Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)

Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · S&P 500
$153.49 +0.88% on the day Market cap $86.4B 52-week range $121.79 to $176.05 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
6% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $86.4B, Intercontinental Exchange's free cash flow of $3.9B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 6% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Intercontinental Exchange's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price6.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years9.0% a year
Revenue, same period8.7% a year
Price to free cash flow22.3x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from ICE's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability6
Growth6
Financial health2
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)22.2x
P/E (forward)20.7x
Price / free cash flow20.1x
EV / EBITDA13.6x
Price / sales6.44x
Price / book2.96x
Revenue growth+10.7%
Operating margin40.7%
Net margin30.1%
Return on equity13.7%
Dividend yield1.3%
Debt / equity4.89x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Intercontinental Exchange's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$9.2B$9.6B$9.9B$11.8B$12.6B
Net income$4.1B$1.4B$2.4B$2.8B$3.3B
Free cash flow$2.7B$3.1B$3.1B$3.9B$3.9B
EPS (diluted)$7.18$2.58$4.19$4.78$5.77
Operating margin37.6%37.8%37.3%36.6%39.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Exchanges$8.1B64%
Fixed Income and Data Services$2.4B19%
Mortgage Technology$2.1B17%

Superinvestors who own ICE

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows).

None of the superinvestors we track held ICE in their latest 13F.

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Intercontinental Exchange's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$157.10—
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$157.10—
Mar 10, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$160.03—
Mar 10, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$160.03—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$155.34—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$155.34—
Jan 26, 2026 Josh Gottheimer
0$175.29—
Jan 26, 2026 Josh Gottheimer
0$175.29—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$172.94—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$172.94—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Intercontinental Exchange's stock price imply?

At a market value of $86.4B, Intercontinental Exchange would need its free cash flow to grow about 6% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 9% a year.

Are Intercontinental Exchange insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of ICE in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.