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Intercontinental Exchange (Intercontinental Exchange) Interest Coverage

: 3.96 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Intercontinental Exchange's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $993 Mil. Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-251 Mil. Intercontinental Exchange's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.96. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

ICE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.9   Med: 10.06   Max: 18.95
Current: 4.9


ICE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
66.3% of 451 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 19.19 vs ICE: 4.90

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Intercontinental Exchange Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Intercontinental Exchange Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.39 8.79 8.39 6.06 4.90

Intercontinental Exchange Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.98 5.63 5.60 4.85 3.96

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Intercontinental Exchange Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Coverage falls into.



Intercontinental Exchange Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Expense was $-808 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3,963 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $20,958 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3963/-808
=4.90

Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Intercontinental Exchange's Interest Expense was $-251 Mil. Its Operating Income was $993 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $20,958 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*993/-251
=3.96

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Intercontinental Exchange  (NYSE:ICE) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Intercontinental Exchange (Intercontinental Exchange) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5660 New Northside Drive, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328
Intercontinental Exchange is a vertically integrated operator of financial exchanges and provides ancillary data products. Though the company is probably best known for its ownership of the New York Stock Exchange, which it acquired in 2013, ICE operates a large derivatives exchange, too. The company's largest commodity futures product is the ICE Brent crude futures contract. In addition to the exchanges business, which is about 56% of net revenue, Intercontinental Exchange has used a series of acquisitions to create its mortgage technology business (15% of net revenue) and fixed-income and data services segment (29% of net revenue).
Executives
Jeffrey C Sprecher director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 500, ATLANTA GA 30308
Andrew J Surdykowski officer: General Counsel 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
James W Namkung officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, NW, ATLANTA GA 30318
Christopher Scott Edmonds officer: Chief Development Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Warren Gardiner officer: Chief Financial Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Benjamin Jackson officer: President C/O INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Douglas Foley officer: SVP, HR & Administration INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Martha A Tirinnanzi director INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Stuart Glen Williams officer: Chief Operating Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR., ATLANTA GA 30328
William Jefferson Hague director C/O ICE, 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Mark Wassersug officer: Chief Operating Officer 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Mayur Kapani officer: Chief Technology Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
David S Goone officer: Sr VP, Chief Strategic Officer 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 500, ATLANTA GA 30308
Lynn C Martin officer: President & COO, ICE Data Serv 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30318
Charles R Crisp director 1301 MCKINNEY STE 700, HOUSTON TX 77010