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 twelve months. 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 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Intercontinental Exchange's stock. Their ICE share price forecasts range from $116.00 to $168.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $129.91 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% from the stock's current price.
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Intercontinental Exchange's stock was trading at $102.59 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, ICE stock has increased by 1.7% and is now trading at $104.29.
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Intercontinental Exchange saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,620,000 shares, a decline of 5.7% from the February 13th total of 3,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,390,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $1.25 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $1.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.78 billion. Intercontinental Exchange had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.11% and a net margin of 15.01%. Intercontinental Exchange's revenue for the quarter was down 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.34 EPS.
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Intercontinental Exchange declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 16th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38.
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.65%. 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 65.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ICE will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.72% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Intercontinental Exchange's stock split before market open on Friday, November 4th 2016. The 5-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 12th 2016. The newly minted 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.

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."

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 $104.29.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) has a market capitalization of $58.28 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 $2.57 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.