Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Intercontinental Exchange in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" ICE shares.
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9 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Intercontinental Exchange's shares. Their ICE share price forecasts range from $117.00 to $168.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $129.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.6% from the stock's current price.
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Intercontinental Exchange's stock was trading at $102.59 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ICE shares have increased by 5.8% and is now trading at $108.58.
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Intercontinental Exchange saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,320,000 shares, a drop of 5.5% from the April 30th total of 4,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,730,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.90 billion. Intercontinental Exchange had a net margin of 14.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.98%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.43 EPS.
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Intercontinental Exchange announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, June 30th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 14th.
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.55%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 65.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ICE will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.28% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 payable 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ICE."

Intercontinental Exchange's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.44%), State Street Corp (3.99%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.88%), Veritas Asset Management LLP (1.33%), Parnassus Investments LLC (1.22%) and Flossbach Von Storch AG (1.20%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Surdykowski, Andrew J Surdykowski, Benjamin Jackson, Charles R Crisp, Christopher Scott Edmonds, David S Goone, Douglas Foley, Duriya M Farooqui, James W Namkung, James W Namkung, Jean Marc Forneri, Jeffrey C Sprecher, Jeffrey C Sprecher, 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ICE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $108.58.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) has a market capitalization of $60.79 billion and generates $9.64 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.45 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.58 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,911 workers across the globe.

Intercontinental Exchange's mailing address is 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA, 30328. The official website for the company is www.intercontinentalexchange.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (770) 857-4700, via email at investors@theice.com, or via fax at 770-937-0020.