Nasdaq reported third-quarter 2026 net revenue of $1.5 billion, up 13% from a year earlier, with GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.96, up 31%, and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.04, up 18%. The company also declared a quarterly cash dividend and updated its 2026 non-GAAP operating expense guidance to a range of $2.550 billion to $2.580 billion.
Third-quarter net revenue was $1.5 billion, up 13% reported and 14% organic; Solutions revenue rose 17% to $1.2 billion.
GAAP diluted EPS was $0.96 versus $0.73 a year earlier; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.04 versus $0.88.
Cash dividends declared per common share were $0.31 in the quarter, versus $0.27 a year earlier.
The company returned $173 million through dividends and $323 million through share repurchases in the quarter, with $2.2 billion remaining under its repurchase authorization as of September 30, 2026.
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From Nasdaq, Inc.'s 10-Q and 10-K filings (SEC XBRL). YoY compares each quarter with the same quarter a year earlier; it is blank when the year-ago figure is missing or negative.
Annual results
Fiscal year
Revenue
Growth
EPS (diluted)
Growth
Net margin
FY2025
$8.26B
+11.6%
$3.09
+60.1%
21.6%
FY2024
$7.40B
+22.0%
$1.93
-7.2%
15.1%
FY2023
$6.06B
-2.6%
$2.08
-8.0%
17.5%
FY2022
$6.23B
+5.8%
$2.26
-3.8%
18.1%
FY2021
$5.89B
+4.6%
$2.35
+26.3%
20.2%
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For the quarter ended Sep 2026, Nasdaq reported diluted EPS of $0.96 (+31.5% year over year) on revenue of $2.39B (+20.9%).
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