Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

10 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, 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ICE shares.
View ICE analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.

10 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Intercontinental Exchange's shares. Their ICE share price targets range from $122.00 to $154.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $137.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for ICE or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

Intercontinental Exchange's stock was trading at $128.43 at the start of the year. Since then, ICE stock has increased by 4.4% and is now trading at $134.12.
View the best growth stocks for 2024 here.

Intercontinental Exchange saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,180,000 shares, a decrease of 8.2% from the December 15th total of 5,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,630,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days.
View Intercontinental Exchange's Short Interest.

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 8th 2024.
View our ICE earnings forecast.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.20 billion. Intercontinental Exchange had a net margin of 25.17% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.06%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 24.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.25 earnings per share.

Intercontinental Exchange announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42.
Read our dividend analysis for ICE.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.33%. 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 38.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ICE will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.92% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for ICE.

ETFs with the largest weight of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) stock in their portfolio include Horizon Kinetics Blockchain Development ETF (BCDF), Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF (LBAY), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), Fidelity Disruptive Finance ETF (FDFF), Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF (INFL), Tema Monopolies and Oligopolies ETF (TOLL) and AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (CWS).

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 distributed 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Intercontinental Exchange investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Block (SQ), Visa (V), Home Depot (HD), Starbucks (SBUX), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and PayPal (PYPL).

Intercontinental Exchange's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Flossbach Von Storch AG (1.13%), Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. (0.91%), Mawer Investment Management Ltd. (0.84%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.70%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.54%) and Van ECK Associates Corp (0.53%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Surdykowski, Benjamin Jackson, Charles R Crisp, Christopher Scott Edmonds, David S Goone, Douglas Foley, Duriya M Farooqui, James W Namkung, Jeffrey C Sprecher, Lynn C Martin, Lynn C Martin, Mark Wassersug, Martha A Tirinnanzi, Scott A Hill, Warren Gardiner and William Jefferson Hague.
View institutional ownership trends.

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.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.