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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. ICE
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.58% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $12.6B at a 26.2% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | UBS | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-31 | TD Cowen | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-31 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-15 | Piper Sandler | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-10 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-07-09 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Finance, Insurance & Real Estate · percentile among 1129 companies
Percentile vs other Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.012 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.148 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.036 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.268 |
Sector peers · similar-size Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 7/9 | 1.09 | 21.1 | +7.5% |
| LPLA | LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | 2/9 | — | 24.9 | +37.2% |
| NDAQ | NASDAQ, INC. | 9/9 | 2.2 | 24.8 | +11.6% |
| CME | CME GROUP INC. | 4/9 | 0.59 | 19.7 | +6.4% |
| CBOE | Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 8/9 | 5.05 | 22 | +15.1% |
| WTF | Waton Financial Ltd | 4/9 | -0.97 | — | — |
| GSIW | Garden Stage Ltd | 4/9 | — | — | — |
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About Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides technology and data to financial institutions, corporations, and government entities in 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 operates regulated marketplace technology for the listing, trading, and clearing of an array of derivatives contracts and financial securities, such as commodities, interest rates, foreign exchange and equities, and corporate and exchange-traded funds, as well as data and connectivity services related to its exchanges and clearing houses. The Fixed Income and Data Services segment provides fixed income pricing, reference data, indices, analytics, and execution services, as well as global CDS clearing and multi-asset class data delivery technology. The Mortgage Technology segment offers a technology platform that provides customers comprehensive and digital workflow tools to address inefficiencies and mitigate risks that exist in the U.S. residential mortgage market life cycle from application through closing, servicing, and the secondary market. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
FAQ
Is ICE financially healthy?
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does ICE pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 1.58% with a 33.3% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is ICE?
In FY2025, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. had a net margin of 26.2% and a return on equity of 11.4%.
Is ICE overvalued or undervalued?
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. trades at about 26.2× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 17.4×–41.7×, median 29.3×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ICE?
The average Wall-Street price target for Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is $185.93, about 22.9% above the recent price, from 14 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is ICE a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 21.1×, a dividend yield of 1.58%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.