For the quarter ended September 2025, IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) reported revenue of $2.41 billion, up 2.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.71, compared to $1.55 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.07% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.41 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.62, the EPS surprise was +5.56%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how ICE performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Exchanges Segment (less transaction-based): $1.27 billion compared to the $1.27 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.9% year over year.
- Revenues- Mortgage Technology Segment- Servicing software: $216 million versus $214.64 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.4% change.
- Revenues- Mortgage Technology Segment- Closing solutions: $58 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $57.43 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7.4%.
- Revenues- Mortgage Technology Segment- Origination technology: $188 million versus $187.25 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.3% change.
- Revenues- Fixed Income and Data Services Segment- Other data and network services: $184 million versus $177.61 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.8% change.
- Revenues- Fixed Income and Data Services Segment: $618 million compared to the $611.8 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.5% year over year.
- Revenues- Mortgage Technology Segment: $528 million compared to the $528.4 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Exchanges Segment- Energy futures and options: $482 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $494.74 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.9%.
- Revenues- Exchanges Segment- Ags and Metals: $51 million compared to the $55.42 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of -15% year over year.
- Revenues- Exchanges Segment- Financials: $139 million compared to the $141.69 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Exchanges Segment- Cash equities and equity options: $105 million versus $103.28 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.9% change.
- Revenues- Exchanges Segment- OTC and other: $99 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $100.3 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9.2%.
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Shares of ICE have returned -7.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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