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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Operating Expenses (2013 - 2026)

Intercontinental Exchange posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.3 billion for Q1 2026, up 4.79% year-on-year from $1.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 3.55% on a QoQ basis from $1.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has 14 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 4.79% year-over-year to $1.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.1 billion (up 1.34% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $5.0 billion, up 0.64% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.3 billion, up from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.3 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $898.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.2 billion (2025), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses fell 5.83%; it then soared 41.15% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $904.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 41.15% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then fell by 2.35% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then climbed by 1.69% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then advanced by 3.55% to $1.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.3 billion (Q1 2026), $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn 2.34 Bn
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 570.40 Mn
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 1.31 Bn
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 750.00 Mn
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn 1.43 Bn
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 393.90 Mn
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 223.30 Mn
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.00 Bn
10 Factset Research Systems 9.06 Bn 8.78 Bn 314.28 Mn 426.06 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.16 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 933.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 927.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 904.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 898.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 945.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 907.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 960.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 924.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 908.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 905.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 891.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 784.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 651.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 677.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 676.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 630.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 618.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 605.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 632.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 598.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 591.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 575.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 554.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 550.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 571.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 584.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 588.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 604.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 578.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 570.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 457.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 376.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 367.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 388.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 400.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 415.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 423.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 406.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 373.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 136.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 147.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 152.00 Mn