Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) operates global exchanges, clearinghouses, data services and technology platforms. The company provides marketplaces for trading and clearing a range of financial and commodity products, including energy, agricultural commodities, interest rates, credit and equities.

ICE owns and operates the New York Stock Exchange and related equity markets, as well as futures and options exchanges in North America and Europe. Its businesses also include ICE Data Services, which provides market data, analytics, connectivity and other information services to financial institutions and corporations.

Through ICE Mortgage Technology, the company offers software and digital platforms designed to support residential mortgage origination, processing, servicing and related workflows. ICE serves customers across financial markets and the global mortgage industry, with operations and clients in multiple regions.

Founded in 2000, Intercontinental Exchange is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Jeffrey C. Sprecher is the company's founder, chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $152.08 to $156.05
• 50-Day Range: $137.61 to $164.53
• 52-Week Range: $121.79 to $176.05
• Volume: 4.30 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $87.28 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.96
• Dividend Yield: 1.34%
• Price Target: $184.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Intercontinental Exchange Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Intercontinental Exchange scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 24th out of 835 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: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Intercontinental Exchange has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.92, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 9 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Intercontinental Exchange has a consensus price target of $184.17, representing about 18.5% upside from its current price of $155.48.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Intercontinental Exchange has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.40%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Intercontinental Exchange are expected to grow by 8.40% in the coming year, from $8.10 to $8.78 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Intercontinental Exchange is 21.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.67.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Intercontinental Exchange is 21.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.31.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Intercontinental Exchange has a PEG Ratio of 1.51. 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 3.06. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.96% of the float of Intercontinental Exchange has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Intercontinental Exchange has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.63, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Intercontinental Exchange has recently decreased by 29.75%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Intercontinental Exchange pays a meaningful dividend of 1.34%, 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 29.38%. 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 23.69% next year. This indicates that Intercontinental Exchange will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.71

News Sentiment

Intercontinental Exchange has a news sentiment score of 0.71. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 15 news articles for Intercontinental Exchange this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 10 people have searched for ICE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 6 people have added Intercontinental Exchange to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -54% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 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 $6,473,715.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.84% 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2026
• Today: 9/20/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Financial Exchanges & Data
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ICE
• CIK: 1571949
• Web: www.theice.com
• Phone: (770) 857-4700
• Fax: 770-937-0020
• Employees: 12,844
• Year Founded: 2000

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Intercontinental Exchange: $184.17
• High Price Target: $218.00
• Low Price Target: $163.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.92
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.08
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.96
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.19
• P/E Growth: 1.51
• Net Income: $3.32 billion
• Net Margins: 30.08%
• Pretax Margin: 39.71%
• Return on Equity: 14.95%
• Return on Assets: 2.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.63
• Current Ratio: 1.01
• Quick Ratio: 1.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.64 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.91
• Cash Flow: $9.74 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.96
• Book Value: $50.81 per share
• Price / Book: 3.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 561,390,000
• Free Float: 556,678,000
• Market Cap: $87.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.93