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ICE · NYSE

Intercontinental Exchange

Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · United States

USD 155.471.4% daily changeQuote 2026-09-18 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$87.28B
Trailing P/E
21.93x
Forward P/E
17.67x
Quarterly revenue growth
4.8%
Trailing net margin
38.2%
Indicated dividend yield
1.3%

Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-10-29 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides technology and data to financial institutions, corporations, and government entities in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. It operates through three segments: Exchanges, Fixed Income and Data Services, and Mortgage Technology. The Exchanges segment operates regulated marketplace technology for the listing, trading, and clearing of an array of derivatives contracts and financial securities, such as commodities, interest rates, foreign exchange and equities, and corporate and exchange-traded funds, as well as data and connectivity services related to its exchanges and clearing houses. The Fixed Income and Data Services segment provides fixed income pricing, reference data, indices, analytics, and execution services, as well as global CDS clearing and multi-asset class data delivery technology. The Mortgage Technology segment offers a technology platform that provides customers comprehensive and digital workflow tools to address inefficiencies and mitigate risks that exist in the U.S. residential mortgage market life cycle from application through closing, servicing, and the secondary market. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Q1 2026

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ICE Stock: Q1 2026 Earnings Analysis

Published 2026-05-01

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MetricICEIntercontinental Exchange, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30MCOMoody's CorporationSnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30CMECME Group Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30Peer medianSimilar-size peers only
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$87.28BUS$81.15BUS$99.25BUS$90.20Bn=2
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate17.67x24.76x21.35x23.06xn=2
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA15.91x21.57x21.14x21.35xn=2
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter4.8%15.1%0.8%8.0%n=2
Operating marginLatest reported quarter52.6%49.5%65.0%57.3%n=2
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap4.2%3.2%2.9%3.1%n=2
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA2.90x1.51x0.33x0.92xn=2
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity0.69x2.41x0.15x1.28xn=2
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings21.93x29.77x23.41x26.59xn=2
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share2.95x26.83x3.74x15.28xn=2
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue10.12x10.71x14.92x12.82xn=2
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter14.2%56.7%2.5%29.6%n=2
Gross marginTrailing twelve months100.0%75.0%100.0%87.5%n=2
Net marginTrailing twelve months38.2%34.3%63.4%48.8%n=2
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only14.1%76.9%15.8%46.4%n=2
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue34.4%31.6%43.1%37.3%n=2
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price1.3%0.9%1.9%1.4%n=2
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout28.2%25.0%95.4%60.2%n=2
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities1.01x1.19x1.02x1.10xn=2
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity0.931.330.280.80n=2

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Q1 20262026-05-01

ICE Stock: Q1 2026 Earnings Analysis

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