IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) reported $2.5 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.8%. EPS of $1.71 for the same period compares to $1.52 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.23% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.47 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.67, the EPS surprise was +2.25%.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how ICE performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Number of contracts traded - Energy futures and options: 311 versus 320 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Number of contracts traded - Total: 584 versus 607 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Number of contracts traded - Financial futures and options: 249 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 261.
- Number of contracts traded - Agricultural and metals futures and options: 24 versus 25 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Revenues- Exchanges Segment (less transaction-based): $1.36 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $1.32 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.4%.
- Revenues- Exchanges Segment- Futures and options: $756 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $736.71 million.
- Revenues- Mortgage Technology Segment- Servicing software: $214 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $223.05 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +0.5%.
- Revenues- Mortgage Technology Segment- Data and analytics: $70 million compared to the $66.72 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.1% year over year.
- Revenues- Mortgage Technology Segment- Closing solutions: $60 million compared to the $59.7 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +15.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Mortgage Technology Segment- Origination technology: $188 million compared to the $194.75 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.2% year over year.
- Revenues- Fixed Income and Data Services Segment- Other data and network services: $189 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $183.5 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +11.2%.
- Revenues- Fixed Income and Data Services Segment- Fixed income data and analytics: $318 million compared to the $315.78 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.7% year over year.
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Shares of ICE have returned +1.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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