Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What ICE does

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) provides technology and data to financial institutions, corporations, and government entities across the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. It operates through three segments: Exchanges, Fixed Income and Data Services, and Mortgage Technology. The Exchanges segment runs regulated marketplaces for listing, trading, and clearing derivatives and financial securities — including commodities, interest rates, foreign exchange, equities, and ETFs — along with related data and connectivity services. The Fixed Income and Data Services segment offers fixed income pricing, reference data, indices, analytics, execution services, global CDS clearing, and multi-asset class data delivery technology. The Mortgage Technology segment supplies a digital workflow platform that addresses inefficiencies and risks in the U.S. mortgage market. ICE is part of the S&P 500 and operates in a space that includes peers such as Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Visa Inc. (V), Truist Financial (TFC), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Marsh McLennan (MRSH), U.S. Bancorp (USB), and Interactive Brokers (IBKR).

Key numbers explained

• 156.35 USD is the current share price, the amount you would pay for one share right now.
• +2.24% is today's price change, showing the percentage move relative to the previous close.
• 87.77B USD is the market capitalisation, the total value of all outstanding shares at the current price.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 22 divides the current share price by the last 12 months of earnings per share (7.1 USD), a common way to gauge how much investors are paying for each dollar of earnings.
• The forward P/E ratio of 17.8 uses expected future earnings, which can make the stock look cheaper if earnings are projected to grow.
• 1.36% is the dividend yield, the annual dividend payment expressed as a percentage of the current share price.
• 0.93 is the beta, a measure of volatility relative to the market; a beta below 1 suggests the stock tends to move less than the overall market.
• 38.2% profit margin and 52.6% operating margin show how much of each revenue dollar remains as profit after costs and operating expenses.
• 14.1% return on equity (ROE) indicates how effectively the company generates profit from shareholders' equity.
• 69.2% debt-to-equity ratio shows the proportion of debt financing relative to equity, a measure of financial leverage.
• 2.97 price-to-book compares the market price to the book value of equity per share.
• The 52-week range of 121.79 – 176.05 shows the lowest and highest traded prices over the past year, with the current price sitting closer to the high end.

Recent news

Recent headlines highlight a partnership between NYSE and Blockchain for round-the-clock trading and tokenized stocks, a $60M acquisition by MoonPay to expand tokenization, and a summit led by First Lady Melania Trump at the NYSE. RBC has also noted multiple growth opportunities for Intercontinental Exchange, underscoring continued interest in the company's strategic direction.

What to watch

For a financial data and exchange company like ICE, investors typically monitor regulatory developments affecting trading and data services, macroeconomic conditions that drive volumes in fixed income, commodities, and equities, and strategic moves in data, technology, and tokenization. Earnings reports — the next one is scheduled for Oct 29, 2026 — and updates on debt levels, margin trends, and dividend policy are also relevant factors.