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Identity verified against SEC EDGAR filing 0001571949-26-000004; registered as Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., CIK 0001571949.

Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange is mapped to the Regulated tokenized financial infrastructure theme as market and clearing infrastructure. Meaningful but diversified or enabling exposure; segment materiality must be established. Theme materiality is stated separately and, where not independently verified, is marked accordingly.

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Reviewed company research · researched 2026-07-22 · not an individual investment recommendation

Listing: public
Ticker: ICE
Exchange: NYSE
HQ: —
Currency: USD
SEC CIK: 0001571949

Investment case

How this company captures the theme economics

Competitive position

Meaningful but diversified or enabling exposure; segment materiality must be established. Company-specific competitive positioning is assessed at the theme level and awaits deeper primary research.

Scarce assets

Scarce assets in this value chain include legal finality, identity, custody.

Products, segments, and customers

Intercontinental Exchange operates in Regulated tokenized financial infrastructure. Segment- and product-level detail is pending company-specific research.

Theme capture

Meaningful but diversified or enabling exposure; segment materiality must be established.

Conditions

What must be true

Complete company-specific competitive, segment, and financial-materiality research from official filings.
The exposure described for Intercontinental Exchange must be confirmed as financially material in official filings.

Identifiable catalysts

Forthcoming quarterly and annual issuer filings
Theme-level catalysts detailed in the Regulated tokenized financial infrastructure brief

Theme materiality

1 mapped theme

Exposure statements are evidence-qualified. Materiality is only claimed where disclosure supports it.

market and clearing infrastructure

Regulated tokenized financial infrastructure

Meaningful but diversified or enabling exposure; segment materiality must be established.

Evidence: Mapped in the accepted research universe; theme-side assessment is pending completion of the Regulated tokenized financial infrastructure brief.
Materiality: not assessed — Theme materiality has not been independently verified; the mapping is an accepted research hypothesis.

Financial evidence

Official SEC filing evidence

Reference period: FY2025.

Operating income$4.93 billion
FY2025[1]
Diluted EPS$5.77
FY2025[1]
Operating cash flow$4.66 billion
FY2025[1]
Free cash flow$4.29 billion
FY2025[1]
Total debt$19.64 billion
FY2025 year-end[1]
Return on invested capital0.1%
FY2025[1]
Cash and equivalents$837 million
FY2025 year-end[1]

Limitation: Filing evidence establishes scale, profitability, cash generation, and leverage. Market-derived valuation is withheld until a licensed market-data feed is connected, and theme materiality is stated separately.

Risks

Material risks and break conditions

Material risks

Theme-level risks apply; see the Regulated tokenized financial infrastructure brief.
Company-specific competitive and financial risks require deeper primary research.

Thesis-break conditions

The mapped theme thesis breaks under the conditions set out in the Regulated tokenized financial infrastructure brief.

Investability conclusion

Where the evidence lands

Identity and filing financials are established; theme materiality is not independently verified. This is a filing-backed research profile with deeper company-specific research pending, and is not a personalized recommendation.

Next diligence

Complete company-specific competitive, segment, and financial-materiality research from official filings.

Source ledger

Identity and evidence sources

Identity was verified against official issuer, filing, exchange, or regulator sources where available.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. FY2025 Form 10-KSEC EDGAR · primary · published 2026-02-05 · accessed 2026-07-22