Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. · ICE · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

ICE: Broad growth supports a confident outlook, with data-cycle risks

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: broad operating momentum and continued product investment strengthen ICE’s trajectory, while mortgage competition and slower fixed-income sales cycles remain important tests.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $85.66B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $1.70
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $2.47B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +1.7% Event window
SPY move +0.7% Same window
Abnormal move +1.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.0× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +5.2% Up to 20 sessions
ICESPY benchmark

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What changed

Relative to the prior-quarter analysis, the current call added emphasis on the NYSE Texas launch, ICE Voice, continued record energy activity, resumed buybacks, and the expected limited impact of the Rocket/Mr. Cooper transaction.

Guidance delta

The supplied analysis says guidance was maintained; no change is identified.

Key takeaways

  • Management described record results across the operating segments, with energy and rates activity supporting the exchange business.
  • The mortgage technology ecosystem continued to expand, while management said the Rocket/Mr. Cooper transaction had no material impact expected.
  • Capital return resumed as leverage declined, alongside continued investment in products, networks, and data infrastructure.

Management priorities

  • Expand energy, rates, and exchange-traded-product capabilities.
  • Scale ICE Voice, the global network, index licensing, and data offerings.
  • Grow the mortgage platform and cross-sell mortgage data into fixed income.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
ICE REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $2B Q4 '23 actual $3B, beat Q1 '24 estimate $2B Q1 '24 actual $3B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2B Q2 '24 actual $3B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $2B Q3 '24 actual $3B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $3B Q2 '25 actual $3B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2B Q3 '25 actual $3B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2B Q4 '25 actual $3B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $3B Q1 '26 actual $3B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $3B Q2 '26 actual $3B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $3B Q4 '26 estimate $3B Q1 '27 estimate $3B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy36 ratings
Bullish3288.9%
Neutral411.1%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$156.59Current
$84Low
$166.23Average
$218High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 9, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 7, 2026
TD Cowen Hold BuyDowngradeOct 5, 2026
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 2, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainJul 31, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 10, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $156.59. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$189$153.49 +20.7%Oct 7, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$159$151.47 +1.5%Oct 1, 2026
Raymond JamesPatrick O\'Shaughnessy$218$160.7 +39.2%Sep 1, 2026
Deutsche BankBrian Bedell$178$154.55 +13.7%Jul 31, 2026
Piper SandlerPatrick Moley$190$137.61 +21.3%Jul 15, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) manages a global network of regulated financial venues, encompassing exchanges, clearing houses, and listing platforms. These operations serve diverse markets, including commodities, financial instruments, fixed income products, and equities, with a geographical footprint spanning key financial centers such as the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, Israel, and Canada. The company's business is segmented into three core areas: Exchanges, Fixed Income and Data Services, and Mortgage Technology. Within its Exchanges segment, ICE oversees a robust network comprising 13 regulated exchanges and 6 clearing houses. These extensive marketplaces enable the listing, trading, and clearing of a wide spectrum of derivatives contracts and financial securities.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-17T00:02:52.217204+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-09T17:00:42.592031+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-09T17:00:42.589372+00:00

Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-09. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.