Nasdaq Ownership | Who Owns Nasdaq?

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Nasdaq Ownership Summary

Nasdaq is owned by 35.72% institutional investors, 10.88% insiders, and 53.41% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.50% of NDAQ shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.88% of its assets in Nasdaq shares.

NDAQ Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Nasdaq	35.72%	10.88%	53.41%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	37.05%	15.59%	47.36%
Industry	Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks	52.52%	15.29%	32.19%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	59.92M	10.50%	$5.82B
Investor ab	58.38M	10.23%	$4.93B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	38.17M	6.69%	$3.24B
Wellington management group llp	36.28M	6.36%	$3.08B
Blackrock	33.33M	5.79%	$2.01B
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	29.06M	5.09%	$2.47B
State street	19.71M	3.45%	$1.67B
Geode capital management	12.98M	2.27%	$1.10B
Morgan stanley	10.26M	1.80%	$870.59M
Franklin resources	9.17M	1.61%	$778.79M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Investor ab	58.38M	32.61%	$4.93B
Northern right capital management	227.79K	6.88%	$19.34M
Stony point capital	732.50K	5.00%	$62.18M
Round hill asset management	87.74K	4.88%	$7.45M
Gillson capital lp	648.48K	4.51%	$55.05M
Mcrae capital management	223.84K	3.94%	$19.00M
Gfs advisors	82.82K	3.92%	$30.79M
Bluemar capital management	30.27K	3.80%	$1.82M
Dundas partners llp	512.02K	3.47%	$43.47M
Raub brock capital management lp	142.11K	3.05%	$12.06M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.46M	0.06%	5.46M
Ubs group	6.99M	0.09%	3.14M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	2.58M	0.06%	2.58M
Select equity group	5.56M	2.42%	1.81M
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	29.06M	0.83%	1.43M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Thoma bravo	-	-	-42.80M
Farallon capital management	-	-	-2.99M
Winslow capital management	-	-	-2.57M
Franklin resources	9.17M	0.19%	-1.42M
Wellington management group llp	36.28M	0.58%	-1.38M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.46M	0.06%	5.46M	$530.10M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	2.58M	0.06%	2.58M	$218.77M
Vanguard global advisers	983.91K	0.05%	983.91K	$83.52M
Vanguard asset management	792.48K	0.06%	792.48K	$67.27M
Freestone grove partners lp	600.55K	0.36%	600.55K	$50.98M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Ruedi wealth management	-3.00
Redwood wealth management group	-5.00
Gps wealth strategies group	-5.00
Mendota financial group	-5.00
Quest 10 wealth builders	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	780	-30.67%	203,836,423	-57.54%	35	0.50%	365	-38.55%	276	-21.14%
Dec 31, 2025	909	-15.76%	305,269,568	-35.69%	53	0.78%	478	-14.95%	279	-8.82%
Sep 30, 2025	1,025	-2.38%	469,974,984	-1.70%	81	1.18%	534	-7.61%	289	-4.62%
Jun 30, 2025	1,043	9.33%	477,673,692	-0.50%	83	1.19%	575	12.30%	301	4.15%
Mar 31, 2025	19	-97.94%	60,659,323	-87.28%	10	0.15%	7	-98.52%	6	-97.86%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	16.30M	2.88%	47.16K
Vanguard Wellington™ Inv	16.47M	2.87%	3.58M
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	14.57M	2.53%	10.66K
Vanguard Wellington Inv	13.70M	2.42%	-1.96M
MFS Large Cap Value Equity	11.95M	2.10%	859.12K
MFS Value A	11.75M	2.08%	-208.36K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	11.64M	2.06%	208.86K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	11.77M	2.05%	80.57K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	11.08M	1.96%	25.32K
Vanguard Equity-Income Inv	6.31M	1.12%	1.88M

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 11, 2026	INVESTOR AB	-	Buy	$4.88M
Jun 11, 2026	Smith Bryan Everard	EVP, CPO	Sell	$260.73K
May 18, 2026	Griggs PC Nelson	Pres. Capital Access Platforms	Sell	$471.71K
Apr 28, 2026	Peterson Bradley J	EVP, CIO	Sell	$700.22K
Apr 27, 2026	Tal Cohen	Pres. Market Platforms	Sell	$1.41M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	6
2026 Q1	2	6
2025 Q4	-	4
2025 Q3	-	6
2025 Q2	-	10

NDAQ Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Nasdaq?

Nasdaq shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 35.72%, followed by 10.88% insiders and 53.40% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Nasdaq's industry, Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks, is 52.52%, which Nasdaq falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Nasdaq?

Nasdaq’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (59.92M shares, 10.50%), Investor ab (58.38M shares, 10.23%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (38.17M shares, 6.69%). Together, they hold 27.42% of Nasdaq’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Nasdaq?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.79% of Nasdaq, totaling 33.33M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.05% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 2.01B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 93.43K shares, a 0.28% change.

Who is Nasdaq’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Investor ab is Nasdaq’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 32.61% of its assets in 58.38M Nasdaq shares, valued at 4.93B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Nasdaq shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Nasdaq shares, with 2.88% of its total shares outstanding invested in 16.3M Nasdaq shares.

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