Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) is a leading operator of global exchanges, clearing houses and data services. Founded in 2000 by Jeffrey C. Sprecher, ICE was originally created to bring transparency and electronic trading to the energy markets. Over time, the company has expanded its footprint to include a diverse array of asset classes, ranging from agricultural commodities and energy futures to equity and bond markets. ICE’s acquisition of the New York Stock Exchange in 2013 marked a significant milestone, positioning it as a central hub for capital formation and market infrastructure.

ICE’s core business is organized into three segments: trading and clearing, data services and listings. The trading and clearing operations encompass ICE Futures U.S., ICE Futures Europe and multiple clearing houses that manage counterparty risk across swaps, futures and options contracts. Its data services division delivers real-time and historical pricing, analytics and market intelligence to institutional clients, helping participants manage risk and execute strategies more efficiently. The listings segment, anchored by the NYSE, provides companies with access to public capital markets, as well as technology and regulatory support throughout the listing lifecycle.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Intercontinental Exchange maintains a global presence with offices and data centers across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its technology platforms support trading activity in more than 190 countries, serving a wide range of market participants including banks, asset managers, hedge funds and corporates. Under the leadership of founder and chairman Jeffrey C. Sprecher, alongside a senior management team drawn from both financial services and technology sectors, ICE continues to invest in cloud infrastructure and digital innovation to enhance market efficiency, transparency and resilience.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $173.77 to $175.46
• 50-Day Range: $174.92 to $188.52
• 52-Week Range: $142.29 to $189.35
• Volume: 1.90 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.73 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $100.13 billion
• P/E Ratio: 33.57
• Dividend Yield: 1.10%
• Price Target: $194.92
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Intercontinental Exchange Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Intercontinental Exchange scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 132nd out of 936 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Intercontinental Exchange has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 10 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Intercontinental Exchange has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.74%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Intercontinental Exchange are expected to grow by 11.74% in the coming year, from $6.73 to $7.52 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Intercontinental Exchange is 33.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 269.60.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Intercontinental Exchange is 33.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 228.94.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Intercontinental Exchange has a PEG Ratio of 2.11. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Intercontinental Exchange has a P/B Ratio of 3.51. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.19% of the outstanding shares of Intercontinental Exchange have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Intercontinental Exchange has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Intercontinental Exchange has recently increased by 7.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Intercontinental Exchange pays a meaningful dividend of 1.09%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Intercontinental Exchange has been increasing its dividend for 9 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Intercontinental Exchange is 36.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Intercontinental Exchange will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.53% next year. This indicates that Intercontinental Exchange will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.28

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.19% of the outstanding shares of Intercontinental Exchange have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Intercontinental Exchange has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Intercontinental Exchange has recently increased by 7.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.42

News Sentiment

Intercontinental Exchange has a news sentiment score of 1.42. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 1.07 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 38 news articles for Intercontinental Exchange this week, compared to 41 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for ICE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 4 people have added Intercontinental Exchange to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Intercontinental Exchange insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $81,486,507.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.00% of the stock of Intercontinental Exchange is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.30% of the stock of Intercontinental Exchange is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ICE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ICE shares performed this year?

Intercontinental Exchange's stock was trading at $149.01 at the start of the year. Since then, ICE shares have increased by 17.4% and is now trading at $174.92.

How were Intercontinental Exchange's earnings last quarter?

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 31st. The financial services provider reported $1.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.04. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Intercontinental Exchange's stock split?

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

Does Intercontinental Exchange have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Intercontinental Exchange: Ellie Mae, Bridge2 Solutions, Simplifile, TMC Bonds, Chicago Stock Exchange, BondPoint, ICE Endex Holding B.V, and others.

Who are Intercontinental Exchange's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Intercontinental Exchange include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.38%), State Street Corp (4.30%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.17%) and Norges Bank (1.47%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey C Sprecher, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc, Benjamin Jackson, Mayur Kapani, Lynn C Martin, Andrew J Surdykowski, Douglas Foley, Warren Gardiner, Judith A Sprieser, Elizabeth Kathryn King, Christopher Scott Edmonds, Duriya M Farooqui, Sharon Bowen, James W Namkung, Stuart Glen Williams and Martha A Tirinnanzi.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Intercontinental Exchange?

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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Intercontinental Exchange own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Intercontinental Exchange investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Chevron (CVX), Meta Platforms (META), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), Comcast (CMCSA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/31/2025
• Today: 9/03/2025
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Securities Exchanges
• Sub-Industry: Specialized Finance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ICE
• CIK: 1571949
• Web: www.intercontinentalexchange.com
• Phone: (770) 857-4700
• Fax: 770-937-0020
• Employees: 12,920
• Year Founded: 2000

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Intercontinental Exchange: $194.92
• High Price Target: $230.00
• Low Price Target: $163.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.21
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 33.57
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.99
• P/E Growth: 2.11
• Net Income: $2.75 billion
• Net Margins: 23.92%
• Pretax Margin: 31.88%
• Return on Equity: 13.66%
• Return on Assets: 2.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.61
• Current Ratio: 1.01
• Quick Ratio: 1.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $11.76 billion
• Price / Sales: 8.51
• Cash Flow: $8.69 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 20.14
• Book Value: $49.80 per share
• Price / Book: 3.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 572,420,000
• Free Float: 566,699,000
• Market Cap: $100.13 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.10