Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Receives a Buy from Deutsche Bank


Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Bedell maintained a Buy rating on Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) today and set a price target of $107.00. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $93.35.

According to TipRanks.com, Bedell is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 1.6% and a 47.3% success rate. Bedell covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as Apollo Global Management, WisdomTree Investments, and Janus Henderson Group.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for Intercontinental Exchange with a $102.08 average price target, which is a 9.9% upside from current levels. In a report issued on April 30, Oppenheimer also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $104.00 price target.

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Based on Intercontinental Exchange’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $2.12 billion and net profit of $650 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $1.58 billion and had a net profit of $484 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 105 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of ICE in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2020, Sprecher Jeffrey C, the CEO of ICE bought 104,911 shares for a total of $4,855,906.

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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. engages in the management of online marketplace. It operates through the Trading and Clearing; and Data and Listings segments. The Trading and Clearing segment offers transaction-based executions and clearing activities. The Data and Listings segment includes securities and subscription-based data services. The company was founded by Jeffrey C. Sprecher in May 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

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