The Zhitong Finance App learned that before the US stock market on July 22, the Nasdaq Exchange (NDAQ.US), one of the three major US exchanges, announced unaudited results for the second quarter of 2020.

Financial Data Summary

NASDAQ's second-quarter revenue was 699 million US dollars, up 12% from the previous year. By business, the revenue of market services after deducting transaction fees was US$276 million. The revenue of the enterprise services business was 126 million US dollars, the revenue of the information services business was 213 million US dollars, and the market technology business revenue was 84 million US dollars.

Guimu's net profit was US$241 million, an increase of 38.5% over the previous year. It was 174 million dollars for the same period last year. Diluted earnings per share were $1.45, up 39% year over year, or $0.41.

Operation Overview

As of June 30, 2020, Nasdaq held about US$711 million in cash and cash equivalents, and total debt was US$3.482 billion.

In the second quarter of 2020, NASDAQ welcomed 55 newly listed companies, including 42 initial public offerings (IPOs).

In the same period, the three largest companies listed in NASDAQ IPOs in terms of revenue were Pharma PLC (RPRX.US), Warner Music Group (WMG.US), and ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI.US).