
Zacks Securities and Exchanges industry players like SPGI, CME, ICE, NDAQ and CBOE gain from rising crypto adoption, a higher non-trading revenue base and tech investments. However, competition remains a drag.
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is an American Fortune 500 company formed in 2000 that operates global exchanges, clearing houses and provides mortgage technology, data and listing services. The company owns exchanges for financial and commodity markets, and operates regulated exchanges and marketplaces.
| Revenue (TTM) | $10.56B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $10.56B |
| EBITDA | $6.71B |
| Operating Margin | 52.60% |
| Return on Equity | 14.10% |
| Return on Assets | 2.17% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $18.59 |
| Book Value | $52.68 |
| Price-to-Book | 2.97 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 8.59 |
| EV/Revenue | 7.87 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.75 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 14.20% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 4.80% |
| Shares Outstanding | $561.39M |
| Float | $557.54M |
| % Insiders | 0.81% |
| % Institutions | 96.59% |
Volatility is currently contracting

Zacks Securities and Exchanges industry players like SPGI, CME, ICE, NDAQ and CBOE gain from rising crypto adoption, a higher non-trading revenue base and tech investments. However, competition remains a drag.

I surveyed investors on current buys, revealing a focus on quality compounders, exchanges, hard assets, defense, and special situations—no meme stocks appeared. Key opportunities include exchange operators (ICE, CME, and MIAX), with ICE offering nearly a 6% free cash flow yield and trading below its historical average multiple. Cyclical value and defensive names like ODFL, UNP, and NOC remain attractive due to secular tailwinds and compelling valuations, despite recent macro headwinds.

Intercontinental Exchange can sustain exchange growth through recurring revenues and diverse asset classes, even as market volatility normalizes.

Integration Advances ETF Infrastructure and Supports Long-Term Growth Strategy ATLANTA and OAKS, Pa. , Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SEI ® (NASDAQ:SEIC) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global financial markets, to leverage ICE ETF Hub, an open architecture platform designed to bring efficiencies to the primary market workflow for exchange-traded products (ETPs).

Investors watching Europe for discounted stocks relative to the United States or for the impact of ongoing turmoil in the energy sector may miss a critical problem: France's national debt is climbing to 120% of its GDP. Further, the country continues to run deficits well beyond the 3% limit set by the EU, and its 10-year sovereign bond yield recently reached an 18-year high.

Intercontinental Exchange has an edge over Coinbase on growth projections, share gains and valuation, with its diversified platform supporting long-term growth.

LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, and home to the largest and most liquid energy derivatives markets in the world, today announced the launch of new tanker and container freight futures and options as average daily volume (ADV) across ICE's freight markets is up 33% year-to-date. ICE has today launched the first tanker freight futures on th.

OKXICE, the joint venture between crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange , filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday to launch a tokenized securities platform for around-the-clock trading of US stocks.

ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today announced the launch of Residential Whole Loan Evaluations. This new service extends ICE's well-established evaluated pricing process to individual, unsecuritized loans, bringing increased model-driven transparency to the market.Residential whole loans have been among the fastest growing segments of f.

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