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ICE (Intercontinental Exchange) Degree of Operating Leverage : 0.98 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Intercontinental Exchange Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. Intercontinental Exchange's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.98. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for Intercontinental Exchange's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

ICE's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
53.14% of 621 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.76 vs ICE: 0.98

Intercontinental Exchange Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Intercontinental Exchange's Degree of Operating Leverage 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.

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Intercontinental Exchange Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

Intercontinental Exchange Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Degree of Operating Leverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.50 8.56 -11.83 19.03 1.20

Intercontinental Exchange Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Degree of Operating Leverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 9.01 3.92 0.75 1.20 0.98

Competitive Comparison of Intercontinental Exchange's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Intercontinental Exchange's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage 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's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Intercontinental Exchange's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Intercontinental Exchange's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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Intercontinental Exchange Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

Intercontinental Exchange's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( 4606 (Mar. 2025) / 3882 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )/( 12189 (Mar. 2025) / 10232 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )
=0.1865/0.1913
=0.98***

* 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.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


Intercontinental Exchange  (NYSE:ICE) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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Intercontinental Exchange Business Description

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 54% of net revenue, Intercontinental Exchange has used a series of acquisitions to create its mortgage technology business (22% of net revenue) and fixed-income and data services segment (24% of net revenue).
Executives
Martha A Tirinnanzi director INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Christopher Scott Edmonds officer: Chief Development Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Judith A Sprieser director USG CORPORATION, 125 SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60606
Warren Gardiner officer: Chief Financial Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
James W Namkung officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, NW, ATLANTA GA 30318
Mayur Kapani officer: Chief Technology Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Douglas Foley officer: SVP, HR & Administration 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
Jeffrey C Sprecher director, officer: Chief Executive 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
Andrew J Surdykowski officer: General Counsel 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Benjamin Jackson officer: President C/O INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Sharon Bowen director 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, 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