Intercontinental Exchange key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Intercontinental Exchange had return on equity of 11.7%, an operating margin of 39.0%, debt equal to 71.5% of equity and a current ratio of 1.02. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

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

Intercontinental Exchange: financial ratios, 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
Operating margin	59.8%	60.7%	45.7%	33.3%	37.4%	36.4%	40.7%	41.2%	40.8%	36.8%	37.6%	37.8%	37.3%	36.6%	39.0%	40.6%
Net margin	38.4%	40.5%	14.7%	22.5%	27.2%	23.9%	43.2%	31.7%	29.5%	25.3%	44.3%	15.0%	23.9%	23.4%	26.2%	29.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	49.4%	51.4%	33.5%	29.7%	23.9%	31.8%	31.9%	38.2%	38.3%	32.4%	32.1%	34.5%	33.8%	35.7%	33.9%	37.6%
Return on equity	16.1%	16.2%	3.2%	7.9%	9.4%	9.4%	15.5%	11.6%	11.2%	11.4%	19.2%	6.4%	9.8%	10.3%	11.7%	14.2%
Return on assets	—	1.5%	0.5%	1.5%	1.7%	1.8%	3.2%	2.3%	2.1%	1.9%	2.5%	0.7%	1.4%	2.0%	2.4%	2.7%
Asset turnover	—	0.04	0.03	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.09	0.09
Current ratio	—	1.05	1.00	1.00	0.97	0.97	0.99	1.01	0.99	0.99	1.01	1.05	1.00	0.99	1.02	1.03
Debt to equity	0.0%	35.5%	50.1%	51.1%	66.8%	56.4%	46.8%	48.8%	60.2%	97.2%	68.0%	79.8%	95.5%	84.6%	71.5%	87.8%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	22.7x	21.2x	14.1x	15.1x	18.0x	12.2x	12.7x	10.6x	9.4x	8.5x	8.2x	5.9x	4.6x	4.7x	6.1x	6.8x
Effective tax rate	31.3%	28.9%	36.5%	28.6%	21.7%	28.7%	−1.1%	19.8%	21.0%	23.8%	28.6%	17.1%	15.8%	22.8%	22.5%	23.1%
SG&A as % of revenue	2.6%	2.7%	2.9%	3.3%	2.5%	1.9%	2.7%	2.4%	2.5%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	2.7%	2.6%	2.3%	2.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue	4.3%	2.3%	7.7%	4.0%	4.1%	4.2%	3.8%	2.1%	2.3%	2.5%	2.0%	2.3%	1.9%	3.5%	3.0%	3.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	128.6%	127.0%	228.3%	131.6%	88.0%	132.8%	73.8%	120.7%	129.6%	128.0%	72.5%	230.2%	141.6%	152.6%	129.4%	126.8%
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 and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	26.7%	7.6%	12.9%	73.1%	88.4%	24.2%	76.4%	73.1%	83.0%	71.7%	33.9%	44.6%	28.5%	24.7%	55.9%	59.9%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Intercontinental Exchange: financial ratios, quarterly
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
Operating margin	35.5%	37.8%	39.8%	39.0%	39.4%	45.4%	38.5%	38.8%
Net margin	23.0%	24.7%	26.1%	27.1%	27.1%	38.5%	26.5%	25.9%
Free-cash-flow margin	43.3%	27.3%	44.3%	28.4%	35.3%	34.4%	51.3%	29.0%
Current ratio	0.99	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.02	1.01	1.01	1.03
Debt to equity	73.7%	72.5%	67.5%	66.4%	67.9%	69.1%	67.2%	77.9%
SG&A as % of revenue	2.5%	2.4%	2.0%	2.6%	2.4%	2.3%	1.7%	2.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $177.0bn

Short-term assets $124.9bnLonger-term assets $52.1bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $177.0bn

Short-term liabilities $121.3bnLonger-term liabilities $25.8bnShareholders' equity $29.9bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $124.9bn of assets due within a year against $121.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $124.9bn short-term assets against $25.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $936m of cash against $23.3bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 78% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 55% to 78% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $5.8bn of operating cash flow against $23.3bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $5.7bn against $834m of interest.

From Intercontinental Exchange's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

66 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Intercontinental Exchange's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 0 / 20

Net income has been a median 2.1% of total assets over 10 years.
Durability 20 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 38.1%; its worst year was 36.5%.
Cash conversion 20 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 35.0% of revenue.
Discipline 16 / 20

The diluted share count rose 0.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (71 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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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.