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Interactive Brokers/$IBKR

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About Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers is a large, automated retail and institutional brokerage that boasted nearly $780 billion in customer equity at the end of 2025. The company cut its teeth as a market maker, introducing US financial markets to automated and algorithmic training before expanding into brokerage services in 1993. The firm has a wide-ranging client base, with its best-in-class order execution and extremely low margin lending rates catering to a sophisticated audience of hedge funds, proprietary traders, and introducing brokers that account for about 45% of the firm's commissions. With operations spanning more than 170 electronic exchanges, 40 countries, and 29 currencies, Interactive Brokers caters to a global clientele, with more than 80% of active accounts sitting outside the US.
Ticker
$IBKR
Sector
Finance
Primary listing
NASDAQ
Employees
3,265

IBKR Metrics

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$40B
34.84
$2.52
1.34
$0.34
0.40%

What the Analysts think about IBKR

Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Interactive Brokers stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Interactive Brokers stock.

Bulls say / Bears say

IBKR’s second-quarter 2026 growth was broad-based: net revenue rose 28%, commissions rose 30%, net interest income rose 23%, and diluted EPS increased to $0.69 from $0.51. Customer accounts, equity and daily average revenue trades also grew strongly, showing that the platform is converting client growth into earnings. (Morningstar, SEC filing)
The growth engine remained intact after the quarter: August client accounts reached 5.46 million and client equity $962.8 billion, both 35% above a year earlier. Larger customer balances provide a growing base for future interest income, margin lending and trading commissions. (Interactive Brokers Group)
IBKR’s automated model is producing exceptional operating leverage: its second-quarter pretax margin was 77%, up from 75% a year earlier and the seventh consecutive quarter above 70%. That profitability gives the company room to keep investing in products, technology and international expansion without sacrificing much earnings power. (SEC filing, Morningstar)
Interest income is becoming more rate-sensitive: second-quarter net interest margin fell to 1.93% from 2.07% a year earlier, while margin-loan and cash yields also declined. Net interest income still grew because balances increased, but further rate cuts could weaken this important earnings engine. (Finance Magnates, The Motley Fool)
Trading activity is not keeping pace with account growth. August DARTs were up 23% year on year but fell 3% from July, while accounts grew 35% year on year, suggesting that newer clients may be less active and that commission growth could normalise. (Interactive Brokers Group)
The shares leave limited room for disappointment: recent commentary put IBKR at about 38.5 times trailing earnings after a very strong multi-year run. If markets weaken and trading or interest income falls, earnings could slow while the valuation multiple contracts as well. (The Motley Fool)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 17 Sept 2026.

IBKR Financial Performance

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Income statement
QuarterlyAnnual
Q3 24
QoQ growth
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Net income
Profit margin

IBKR Earnings Performance

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Earnings per share
QuarterlyAnnual
Q4 23
Q1 24
Q2 24
Q3 24
Q4 24
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