Nasdaq, Inc. Market Services — Directly consumed expenses increased by 3.4% to $92.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 4.5%, from $88.00M to $92.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Market Services — Directly consumed expenses shows an upward trend with a 6.4% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Rising costs without corresponding revenue growth suggest declining operational efficiency within the segment.
These are operating expenses that are directly attributable to the market services segment and are not allocated from co...
Standard segment-level operating expense reporting used by diversified financial holding companies.
ndaq_segment_market_services_directly_consumed_expenses| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $73.25M | $73.25M | $73.25M | $73.25M | $82.50M | $82.50M | $82.50M | $82.50M | $82.00M | $83.00M | $85.00M | $89.00M | $88.00M | $92.00M | $84.00M | $89.00M | $92.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +12.6% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -0.6% | +1.2% | +2.4% | +4.7% | -1.1% | +4.5% | -8.7% | +6.0% | +3.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +12.6% | +12.6% | +12.6% | +12.6% | -0.6% | +0.6% | +3.0% | +7.9% | +7.3% | +10.8% | -1.2% | +0.0% | +4.5% |