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How Nasdaq, Inc. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$8.3B · 100%Cost of revenue$3.0B · 36%Gross profit$5.2B · 64%Operating income$2.3B · 28%Income before tax$2.1B · 26%Income tax$358M · 4%Net income$1.8B · 22%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$8.3B100%
Cost of revenue$3.0B36%
$5.2B64%
$2.3B28%
Income before tax$2.1B26%
Income tax$358M4%
$1.8B22%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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