Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) is a global operator of exchanges, clearinghouses, data services and technology platforms. The company owns and operates the New York Stock Exchange and other exchanges serving equity, options, futures and over-the-counter markets. Its marketplaces support trading in areas including energy, agricultural commodities, interest rates, currencies, equity indexes and individual stocks.

ICE also provides clearing and settlement services that help manage counterparty and transaction risk, along with market data, analytics, connectivity and other technology solutions for financial institutions and businesses. Through ICE Mortgage Technology, the company offers software and workflow tools used in residential mortgage origination, servicing and related processes.

Founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Sprecher, Intercontinental Exchange expanded from an electronic energy marketplace into a diversified global financial markets and technology company. Its businesses serve customers across North America, Europe, Asia and other international markets. Sprecher serves as the company’s chair and chief executive officer, while the New York Stock Exchange remains one of its best-known businesses.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $168.79 to $171.97
• 50-Day Range: $150.20 to $172.05
• 52-Week Range: $121.79 to $176.05
• Volume: 539,096 shs
• Average Volume: 3.77 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $96.27 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.40
• Dividend Yield: 1.21%
• Price Target: $189.25
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Intercontinental Exchange Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Intercontinental Exchange scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 150th out of 859 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: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Intercontinental Exchange has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.76, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 12 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Intercontinental Exchange is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Intercontinental Exchange has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.62%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Intercontinental Exchange are expected to grow by 9.62% in the coming year, from $8.21 to $9.00 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Intercontinental Exchange is 23.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Intercontinental Exchange is 23.47, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.16.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Intercontinental Exchange has a PEG Ratio of 1.44. 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 3.39. 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

1.06% 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 2.18, 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 15.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Intercontinental Exchange pays a meaningful dividend of 1.28%, 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 28.38%. 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 23.11% next year. This indicates that Intercontinental Exchange will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.40

News Sentiment

Intercontinental Exchange has a news sentiment score of 0.40. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 58 news articles for Intercontinental Exchange this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 14 people have searched for ICE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -42% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Intercontinental Exchange to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% 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 $6,874,665.00 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 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2026
• Today: 11/03/2026
• Record date for 12/31 Dividend: 12/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/31 Dividend: 12/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/31/2026
• 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: $189.25
• High Price Target: $236.00
• Low Price Target: $167.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.76
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.33
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.95
• P/E Growth: 1.44
• 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: $14.05 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.82
• Cash Flow: $10.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.01
• Book Value: $50.81 per share
• Price / Book: 3.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 561,394,000
• Free Float: 554,164,000
• Market Cap: $95.76 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.94