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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. ICE
$150.15 -0.87% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $84.29B
High qualityWeak trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 44.9% from 37.4% a year earlier.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +4.3%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $7.08, up 35.9% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 28%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 19%
- Gross marginTop 28%
- Operating marginTop 11%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Interest coverTop 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 40%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 38%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 23%
- 6-month returnBottom 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 35%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 20%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 34%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.3% | 6.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 42.2% | 35.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 54.8% | 73.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 37.4% | 44.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 34.9% | 36.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.9% | 7.3% | ↓ | Top 49% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 35.9% | 42.2% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| Gross margin | 73.4% | 54.8% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| Operating margin | 44.9% | 37.4% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Net margin | 30.0% | 23.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 36.1% | 34.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.4% | — | Top 19% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.5% | — | Bottom 28% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.37×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -43.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.79×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 7.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.35%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.49%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.84%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $181.67
- Target vs current price
- +21.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 36
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 92%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +3.3% | +1.3% | -2.9% | +5.0% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +5.4% | +1.2% | -1.8% | -5.1% | -4.8% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +1.8% | +2.1% | -7.8% | -0.5% | -6.1% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +6.9% | -1.4% | -2.9% | +3.8% | +15.0% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +2.3% | -0.5% | +1.2% | -4.5% | -15.2% |
| May 1, 2025 | +1.2% | +1.7% | +5.1% | +6.3% | +8.8% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -0.7% | +4.3% | +3.6% | +5.6% | +7.9% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +0.0% | -6.4% | -6.4% | -3.2% | -5.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.90 | $1.84 | +3.3% | $2.67B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $2.35 | $2.23 | +5.4% | $2.98B |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $1.71 | $1.68 | +1.8% | $2.50B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.71 | $1.60 | +6.9% | $3.01B |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.81 | $1.77 | +2.3% | $3.26B |
| May 1, 2025 | $1.72 | $1.70 | +1.2% | $3.23B |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $1.52 | $1.53 | -0.7% | $3.03B |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.55 | $1.55 | +0.0% | $3.03B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.2× | 29.0× | 19th | Bottom 40% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.9× | — | — | Top 49% |
| EV / Sales | 7.73× | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.75% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Earnings yield | 4.72% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.1× – 42.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -7.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +35.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -37.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.1%
- RSI (14)
- 38.6
- Relative volume
- 0.64×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 21.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.57
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2021 | Oct 7, 2022 | -35.1% | 234 days | 344 days (Feb 22, 2024) |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Jun 29, 2026 | -34.8% | 226 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 | -14.4% | 52 days | 18 days (Feb 6, 2025) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -14.0% | 8 days | 20 days (May 7, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $84.29B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $7.08
- Revenue (TTM)
- $13.42B
- Dividend yield
- 1.70%
- 52-week range
- $121.79 – $176.05
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.17B | $9.64B | $9.90B | $11.76B | $12.64B |
| Gross profit | $5.02B | $5.20B | $5.66B | $6.52B | $7.82B |
| Operating income | $3.45B | $3.64B | $3.69B | $4.31B | $4.90B |
| Net income | $4.06B | $1.45B | $2.37B | $2.75B | $3.30B |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.18 | $2.58 | $4.19 | $4.78 | $5.77 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.03B | $3.03B | $3.23B | $3.26B | $3.01B | $3.14B | $3.67B | $3.61B |
| Net income | $657.0M | $698.0M | $797.0M | $851.0M | $816.0M | $840.0M | $1.41B | $958.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.14 | $1.21 | $1.38 | $1.48 | $1.42 | $1.49 | $2.48 | $1.69 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.12B | $3.55B | $3.54B | $4.61B | $4.66B |
| Capital expenditure | -$452.0M | -$482.0M | -$489.0M | -$406.0M | -$373.0M |
| Free cash flow | $2.67B | $3.07B | $3.05B | $4.20B | $4.29B |
| Dividends paid | -$747.0M | -$853.0M | -$955.0M | -$1.04B | -$1.10B |
| Net share buybacks | -$320.0M | -$705.0M | -$78.0M | -$81.0M | -$1.39B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.95B
- Total assets
- $174.25B
- Total liabilities
- $144.59B
- Total debt
- $20.53B
- Net debt
- $19.46B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $29.55B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2026 | $0.52 | Dec 31, 2026 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $0.52 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.52 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.52 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | $0.48 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $0.48 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.48 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.48 | Mar 31, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,423,293
- Days to cover
- 1.96
- Change vs previous report
- +20.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 4, 2016
- 5-for-1