Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Intercontinental Exchange in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 9 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.
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12 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Intercontinental Exchange's shares. Their ICE share price targets range from $125.00 to $164.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $147.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price.
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Intercontinental Exchange's stock was trading at $128.43 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ICE stock has increased by 1.7% and is now trading at $130.58.
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Intercontinental Exchange saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,970,000 shares, a decline of 15.8% from the March 15th total of 5,900,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,380,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Intercontinental Exchange will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $2.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.20 billion. Intercontinental Exchange had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.91% and a net margin of 23.91%. The firm's revenue was up 24.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.25 EPS.
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Intercontinental Exchange announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 8th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42.
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.35%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 42.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ICE will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.07% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) stock in their portfolio include Horizon Kinetics Blockchain Development ETF (BCDF), Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF (INFL), iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF (LBAY), Fidelity Disruptive Finance ETF (FDFF), Tema Monopolies and Oligopolies ETF (TOLL), AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (CWS) and Gabelli Automation ETF (GAST).

Intercontinental Exchange shares split on the morning of Friday, November 4th 2016. The 5-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 12th 2016. The newly issued shares were payable 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Perpetual Ltd (0.26%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Guinness Asset Management LTD (0.04%), Park National Corp OH (0.04%), Appleton Partners Inc. MA (0.02%) and Czech National Bank (0.02%). 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, Elizabeth Kathryn King, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc, James W Namkung, Jeffrey C Sprecher, Judith A Sprieser, 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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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