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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) FCF Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Intercontinental Exchange posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.24 for Q1 2026, down 25.42% year-on-year from 0.32 in Q1 2025, and up 4.79% on a QoQ basis from 0.22 in Q4 2025.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has 14 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.24 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 25.42% year-over-year to 0.24; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.24 (down 4.04% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.26, up 5.71% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.24, up from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.4 in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.19 in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.27 (2023), against an average of 0.27.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio surged 37.29%; it then sank 31.12% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.2 in 2022, then soared by 37.29% to 0.27 in 2023, then tumbled by 31.12% to 0.19 in 2024, then grew by 18.97% to 0.22 in 2025, then increased by 4.79% to 0.24 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.24 (Q1 2026), 0.22 (Q4 2025), and 0.34 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn 0.29
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 2.18
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 0.24
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn 0.22
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 0.24
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn -
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 0.53
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 0.04
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.32
10 Factset Research Systems 9.06 Bn 8.78 Bn 314.28 Mn 0.22

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.24
Dec 31, 2025 0.22
Sep 30, 2025 0.34
Jun 30, 2025 0.20
Mar 31, 2025 0.32
Dec 31, 2024 0.19
Sep 30, 2024 0.30
Jun 30, 2024 0.24
Mar 31, 2024 0.28
Dec 31, 2023 0.27
Sep 30, 2023 0.33
Jun 30, 2023 0.20
Mar 31, 2023 0.40
Dec 31, 2022 0.20
Sep 30, 2022 0.35
Jun 30, 2022 0.22
Mar 31, 2022 0.31
Dec 31, 2021 0.20
Sep 30, 2021 0.46
Jun 30, 2021 0.22
Mar 31, 2021 0.28
Dec 31, 2020 0.17
Sep 30, 2020 0.46
Jun 30, 2020 0.19
Mar 31, 2020 0.35
Dec 31, 2019 0.22
Sep 30, 2019 0.32
Jun 30, 2019 0.23
Mar 31, 2019 0.25
Dec 31, 2018 -0.49
Sep 30, 2018 0.33
Jun 30, 2018 0.21
Mar 31, 2018 0.26
Dec 31, 2017 0.66
Sep 30, 2017 -0.67
Jun 30, 2017 0.26
Mar 31, 2017 0.21
Dec 31, 2016 -0.44
Sep 30, 2016 0.30
Jun 30, 2016 0.23
Mar 31, 2016 0.18
Dec 31, 2015 0.19
Sep 30, 2015 5.77
Jun 30, 2015 0.01
Mar 31, 2015 0.03
Dec 31, 2014 0.47
Sep 30, 2014 -3.08
Jun 30, 2014 0.28
Mar 31, 2014 0.15
Dec 31, 2013 0.67
Sep 30, 2013 -0.14
Mar 31, 2013 0.04