Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Financials · financial exchanges and data services · NYSE
Intercontinental Exchange is a global financial infrastructure leader that connects markets through its diverse portfolio of electronic exchanges, clearing houses, and data and mortgage technology platforms.
What Intercontinental Exchange does
Intercontinental Exchange operates global exchanges, clearing houses, and provides mortgage technology, fixed income, and data services. The company offers a wide range of financial infrastructure solutions, including trading, clearing, and data analytics across diverse asset classes such as energy, agriculture, interest rates, equities, and mortgage origination.
Themes: market data & analytics, mortgage technology / digital mortgage, global exchanges, clearing & settlement services, fixed income markets
Fundamentals
- Price$155.35 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$87.2B as of 2026-07-27 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-2.5% 2025-10-08 close $159.37 → 2026-10-08 close $155.35
- P/E21.94 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+26.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+11.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.67 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+7.0% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+9.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.41 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-30 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.3%; at least 12 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — a stock split inside this window left the earlier years on a different per-share basis, so the real streak may be longer.
How ICE compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 513 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 344 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating margintop 25% 122 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 559 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 347 covered Financials peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 468 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 430 covered Financials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
ICE is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
57.2 #343 of 1,379 scored · #114 of 220 in Financials
Profitability 73rd (operating margin 39%, return on equity 11.4%) and financial health 69th (free cash flow margin 33.9%, debt to equity 0.7); weakest is valuation (38th, price to earnings 21.9, price to book 3).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, ICE's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 33%, free-cash-flow payout 26%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout33% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout26% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Intercontinental Exchange looks technically
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is trading 0.1% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 4 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 6% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 0.1% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +0.1% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $155.56 | $155.56 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $155.16 | $155.16 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 15 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 15 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 151.42. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 4 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 4 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 0.1% above | +0.1% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 17.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 52.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($147.50 to $158.08) — its "stochastic" reading is 74 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 74.2 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 27 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $176.05 | $176.05 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 11.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -11.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 27.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +27.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 11.8% below its highest point of the past year | 11.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 25 trading days ago | 25 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $189.35 (set on 2025-08-08) | $189.35 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($122.91 to $175.10), and it has recovered close to two thirds of its fall from last year’s high — 62% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket", and this is inside it — for this company that is $155.16 to $156.83. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 62.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 18.0% below its all-time high | -18.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a support level at $155.09 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-11-18, most recently on 2024-12-04. Since 2024-10-08 it has 4 such levels below the current price and 6 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $6.25 (set on 2005-11-29) | $6.25 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2384.0% above its all-time low | +2,384% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 6% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 6th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $3.40 between its high and its low — about 2.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $3.40 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $149.90 and $158.41 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $149.90 – $154.16 – $158.41 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.2% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (0.1% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.69× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bullish engulfing | today it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | today |
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Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.1% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.1% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 2.6 percentage points (the stock lost 1.5% while the market gained 1.0%) | -2.6% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 9.4 percentage points (the stock gained 13.3% while the market gained 3.8%) | +9.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 24.1 percentage points (the stock lost 6.6% while the market gained 17.5%) | -24.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 17.5 percentage points (the stock lost 2.5% while the market gained 15.0%) | -17.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thick, spanning 9.7% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 1% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $153.45 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is sitting right on the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-30 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $155.58 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 50 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -0.1% |
Price levels it has turned at before
