Nasdaq, Inc. Market Services — Revenues less transaction-based expenses increased by 1.9% to $317.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 12.8%, from $281.00M to $317.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Market Services — Revenues less transaction-based expenses shows relatively stable performance with a -0.8% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Higher values indicate better margin capture on trading activity, whereas lower values may signal increased competition or higher costs to attract liquidity.
This is a net revenue metric that subtracts variable transaction-related costs, such as liquidity rebates and routing fe...
Commonly referred to as 'net capture' or 'net transaction revenue' in the exchange industry.
ndaq_segment_market_services_revenues_less_transaction_based_expenses| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $312.00M | $295.00M | $296.00M | $315.00M | $310.00M | $305.00M | $58.00M | $260.00M | $242.00M | $236.00M | $249.00M | $237.00M | $250.00M | $266.00M | $267.00M | $281.00M | $306.00M | $303.00M | $311.00M | $317.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -5.4% | +0.3% | +6.4% | -1.6% | -1.6% | -81.0% | +348.3% | -6.9% | -2.5% | +5.5% | -4.8% | +5.5% | +6.4% | +0.4% | +5.2% | +8.9% | -1.0% | +2.6% | +1.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -0.6% | +3.4% | -80.4% | -17.5% | -21.9% | -22.6% | +329.3% | -8.8% | +3.3% | +12.7% | +7.2% | +18.6% | +22.4% | +13.9% | +16.5% | +12.8% |