Strategic Expansion | Management identifies prediction markets as a significant growth opportunity, leveraging technological infrastructure to diversify revenue beyond traditional securities trading |
Market Positioning | The firm's commission revenue consistently outperforms consensus by 2%, while competitive pricing and comprehensive platform capabilities drive market share gains in electronic trading |
Analyst Outlook | Price targets range from $80 to $83 with Overweight ratings. EPS projections span $2.14-$2.48 for FY1 and $2.41-$2.97 for FY2, reflecting confidence in operational efficiency |
Account Growth Surge | Interactive Brokers achieved nearly 140,000 new accounts in a single period, sustaining over 30% year-over-year expansion for 13 consecutive months through early 2026 |
Metrics to compare | IBKR | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Financials sector companies | Relationship RelationshipIBKRPeersSector | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E Ratio | 41.2x | 19.9x | 9.9x | |
PEG Ratio | 1.43 | 1.71 | 0.03 | |
Price / Book | 29.2x | 3.0x | 1.0x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 25.3x | 2.6x | 2.9x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | −6.3% | 9.3% | 15.4% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 7.3% | 2.6% | Unlock |
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. operates as an automated electronic broker in the United States and internationally. The company engages in the execution, clearance, and settlement of trades in stocks, options, futures, foreign exchange instruments, bonds, precious metals, and cryptocurrencies; and the company provides custody, prime brokerage, securities, and margin lending services. It also offers custody and service accounts for hedge and mutual funds, ETFs, registered investment advisors, proprietary trading groups, introducing brokers, and individual investors. In addition, the company provides trading platforms, including IBKR Trader Workstation, IBKR Desktop, IBKR Mobile, and IBKR Client Portal platform, as well as IBKR GlobalTrader mobile application, and IBKR APIs, builds custom trading applications and automates any part of the trading process. Further, it offers IBKR Pro, IBKR Lite, IBKR Universal Account, insured bank deposit sweep program, investors’ marketplace, mutual fund marketplace, bond marketplace, forecast and event contracts, fractional trading, no transaction fee program for exchange-traded funds, overnight trading hours, and karta visa infinite charge card. It serves institutional and individual customers through electronic exchanges and market centers. Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.