ICE last closed at $155.35 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 4 prices below its last close and 6 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $155.09 | Support | 0.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-18 to 2024-12-04 |
| $152.10 | Support | 2.1% below the last close | turned there 7 times · 2024-11-06 to 2026-09-23 |
| $158.92 | Resistance | 2.3% above the last close | turned there 8 times · 2024-12-11 to 2026-09-25 |
| $161.66 | Resistance | 4.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-27 to 2026-04-30 |
| $147.57 | Support | 5.0% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-12-20 to 2026-08-06 |
| $164.51 | Resistance | 5.9% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-12-12 to 2026-09-03 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $151.42.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $168.61 and $179.23 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $151.42.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-10-06.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support · Trading above the 200-day moving average · Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.81 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 15 analysts
- Mean price target$185.33 range $159.00 – $236.00; median $183.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-09. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for ICE
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.95 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-09
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.04798 (+2.5%) from $1.90, on 2026-09-04, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward22% of 9 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["reliance on transaction volumes and market volatility","intense competition in exchange and data service markets","regulatory risks related to operating exchanges and clearing houses"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of ICE's 10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the prior one filed 2025-10-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added reference to 'FTSE® and the FTSE Indexes are trademarks and service marks of the London Stock Exchange plc and the London Stock Exchange Group Holdings Limited and are used under license. MSCI® and the MSCI Indexes are trademarks and service marks of MSCI, Inc. or its affiliates and are used under license.' in the opening section (filed 2026-04-30)
- Added 'and the events in Venezuela' to geopolitical risks bullet point (filed 2026-04-30)
- Added 'or tax or accounting requirements' to the global impact bullet point (filed 2026-04-30)
- Added 'or future acquisitions and strategic investments' and revised wording to 'our ability to effectively pursue, implement and realize the anticipated cost savings, growth opportunities and synergies and other benefits from our past or future acquisitions and strategic investments' (filed 2026-04-30)
- Removed:
- Removed specific reference 'FTSE® and MSCI®' trademark details that were in opening section (filed 2025-10-30)
- Removed 'our ability to realize the expected benefits of our acquisitions and our investments, including our acquisition of Black Knight, Inc., or Black Knight;' bullet point (filed 2025-10-30)
- Removed 'our ability to execute our growth strategy, identify and effectively pursue, implement and integrate acquisitions, including that of Black Knight, and strategic alliances and realize the synergies and benefits of such transactions within the expected time frame;' bullet point (filed 2025-10-30)
- Removed reference to 'our 2024 Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on February 6, 2025' at end of section (filed 2025-10-30)
- Reworded:
- Changed 'climate change' to 'climate-related risks' in impact bullet point (2026-04-30 vs 2025-10-30)
- Changed 'the impact of a public health emergency or pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition as well as the broader business environment' to 'the impacts of a public health emergency or pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition, as well as the broader business environment' - minor punctuation change (2026-04-30)
- Removed specific mention of 'Black Knight' acquisition from acquisition-related risk factors and consolidated into broader forward-looking statement on acquisitions and strategic investments (2026-04-30)
- Changed 'or tax or accounting' reference in global impact bullet (2026-04-30)
- Notes:
- Newer filing text appears truncated at end ('These risks and other factors include, am'), preventing full comparison of concluding language
- Older filing also appears slightly truncated at very end, limiting comparison of final sentences
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 19 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($256000) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 19 sells ($9M) — 8 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 27 sells ($11M) — 10 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-14. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about ICE's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 13 matched disclosures for ICE from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
7 institutional 13F filers reported holding ICE as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 7
- Reported shares held 93,894,438
- Reported value $11,559,344,099
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 2 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
ICE had 6,423,293 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
ICE had 1.14% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 1.96 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 6,423,293
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.14%
- Prior settlement (shares) 5,351,924
- Reported change 20.02%
- Days to cover (reported) 1.96
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- CME Group (CME)
- CBOE Global Markets (CBOE)
- Nasdaq (NDAQ)
- London Stock Exchange Group
- Black Knight (acquired by ICE)
- MSCI (MSCI)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) do?
Intercontinental Exchange operates global exchanges, clearing houses, and provides mortgage technology, fixed income, and data services. The company offers a wide range of financial infrastructure solutions, including trading, clearing, and data analytics across diverse asset classes such as energy, agriculture, interest rates, equities, and mortgage origination.
What sector is Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in?
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is financial exchanges and data services. It trades on NYSE.
Does ICE pay a dividend?
Yes — Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.34% and at least 12 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — a stock split inside this window left the earlier years on a different per-share basis, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Intercontinental Exchange's (ICE) competitors?
Notable peers of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) include CME Group, CBOE Global Markets, Nasdaq, London Stock Exchange Group and Black Knight (acquired by ICE). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in ICE?
Yes — we hold 13 matched STOCK Act disclosures for ICE from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) overbought or oversold right now?
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on ICE come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.