Nasdaq Ownership | Who Owns Nasdaq?

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Nasdaq Ownership Summary

Nasdaq is owned by 10.55% institutional investors, 10.73% insiders, and 78.73% retail investors. Investor ab is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.12% of NDAQ shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.57% of its assets in Nasdaq shares.

NDAQ Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Nasdaq	10.55%	10.73%	78.73%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	71.97%	15.45%	12.58%
Industry	Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks	30.05%	15.95%	54.00%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Investor ab	58.18M	10.12%	$4.41B
Vanguard group	52.58M	9.14%	$4.06B
Thoma bravo	42.80M	7.44%	$3.31B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	35.30M	6.14%	$2.73B
Wellington management group llp	34.96M	6.08%	$2.70B
Blackrock	33.33M	5.79%	$2.01B
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	19.44M	3.38%	$1.50B
State street	16.14M	2.80%	$972.60M
Geode capital management	11.02M	1.92%	$849.78M
Franklin resources	10.38M	1.80%	$802.40M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Investor ab	58.18M	99.52%	$4.41B
Thoma bravo	42.80M	59.35%	$3.31B
Seven grand managers	300.00K	10.62%	$23.19M
Round hill asset management	91.78K	5.00%	$7.10M
Prana capital management, lp	1.35M	4.96%	$104.46M
Mcrae capital management	294.80K	4.47%	$22.79M
Bluemar capital management	30.27K	3.80%	$1.82M
Otter creek advisors	70.46K	3.75%	$5.45M
Alta park capital, lp	333.75K	3.38%	$25.80M
Lgt capital partners	1.02M	3.00%	$78.78M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.49M	0.06%	5.49M
Ameriprise financial	6.01M	0.12%	1.65M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	35.30M	0.06%	1.44M
Raymond james financial	1.36M	0.04%	1.36M
Franklin resources	10.38M	0.22%	1.23M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	34.96M	0.49%	-3.88M
Bain capital public equity management ii	-	-	-2.32M
Two sigma investments, lp	890.25K	0.15%	-1.30M
Sterling capital management	821.13K	0.87%	-1.17M
Samlyn capital	-	-	-1.02M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.49M	0.06%	5.49M	$424.29M
Raymond james financial	1.36M	0.04%	1.36M	$105.48M
Winslow capital management	251.63K	0.07%	251.63K	$19.45M
Cary street partners financial	164.89K	0.41%	164.89K	$12.75M
Polar capital	150.94K	0.05%	150.94K	$9.10M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Ruedi wealth management	-3.00
Gps wealth strategies group	-3.00
Mendota financial group	-5.00
Redwood wealth management group	-5.00
Tfo-tdc	-7.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2025	19	-97.94%	60,659,323	-87.28%	10	0.15%	7	-98.52%	6	-97.86%
Dec 31, 2024	835	-3.13%	452,294,746	-4.20%	78	1.17%	431	-9.45%	251	-1.18%
Sep 30, 2024	855	11.18%	471,945,235	-1.26%	82	1.19%	471	17.46%	252	2.44%
Jun 30, 2024	763	-1.55%	477,857,790	0.48%	83	1.22%	398	-1.49%	244	1.24%
Mar 31, 2024	775	2.79%	475,578,007	9.49%	82	1.12%	404	11.29%	241	-8.37%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	14.75M	2.57%	214.69K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	14.57M	2.53%	10.66K
Vanguard Wellington™ Inv	12.89M	2.25%	153.47K
MFS Large Cap Value Equity	12.76M	2.22%	-440.61K
MFS Value A	12.56M	2.19%	-204.92K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	11.69M	2.04%	186.96K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	10.00M	1.74%	96.00K
Franklin Rising Dividends A	7.05M	1.23%	-
Franklin Rising Dividends Fund A	7.05M	1.23%	-
Vanguard Equity-Income Inv	6.24M	1.09%	920.93K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 06, 2025	Griggs PC Nelson	Pres. Capital Access Platforms	Sell	$340.88K
Jun 06, 2025	SKULE JEREMY	EVP, CSO	Sell	$178.84K
Jun 02, 2025	SKULE JEREMY	EVP, CSO	Sell	$87.69K
May 27, 2025	Griggs PC Nelson	Pres. Capital Access Platforms	Sell	$416.35K
May 27, 2025	Griggs PC Nelson	Pres. Capital Access Platforms	Sell	$247.89K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	8
2025 Q1	-	5
2024 Q4	1	14
2024 Q3	-	3
2024 Q2	-	2

NDAQ Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Nasdaq?

Nasdaq shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 10.55%, followed by 10.73% insiders and 78.72% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Nasdaq's industry, Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks, is 30.05%, which Nasdaq falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Nasdaq?

Nasdaq’s largest shareholders are Investor ab (58.18M shares, 10.12%), Vanguard group (52.58M shares, 9.14%), and Thoma bravo (42.8M shares, 7.44%). Together, they hold 26.70% 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 99.52% of its assets in 58.18M Nasdaq shares, valued at 4.41B$.

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 2.57% of its total shares outstanding invested in 14.75M Nasdaq shares.

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