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Electronic brokerage offering low-cost global trading in stocks, options, futures and currencies for active traders.
Electronic brokerage offering low-cost global trading in stocks, options, futures and currencies for active traders.
Earns from commissions on trades, interest charged on margin loans less interest paid on client balances, and smaller fees such as market data. A highly automated operation keeps costs low. Founder Thomas Peterffy holds control through a holding structure in which the listed shares are only a minority of the economic ownership.
Moat: narrow (cost advantage, scale, process know-how). Highly automated, low-cost infrastructure supports global multi-asset access at lower fees than most rivals.
Headquarters: Greenwich, Connecticut, US · Founded: 1977 · Employees: 3,182
Size Interactive Brokers (IBKR) is a United States Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $129B, the 95th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $75.82 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.2%, against +5.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 17 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 16.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.1%); the operating margin is 86.5% (peer median 38.5%).
Valuation It trades at 23.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.1× (5th most expensive of 17).
Short interest Short interest is 2.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 19 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $11.7B | $10.4B | $9.39B | $7.86B | $4.18B |
| Revenue growth | — | +11% | +20% | +88% | — |
| Gross profit | $11.3B | $9.91B | $8.85B | $7.38B | $3.78B |
| EBITDA | n/a | $9.09B | $8.00B | $6.68B | $3.20B |
| Net income | $1.18B | $984M | $755M | $600M | $380M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | $24.2B | $2.17B | $9.69B | $22.9B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | $67.0M | $49.0M | $49.0M | $69.0M |
| Total debt | $35.2B | $24.9B | $16.4B | $11.5B | $9.10B |
The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.
| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interactive Brokers IBKR | $129B | -10% | +16% | 87% | 23.9× | n/a |
| Charles Schwab SCHW | $158B | +3% | +12% | 52% | 12.2× | n/a |
| Robinhood Markets HOOD | $72.9B | +5% | +22% | 44% | 29.7× | n/a |
| Futu Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR FUTU | $13.7B | -32% | +44% | 69% | 6.8× | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | IBKR | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -12.3% | +1.5% | 3rd lowest of 17 |
| 6-month return | -10.2% | +5.1% | 2nd lowest of 17 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -23.2% | -11.9% | 4th lowest of 17 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +16.1% | +8.1% | 3rd highest of 17 |
| Operating margin | 86.5% | 38.5% | highest of 17 |
| Forward P/E | 23.9× | 19.1× | 5th most expensive of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interactive Brokers IBKR | United States | $129B | -10% | +16% | 87% | 23.9× | n/a | n/a |
| CME CME | United States | $109B | +9% | +9% | 66% | 23.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Charles Schwab SCHW | United States | $158B | +3% | +12% | 52% | 12.2× | n/a | n/a |
| BNY Mellon BNY | United States | $99.4B | +13% | -1% | 37% | 14.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Intercontinental Exchange ICE | United States | $96.3B | +11% | +14% | 47% | 20.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Barclays BARC.L | United Kingdom | $75.1B | +1% | +7% | 22% | 8.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Robinhood Markets HOOD | United States | $72.9B | +5% | +22% | 44% | 29.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Goldman Sachs GS | United States | $250B | -8% | +12% | 40% | 12.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft DBK.DE | Germany | $65.0B | +15% | 0% | 30% | 9.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Deutsche Boerse DB1.DE | Germany | $63.8B | +32% | +7% | 41% | 24.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Macquarie MQG.AX | Australia | $63.5B | +5% | +5% | 20% | 18.1× | n/a | n/a |
| HKEX 0388.HK | Hong Kong | $62.2B | -10% | +23% | 75% | 24.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Nasdaq NDAQ | United States | $59.4B | +21% | +12% | 31% | 23.4× | n/a | n/a |
| CITIC Securities 600030.SS | China | $56.4B | -6% | -16% | 54% | 10.2× | n/a | n/a |
| State Street STT | United States | $45.0B | +11% | +2% | 33% | 11.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Cboe Global Markets CBOE | United States | $36.9B | +2% | +14% | 36% | 23.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Coinbase COIN | United States | $35.7B | -33% | -48% | -33% | 99.3× | n/a | n/a |