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Jul 30 ◎

ICE FY2026 Q2 Watch

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) FY2026 Q2 Earnings Call

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Jeff Sprecher

ICE points to Charles Schwab and other large wealth managers as key customers in the retail/wealth channel that the Market Access acquisition will expand and deepen.

"ICE Bonds was built through our combination of BondPoint and TMC, and it serves the trading desk of the largest wealth management firms in the country, names like Charles Schwab, Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, and Edward Jones"

SCHW WATCH

Jeff Sprecher

Merrill Lynch, a unit of Bank of America, is cited as a key wealth management client on the ICE Bonds platform, highlighting its distribution in the retail channel which the acquisition extends.

BAC WATCH

Jeff Sprecher

ICE's initiative with Apollo in private credit is a strategic collaboration to bring private credit clients onto ICE's fixed income rails, indicating a deepening partnership and potential to make Apollo's private credit assets more liquid and data-rich. The deal to acquire Market Access is directly tied to accelerating this Apollo partnership.

"We have a plan to use the same rails to connect private credit clients who we're going to bring in via our initiative with Apollo."

APO WATCH

Jeff Sprecher

Edward Jones is mentioned as a key customer on the ICE Bonds platform, underscoring the reach into the wealth management segment.

EDJ WATCH

Warren Gardiner

AstraZeneca is cited as a major customer win for the NYSE, representing the largest transfer in its history and highlighting the listing business's competitive strength.

"with nearly $400 billion in market cap having switched to the exchange, including the largest transfer in NYSE history, AstraZeneca"

AZN WATCH

Warren Gardiner

Fifth Third Bank is cited as a major customer win for the NYSE, representing the largest bank transfer in its history.

"and the largest bank transfer in exchange history, Fifth Third Bank"

FITB WATCH

Warren Gardiner

ICE's management provides a strongly positive forward-looking outlook, signaling confidence in the company's ability to grow revenue, realize synergies, and expand margins via the Market Access acquisition. The company is raising guidance and pointing to accelerating growth, indicating a 'long' stance on its own business.

"anticipate the transaction will be immediately accreted to ICE's adjusted earnings per share in the first year post-close, with accretion improving as synergies are realized"

ICE WATCH

Warren Gardiner

ICE is accelerating its 2027 CapEx into 2026 as it builds out data center halls (Hall 6 likely already presold) to meet AI-driven demand. — This signals a physical supply-chain constraint in data center capacity; vendors that provide the infrastructure for ICE's accelerated data center buildout will see a tangible order pull-in, benefiting near-term revenue opportunities.

"We've elected to pull forward some of our originally planned 2027 CapEx into 2026. We now anticipate full year CapEx of approximately $850 million."

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Jeff Sprecher

ICE's own treasury clearing system (approved) is central to its strategy to extend its fixed income network, though it's not a lead player in the US. The plan is to tie Market Access's treasury rates platform into ICE's clearing system, aiming to scale its US rates footprint. — This validates a durable competitive push into the US rates clearing market, directly threatening CME's incumbency and its related treasury data and execution revenue streams.

"market access will bring us a growing treasury rates trading platform, which we plan to connect directly into our newly approved treasury clearing system, extending our credit and fixed income network into the interest rate markets."

CME WATCH

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12:30
Apr 30 ◎

ICE FY2026 Q1 Watch

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) FY2026 Q1 Earnings Call

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Jeff Sprecher

ICE is partnering with Apollo to build a reference data and analytics layer for the private credit market, leveraging ICE's existing fixed income data capabilities and expanding Apollo's institutional market infrastructure.

"Last month with Apollo as our anchor partner, we announced the launch of ICE Private Credit Intelligence."

APO WATCH

Ben Jackson

UWM going live on ICE's MSP platform is a major win, a key client reference and driver for mortgage technology revenue.

"We obviously now have UWM, United Wholesale Mortgage, now live on the platform and building loans."

UWMC WATCH

Ben Jackson

JPMorgan continuing to ramp on ICE's Encompass platform signals strong adoption and validates the platform's market position.

"we've had JPMorgan that continues to ramp."

JPM WATCH

Warren Gardner

Management expresses high confidence in hitting its full-year targets following a record first quarter, with strength across all three segments and forward indicators like open interest remaining robust.

"And so ultimately, I think the quarter just gives us a lot more confidence so we can hit those targets that we set for you guys back in February."

ICE WATCH

Ben Jackson

ICE's new HOU crude contract is seeing 2-3x the physical deliveries of the competing Cushing contract, indicating a physical market shift in pricing and delivery. — The shift in liquidity and physical delivery to Houston from Cushing could impact the strategy of NYMEX/CME and the broader WTI pricing benchmark.

"our HOU contract had 9 million barrels that went into delivery and Cushing had 1.6."

USO WATCH

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13:30
Feb 05 ◎

ICE FY2025 Q4 Watch

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) FY2025 Q4 Earnings Call

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Jeff Sprecher

Citi's partnership with ICE on tokenized collateral could expand its digital asset services for institutional clients.

"such as our recent announcements with BNY and Citi to accept tokenized collateral"

C WATCH

Jeff Sprecher

BNY's partnership with ICE on tokenized collateral could position BNY as a leader in institutional digital asset infrastructure.

"such as our recent announcements with BNY and Citi to accept tokenized collateral"

BK WATCH

Warren Gardner

Etsy's transfer to NYSE is a win for ICE's listings franchise.

"we also welcomed several transfers, including Virtu, Etsy, the largest transfer in NYSE history, AstraZeneca"

ETSY WATCH

Warren Gardner

Virtu Financial's transfer to NYSE is a win for ICE's exchange listings business.

"we also welcomed several transfers, including Virtu, Etsy, the largest transfer in NYSE history, AstraZeneca"

VIRT WATCH

Ben Jackson

Successful rapid implementation of UWM onto ICE's MSP platform is a major proof point for ICE's mortgage servicing technology and validates cross-sell strategy.

"Last month, United Wholesale Mortgage went live on MSP, approximately nine months after signing."

UWMC WATCH

Ben Jackson

ICE's data partnership with Reddit will integrate social sentiment into its data feeds, enhancing its data and analytics products.

"we continue to expand our differentiated offering through new data partnerships, including our recent deal with Reddit"

RDDT WATCH

Warren Gardner

AstraZeneca has transferred its listing to the NYSE from the London Stock Exchange this week. — A marquee listing loss for the LSE and a major win for NYSE, potentially signaling Europe's largest companies may increasingly seek US listings.

"we also welcomed several transfers, including Virtu, Etsy, the largest transfer in NYSE history, AstraZeneca, who officially transferred to the NYSE this week"

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Jeff Sprecher

ICE's new clearing service for US cash treasuries, approved by the SEC, is set to compete directly with the existing fixed income clearing services offered by its peers. — This introduces a new competitor to the DTCC's FICC and CME's fixed income clearing, aiming to capture market share in the growing treasury clearing space.

"Just last week, I received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new clearing service for U.S. cash treasuries almost a year in advance of the January 2027 treasury clearing mandate."

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Warren Gardner

Management's tone is highly confident, underpinned by record 2025 results, strong January 2026 volumes, a broad-based energy and rates complex momentum, and raised synergy targets.

"As we begin 2026, we have tremendous momentum. Our diversified business model, market-leading positions, recurring revenue base, and operational discipline give us confidence in our ability to deliver another year of profitable growth and"

ICE WATCH

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