Benzinga | Oct 19, 2021 10:50AM EDT

Preview: Nasdaq's Earnings

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2021-10-20. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Nasdaq will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.71

Nasdaq bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by 11.76%, which was followed by a $0.5 drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Nasdaq's past performance and the resulting price change:



Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 1.7 1.73 1.45 1.45EPS Actual 1.9 1.96 1.60 1.53Revenue Estimate 810.54M 814.49M 748.98M 688.02MRevenue Actual 846.00M 851.00M 788.00M 715.00M

Stock Performance

Shares of Nasdaq were trading at $203.49 as of October 18. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 54.63%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

If you want to track all upcoming earnings announcements, check out our Earnings Calendar here