Head to Head Comparison: Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) vs. Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD)

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Nasdaq and Resolute Holdings Management, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nasdaq	0	4	14	1	2.84
Resolute Holdings Management	1	0	0	0	1.00

Nasdaq presently has a consensus target price of $113.53, indicating a potential upside of 5.98%. Given Nasdaq’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Nasdaq is more favorable than Resolute Holdings Management.

Profitability

This table compares Nasdaq and Resolute Holdings Management’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nasdaq	22.81%	19.03%	8.12%
Resolute Holdings Management	2.76%	2.41%	1.18%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

72.5% of Nasdaq shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Nasdaq shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Resolute Holdings Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nasdaq and Resolute Holdings Management”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nasdaq	$8.22 billion	7.23	$1.79 billion	$3.66	29.27
Resolute Holdings Management	$1.51 billion	0.80	-$5.92 million	$4.72	32.55

Nasdaq has higher revenue and earnings than Resolute Holdings Management. Nasdaq is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resolute Holdings Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Nasdaq has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resolute Holdings Management has a beta of -0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 183% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nasdaq beats Resolute Holdings Management on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nasdaq

Nasdaq, Inc. operates as a technology company that serves capital markets and other industries worldwide. It operates in three segments: Capital Access Platforms, Financial Technology, and Market Services. The Capital Access Platforms segment sells and distributes historical and real-time market data; and develops and licenses Nasdaq-branded indices and financial products. This segment also offers investor relations intelligence, governance solutions, and ESG solutions; and insights and workflow solutions, as well as operates listing platforms. The Financial Technology segment offers Verafin, a cloud-based platform to detect, investigate, and report money laundering and financial frauds; surveillance solutions, including a SaaS platform to assist in complying with market rules, regulations, and internal market surveillance policies; AxiomSL, a risk data management and regulatory reporting solution; and Calypso, a front-to-back trading technology solution for the financial market. This segment also handles assets, comprising cash equities, equity derivatives, currencies, various interest-bearing securities, commodities, energy products, and digital currencies; and trade management and colocation services. The Market Platforms segment offers equity derivative trading and clearing, cash equity trading, fixed income and commodities trading and clearing, and currency trading services. This segment operates various exchanges and other marketplace facilities across various asset classes which includes derivatives, commodities, cash equity, debt, structured products, and exchange traded products; and provides clearing, settlement, and central depository services. The company was formerly known as The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. and changed its name to Nasdaq, Inc. in September 2015. Nasdaq, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Resolute Holdings Management

Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. operates as an alternative asset management platform company. The company was incorporated in 2024 and is based in New York, New York.