Nasdaq, Inc. Initial Listings — Contract with Customer, Liability increased by 3.1% to $99.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 8.8%, from $91.00M to $99.00M. Over 2 years (FY 2023 to FY 2025), Initial Listings — Contract with Customer, Liability shows relatively stable performance with a -4.7% CAGR.
An increase suggests strong new business acquisition, while a decrease may indicate a slowdown in new listings or the amortization of existing contracts.
This represents the deferred revenue balance associated with initial listing fees paid by companies to join the exchange...
Similar to deferred revenue or contract liabilities found in other subscription-based or service-oriented financial exchanges.
ndaq_segment_initial_listings_contract_with_customer_liability| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $116.00M | $112.00M | $105.00M | $100.00M | $97.00M | $92.00M | $90.00M | $90.00M | $89.00M | $91.00M | $93.00M | $96.00M | $96.00M | $99.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -3.4% | -6.3% | -4.8% | -3.0% | -5.2% | -2.2% | +0.0% | -1.1% | +2.2% | +2.2% | +3.2% | +0.0% | +3.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -16.4% | -17.9% | -14.3% | -10.0% | -8.2% | -1.1% | +3.3% | +6.7% | +7.9% | +8.8% |