Intercontinental Exchange cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Intercontinental Exchange's operations generated $4.66bn of cash; it spent $373m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $4.29bn. It returned $1.10bn in dividends and $1.29bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 713 | 733 | 714 | 1,463 | 1,311 | 2,149 | 2,085 | 2,533 | 2,659 | 2,881 | 3,123 | 3,554 | 3,542 | 4,609 | 4,662 | 5,761 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 132 | 131 | 156 | 333 | 374 | 610 | 535 | 586 | 662 | 751 | 1,009 | 1,031 | 1,215 | 1,537 | 1,560 | 1,561 |
| Stock-based pay | 53 | 52 | 64 | 97 | 111 | 124 | 135 | 130 | 139 | 139 | 188 | 155 | 257 | 231 | 238 | 285 |
| Capital spending | 57 | 32 | 134 | 172 | 190 | 250 | 220 | 134 | 153 | 207 | 179 | 225 | 190 | 406 | 373 | 484 |
| Free cash flow | 656 | 701 | 580 | 1,291 | 1,121 | 1,899 | 1,865 | 2,399 | 2,506 | 2,674 | 2,944 | 3,329 | 3,352 | 4,203 | 4,289 | 5,277 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 603 | 649 | 516 | 1,194 | 1,010 | 1,775 | 1,730 | 2,269 | 2,367 | 2,535 | 2,756 | 3,174 | 3,095 | 3,972 | 4,051 | 4,992 |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 75 | 299 | 331 | 409 | 476 | 555 | 621 | 669 | 747 | 853 | 955 | 1,039 | 1,105 | 1,158 |
| Share buybacks | 175 | 53 | 0 | 645 | 660 | 50 | 949 | 1,198 | 1,460 | 1,247 | 250 | 632 | 0 | 0 | 1,294 | 2,002 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 1,506 | 966 | 1,506 | 915 | 1,275 | 1,326 | 1,998 | 1,162 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 389 | 389 | 395 | 387 | 389 | 384 | 389 | 399 |
| Stock-based pay | 217 | 57 | 58 | 54 | 69 | 78 | 67 | 71 |
| Capital spending | 194 | 85 | 60 | 62 | 166 | 64 | 144 | 110 |
| Free cash flow | 1,312 | 881 | 1,446 | 853 | 1,109 | 1,262 | 1,854 | 1,052 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 1,095 | 824 | 1,388 | 799 | 1,040 | 1,184 | 1,787 | 981 |
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