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Top 12 facts that make NASDAQ the stock market of choice for companies and investors.
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NASDAQ is the stock exchange for industry leaders, recognized around the globe as one of the largest U.S. stock markets. NASDAQ has more listed companies (approximately 3,100), trades more volume (approximately 2 billion shares daily) and handles more IPOs (over 1,044 since 2000) than any other U.S. exchange. In a recent update of a multi-year study of investors, NASDAQ was the most widely-recognized stock market, with greater brand recognition than any other U.S. exchange. So far in 2007, NASDAQ has earned over two-thirds of the IPOs eligible to list on NASDAQ or the NYSE Group, including 20 non-U.S. companies, raising a combined $15.99 billion.
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NASDAQ has significant reach in a broad range of industry sectors — financial, industrial, healthcare and consumer companies comprise over 50% of NASDAQ listings. Category-defining, innovative NASDAQ companies like Sirius Satellite, eBay, JetBlue, Starbucks, Costco, Microsoft, Google, Charles Schwab, Fifth Third Bank and Staples touch the lives of people worldwide every day. NASDAQ also has significant constituencies in Europe, Israel, China and India. Companies from around the world and all segments of the business community are attracted to NASDAQ's value proposition as a listing and trading venue.
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NASDAQ has the world's highest listing standards. NASDAQ's Global Select Market has financial and corporate governance listing standards that are more stringent than any exchange in the world, including the NYSE. Over 1,000 NASDAQ-listed companies qualify under these standards to create a prestigious, world-class, top-tier marketplace. NASDAQ itself adheres to these most stringent standards, setting an example of best-in-class governance.
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NASDAQ is a global platform for capital formation. NASDAQ is a global brand and a global market. The NASDAQ Global Platform provides companies throughout the world access to U.S. capital formation, which in turn fosters world economic growth and extends business transactions across borders and among cultures. NASDAQ continues to lead in driving global securities trading innovation for the benefit of all companies and investors.
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NASDAQ is #1 on the NYSE. NASDAQ routed more share volume to the NYSE floor than any other member in September 2007. NASDAQ Execution Services — NASDAQ's broker-dealer — routed over 9 billion shares on the NYSE, outpacing the second largest firm by more than 4.5 billion shares. That's an average of 474 million shares per day. (Source: NYSE Broker Volume Report) NASDAQ is increasingly the preferred venue for trading NYSE-listed stocks. Buy-side traders are "voting with their order flow" in favor of NASDAQ's fully-automated, competitive, transparent and accessible market structure. NYSE market share of NYSE-listed trading has recently dropped to as low as 43.3% (with the NYSE often handling less than a majority of the shares in higher-volume names — even in its own stock), as the buy side flocks to NASDAQ and other electronic markets.
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NASDAQ offers an exceptional product with lower listing fees NASDAQ's fees are lower than the NYSE for initial listing, annual fees and fees for the listing of additional shares. And even though NASDAQ's fees are lower, NASDAQ provides unsurpassed value to its issuers through a package of products and services that are available as standard benefits of listing and included in the listing fee. In 2008, NASDAQ expanded this package even further to include services that will help our issuers manage investor communications, comply with SEC regulations and will provide risk management intelligence. Annual fees for larger companies can be over 80% less on NASDAQ. Even for smaller companies, the savings add up — a company that has 50 million total shares outstanding and does one stock split will save $500,000 on fees over five years by listing on NASDAQ.
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Financial products based on NASDAQ Indexes offer unparalleled exposure for both large and small companies to institutional and retail investors. With over 500 financial products based on NASDAQ Indexes, NASDAQ-listed stocks gain not only superior visibility but investor support.
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NASDAQ companies benefit from NASDAQ's unmatched visibility properties. Industry-leading institutional investor conferences give companies the ability to gain significant exposure to potential international investors. Consumer and B-to-B brands benefit from a major Times Square presence through the NASDAQ MarketSite, and millions of visitors a day are using NASDAQ.com as their primary resource for information on companies.
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NASDAQ provides comprehensive, unbiased trading analysis. The NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk is staffed by professionals who, armed with NASDAQ proprietary and industry leading third-party data, are solely tasked with giving NASDAQ-listed companies insight into the trading activity of their stock and their peers' stocks, regardless of where they are listed. This service is proactive and reactive, customizable to the needs of the company, without the potential bias of similar analysis from a specialist that is trading for its own account. Through the NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk, NASDAQ-listed companies, have access to the NASDAQ Select Market Maker Program, which provides listed companies with more transparency into the role that market makers play in trading their stock and allows for more interaction between the trading and listing communities.
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NASDAQ Corporate Services provides listed companies unparalleled product and service support essential to being a publicly-traded company in the areas of market intelligence, investor relations, risk management, board tools, visibility, and corporate governance. All NASDAQ-listed companies have a dedicated relationship manager who facilitates their access to NASDAQ products and services. D&O insurance consulting and brokerage, press release distribution, investor relations website management, conference call support, facilitation of independent third-party research, board management tools and corporate governance services are just some of the ways NASDAQ makes becoming and being a public company easier and less expensive.
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NASDAQ leverages customer feedback to drive continued innovation. NASDAQ is relentlessly innovating to improve our listing product. From acquisitions that broaden our global reach and visibility, and trading technology that improves secondary offerings and IPO pricing efficiency performance, to the creation of new indexes and other visibility enhancements, NASDAQ never stops its efforts to improve the value of being a NASDAQ-listed company.
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NASDAQ is a solid, well run and well regulated business. At NASDAQ we believe good regulation is good business. NASDAQ has strong financials and competitive momentum and is leading the way in global expansion. Our income streams are diversified across Issuer Services and Market Services comprised of four strong business lines with diverse revenue streams. NASDAQ is the master in the electronic trading space and we are well positioned for opportunity.
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