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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) FCF Margin (2013 - 2026)

Intercontinental Exchange posted quarterly FCF Margin of 42.39% for Q1 2026, up 677.0% year-on-year from 5.46% in Q1 2025, and up 9.18% on a QoQ basis from 38.83% in Q4 2025.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has 14 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 42.39% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 677.0% year-over-year to 42.39%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 42.17% (up 327.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 33.93%, down 231.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 42.39%, up from 38.83% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 117.58% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 28.45% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 38.83% (2025), against an average of 45.23%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin sank 840329 bps; it then soared 5723 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 60.35% in 2022, then jumped by 95 bps to 117.58% in 2023, then plunged by 61 bps to 45.28% in 2024, then declined by 14 bps to 38.83% in 2025, then advanced by 9 bps to 42.39% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 42.39% (Q1 2026), 38.83% (Q4 2025), and 33.51% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn 24.21%
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 65.85%
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 42.39%
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn 40.60%
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 29.43%
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn 12.93%
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 33.00%
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 152.48%
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.53%
10 Factset Research Systems 9.06 Bn 8.78 Bn 314.28 Mn 30.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 42.39%
Dec 31, 2025 38.83%
Sep 30, 2025 33.51%
Jun 30, 2025 54.27%
Mar 31, 2025 35.62%
Dec 31, 2024 45.28%
Sep 30, 2024 28.45%
Jun 30, 2024 47.73%
Mar 31, 2024 32.92%
Dec 31, 2023 117.58%
Sep 30, 2023 29.85%
Jun 30, 2023 61.18%
Mar 31, 2023 31.07%
Dec 31, 2022 60.35%
Sep 30, 2022 33.52%
Jun 30, 2022 40.03%
Mar 31, 2022 36.28%
Dec 31, 2021 8,463.64%
Sep 30, 2021 17.87%
Jun 30, 2021 40.02%
Mar 31, 2021 27.09%
Dec 31, 2020 58.47%
Sep 30, 2020 26.29%
Jun 30, 2020 61.22%
Mar 31, 2020 22.51%
Dec 31, 2019 54.85%
Sep 30, 2019 36.68%
Jun 30, 2019 52.16%
Mar 31, 2019 49.45%
Dec 31, 2018 59.33%
Sep 30, 2018 35.00%
Jun 30, 2018 53.53%
Mar 31, 2018 43.76%
Dec 31, 2017 56.02%
Sep 30, 2017 24.08%
Jun 30, 2017 38.22%
Mar 31, 2017 49.66%
Dec 31, 2016 60.81%
Sep 30, 2016 31.08%
Jun 30, 2016 39.06%
Mar 31, 2016 49.05%
Dec 31, 2015 52.46%
Sep 30, 2015 3.62%
Jun 30, 2015 24.98%
Mar 31, 2015 38.47%
Dec 31, 2014 71.00%
Sep 30, 2014 4.78%
Jun 30, 2014 33.38%
Mar 31, 2014 60.24%
Dec 31, 2013 17.54%
Sep 30, 2013 -12.62%
Jun 30, 2013 56.18%
Mar 31, 2013 40.06%