Today's noteworthy downgrades include: Autoliv (ALV) downgraded to Underperform from Outperform at Exane BNP Paribas... Baxter (BAX) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse... Carter's (CRI) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman... Fiat Chrysler (FCAU) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Exane BNP Paribas... H&E Equipment (HEES) downgraded to Sector Weight from Overweight at KeyBanc... L'Oreal (LRLCY) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citi... Marchex (MCHX) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Stephens... NASDAQ (NDAQ) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette... Starbucks (SBUX) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman... Towers Watson (TW) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank... Tuesday Morning (TUES) downgraded to Accumulate from Buy at Johnson Rice... United Rentals (URI) downgraded to Sector Weight from Overweight at KeyBanc.

Sees adjusted expenses: $755 - 805M, trending toward top end of range; Acquisition and Refinitiv Transaction related depreciation and amortization expense: $142M; Assumed non-GAAP tax rate: ~ 24.5% - 25.5% Cash costs of non-acquisition capital expenditures and capitalized software development: $75 - 83M LSEG Market Data Contract Revenue: ~$80M or ~$90M in 2025.

Reports Q1 revenue $408.7M, consensus $411.33M. Reports $1.9 T average daily volume ADV for the quarter, an increase of 39.1% compared to prior year period; quarterly ADV records in fully electronic U.S. High Grade credit, U.S. government bonds, European government bonds, swaps/swaptions = 1-year, European credit, U.S. ETFs, equity convertibles/swaps/options, global repurchase agreements; record 17.6% share of fully electronic U.S. High Grade TRACE..."We had a very strong start to 2024, continuing last year's momentum thanks to broad-based organic growth and a number of important milestones. Our quarterly ADV climbed 39% from the prior year period to a record $1.9 trillion, with several more ADV records set across rates, credit, equities and money markets. Tradeweb captured a record 17.6% share of U.S. High Grade TRACE reflecting steady growth in an area of strategic focus and investment for us. In January, we finalized our acquisition of r8fin, a technology provider that specializes in algorithmic-based execution for U.S. Treasuries and interest rate futures, and we feel great about how this will strengthen our offering with macro hedge funds. In April, we agreed to acquire ICD, a leading institutional investment technology provider for corporate treasury organizations, which will add Corporates as a new client channel with significant cross-sell opportunities. We also recently celebrated the five-year anniversary of Tradeweb's IPO, and we remain laser-focused on keeping continued innovation and collaboration at the heart of Tradeweb's success. Now more than ever, we believe the future of trading is multi-asset class -- and innovative technology is how markets are going to get there."

The Board of Directors of Nasdaq has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share on the company's outstanding common stock, a 9% increase from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on June 28, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 14, 2024. Future declarations of quarterly dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to approval by the Board of Directors.

Reports Q1 revenues $1.12B, consensus $1.11B. Adena Friedman, Chair and CEO said, "Nasdaq delivered another quarter of solid results, with double digit revenue growth in our Solutions businesses including strong Financial Technology results and exceptional Index performance. We continue to make progress on our Integrate, Innovate, and Accelerate strategic priorities with ongoing momentum across our integration work streams and the One Nasdaq go-to-market strategy. As we look toward the remainder of the year, we are well positioned to deliver on our next phase of scalable, profitable, and durable growth."

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Previous view $14.65B-$15.15B.

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