Intercontinental Exchange dividend history

Intercontinental Exchange's dividend was $1.92 a share in fiscal 2025, up 6.7% on the year before. That was 33.3% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2014, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $2B
Dividends (TTM): $1.2B
Returned to shareholders: 60%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $1.3B
Diluted share count: −1.3%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 3.3%; dividends 1.2% + buybacks 2.1% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 28%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 2.1%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 49 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Intercontinental Exchange: dividends by fiscal year, annual
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
Dividend per share	—	—	—	$0.520	$0.580	$0.680	$0.800	$0.960	$1.10	$1.20	$1.32	$1.52	$1.68	$1.80	$1.92	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	+11.5%	+17.2%	+17.6%	+20.0%	+14.6%	+9.1%	+10.0%	+15.2%	+10.5%	+7.1%	+6.7%	—
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
Dividends ÷ net income	0.0%	0.0%	29.5%	30.5%	26.0%	28.6%	18.8%	27.9%	32.1%	32.0%	18.4%	59.0%	40.3%	37.7%	33.3%	27.8%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	0.0%	0.0%	12.9%	23.2%	29.5%	21.5%	25.5%	23.1%	24.8%	25.0%	25.4%	25.6%	28.5%	24.7%	25.8%	21.9%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

October 29, 2026 Intercontinental Exchange Approves Fourth Quarter Dividend of $0.52 per Share Source

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Figures from Intercontinental Exchange's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Intercontinental Exchange.