8217;s stock valued at $599,000 after acquiring an additional 613 shares in the last quarter.  Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of  Nasdaq by 27.8% in the third quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 19,988 shares of the financial services provider&#8217;s stock valued at $3,858,000 after acquiring an additional 4,348 shares in the last quarter.  Finally, Brookstone Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of  Nasdaq in the third quarter valued at approximately $300,000. Institutional investors own  71.78% of the company&#8217;s stock. <br><strong>About Nasdaq</strong> (<a style='font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green' href='https://report.stocknews.com/sign-up/ticker/?ticker=NDAQ&lead_source=marketbeat_snra&utm_source=marketbeat_snra&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=ticker&utm_term=NDAQ&utm_content=text_link'>Get Rating</a>)<br>Nasdaq, Inc operates as a technology company that serves capital markets and other industries worldwide. The Market Technology segment includes anti financial crime technology business, which offers Nasdaq Trade Surveillance, a SaaS solution for brokers and other market participants to assist them in complying with market rules, regulations, and internal market surveillance policies; Nasdaq Automated Investigator, a cloud-deployed anti-money laundering tool; and Verafin, a SaaS technology provider of anti-financial crime management solutions.<br><strong>Featured Stories</strong><br><!--ViewCount:ArticleHistoryID=88495623&PostDate=2022-4-30&type=i&secondary=1&id=507022--><br><img src='https://axxess.ar/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/InsiderTradesChart.ashx?Prefix=NASDAQ&Symbol=NDAQ' alt='Insider Buying and Selling by Quarter for Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ)'  width='650' height='350' /><br><!--Keyword: Nasdaq,NASDAQ:NDAQ,NDAQ,Finance,63110310,Insider Trading, Insider Trades, Stocks--><!--Ratings:4,11,NASDAQ:NDAQ--><br><strong>Receive News &amp; Ratings for Nasdaq Daily</strong> - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Nasdaq and related companies with <a href="/daily-email-updates-basic/?symbol=NASDAQ:NDAQ&c=Nasdaq" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold">MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter</a>.<br>MFA Financial, Inc. 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