Intercontinental ExchangeICE
ICE
About: Intercontinental Exchange is a vertically integrated operator of financial exchanges and provides ancillary data products. Though the company is probably best known for its ownership of the New York Stock Exchange, which it acquired in 2013, ICE operates a large derivatives exchange, too. The company's largest commodity futures product is the ICE Brent crude futures contract. In addition to the exchanges business, which is about 54% of net revenue, Intercontinental Exchange has used a series of acquisitions to create its mortgage technology business (22% of net revenue) and fixed-income and data services segment (24% of net revenue).
Employees: 12,842
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Funds holding %
of 7,323 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 5 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
87% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 163 | Existing positions closed: 87
39% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $490M | Put options by funds: $352M
32% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 50 [Q4 2024] → 66 (+16) [Q1 2025]
14% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $77.2B [Q4 2024] → $87.7B (+$10.5B) [Q1 2025]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,632 [Q4 2024] → 1,676 (+44) [Q1 2025]
5% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 631 | Existing positions reduced: 661
1.67% less ownership
Funds ownership: 90.34% [Q4 2024] → 88.68% (-1.67%) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$189
2%
upside
Avg. target
$200
8%
upside
High target
$210
13%
upside
5 analyst ratings
4 positive
80%
1 neutral
20%
0 negative
0%
Piper Sandler Patrick Moley | 9%upside $202 | Overweight Maintained | 15 Jul 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish | 11%upside $206 | Overweight Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
UBS Alex Kramm | 13%upside $210 | Buy Maintained | 8 Jul 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Michael Cyprys | 4%upside $192 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 5 May 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Kyle Voigt | 2%upside $189 | Outperform Maintained | 2 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 17 articles about ICE published over the past 30 days
Positive
Reuters
3 hours ago
NYSE-parent ICE's second-quarter profit rises on robust trading volume
Intercontinental Exchange reported an increase in second-quarter profit on Thursday, as it benefited from strong trading volumes in its energy business.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 hours ago
Intercontinental Exchange Approves Third Quarter Dividend of $0.48 per Share
ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, announced today a $0.48 per share dividend for the third quarter of 2025, which is up 7% from the $0.45 per share dividend paid in the third quarter of 2024. The cash dividend is payable on September 30, 2025 to stockholders of record as of September 16, 2025. The ex-dividend date is September 16, 2025. About Intercontinental Exchange Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYS.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 hours ago
Intercontinental Exchange Reports Strong Second Quarter 2025
ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE): Record 2Q25 net revenues of $2.5 billion, +10% y/y 2Q25 GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.48, +35% y/y 2Q25 adj. diluted EPS of $1.81, +19% y/y Record 2Q25 operating income of $1.3 billion, +22% y/y; record adj. operating income of $1.6 billion, +14% y/y 2Q25 operating margin of 51%; adj. operating margin of 61% Through June 30, 2.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
What's in Store for Intercontinental Exchange This Earnings Season?
ICE's Q2 results are likely to reflect strong index business, higher cash equities volume, increased origination technology revenues, and growth in pricing.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 days ago
ICE Mortgage Technology Allows Homeowners to Apply for Home Equity and Refinance Loans from the MSP Web and Mobile Consumer Interface
ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICE Mortgage Technology, a neutral provider of a robust end-to-end mortgage platform and part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), today announced new integrations between its origination and servicing solutions that allow homeowners to apply for home equity loans (HELs), home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and refinance loans directly from their ICE-supported mortgage servicing portal. The integration marks a significant milestone in the interco.
Neutral
Business Wire
6 days ago
NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of July 15, 2025.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
6 days ago
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Earnings Expected to Grow: Should You Buy?
ICE (ICE) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
ICE First Look at Mortgage Performance: Delinquencies Trend Slightly Higher in June as Foreclosure Activity Continues to Rise off Pandemic-Era Lows
ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICE Mortgage Technology, neutral provider of a robust end-to-end mortgage platform and part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), today released its June 2025 ICE First Look, which shows that while overall mortgage payment performance remains strong, delinquencies rose on a monthly basis while foreclosures trended notably higher year over year (YoY). Key takeaways from the ICE First Look, which reports on month-end delinquency, foreclosure and prep.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
ICE Integrates NatureAlpha's Nature and Biodiversity Data into ICE's Climate Analytics Platform
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced it is working with NatureAlpha, a provider of AI-driven nature and biodiversity risk analytics, to integrate NatureAlpha's nature-related metrics into the ICE Climate Analytics Platform, which provides physical and transition climate risk metrics and analytics for fixed income and equity assets globally. “Biodiversity loss is a consideration when analyzing cli.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
Will ICE (ICE) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
ICE (ICE) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
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