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Nasdaqvs.S&P Global

NDAQ vs SPGI · both in Exchanges & market data, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The exchanges, index owners and ratings agencies that run — and price — the markets.

S&P Global is about 2.6× larger than Nasdaq by market cap; year to date, Nasdaq leads (−9.3% vs −17.6%).

Side by side

NDAQSPGI
Market cap$49.8B$127B
Price$88.89$435.36
Today+0.9%+1.1%
Return YTD−9.3%−17.6%
Return 1Y−2.9%−18.7%
P/E26.126.7
P/S6.08.1
P/B4.14.1

Data as of 2026-07-13 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

NasdaqNDAQ

NASDAQ · USA

Operator of the Nasdaq stock market, increasingly a financial-technology and data company selling listing, index, analytics and anti-financial-crime software.

Exchange operatorIndex & dataFintech software
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S&P GlobalSPGI

NYSE · USA

A credit-ratings, index and data powerhouse — it rates the bonds companies issue, owns the S&P 500 index franchise and sells market intelligence. Highly recurring revenue.

Ratings & dataS&P 500 indexRecurring revenue
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