Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Intercontinental Exchange in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ICE shares.
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12 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Intercontinental Exchange's shares. Their ICE share price targets range from $125.00 to $164.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $147.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price.
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Intercontinental Exchange's stock was trading at $128.43 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ICE stock has increased by 0.9% and is now trading at $129.64.
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Intercontinental Exchange saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,970,000 shares, a drop of 15.8% from the March 15th total of 5,900,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,380,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Intercontinental Exchange will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.20 billion. Intercontinental Exchange had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.91% and a net margin of 23.91%. Intercontinental Exchange's revenue was up 24.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.25 EPS.
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Intercontinental Exchange declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42.
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.35%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 42.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ICE will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.07% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) stock in their portfolio include Horizon Kinetics Blockchain Development ETF (BCDF), Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF (INFL), iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF (LBAY), Fidelity Disruptive Finance ETF (FDFF), Tema Monopolies and Oligopolies ETF (TOLL), AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (CWS) and Gabelli Automation ETF (GAST).

Shares of Intercontinental Exchange split before market open on Friday, November 4th 2016. The 5-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 12th 2016. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, November 3rd 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 500 shares after the split.

223 employees have rated Intercontinental Exchange Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey C. Sprecher on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey C. Sprecher has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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Intercontinental Exchange's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Perpetual Ltd (0.26%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.09%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Guinness Asset Management LTD (0.04%), Park National Corp OH (0.04%) and Appleton Partners Inc. MA (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Surdykowski, Benjamin Jackson, Charles R Crisp, Christopher Scott Edmonds, David S Goone, Douglas Foley, Duriya M Farooqui, Elizabeth Kathryn King, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc, James W Namkung, Jeffrey C Sprecher, Judith A Sprieser, Lynn C Martin, Lynn C Martin, Mark Wassersug, Martha A Tirinnanzi, Scott A Hill, Warren Gardiner and William Jefferson Hague.
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Shares of ICE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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