Key Stats for Interactive Brokers Stock
- Pre-market price change for Interactive Brokers stock: -1%
- $IBKR Share Price as of Jan. 20: $71.51
- 52-Week High: $75.64
- $IBKR Stock Price Target: $76.78
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What Happened?
Interactive Brokers’ (IBKR) stock dipped nearly 1% in pre-market despite reporting strong fourth quarter earnings that topped Wall Street expectations. Interactive Brokers posted adjusted earnings of $0.65 per share, beating the analyst consensus of $0.59 per share.
The automated brokerage firm delivered record-setting results across the board.
- IBKR added over 1 million net new accounts in 2025, marking an annual record.
- Client equity jumped 37% to $780 billion, crossing the $750 billion threshold for the first time.
- Net revenues topped $6 billion for the full year, while quarterly adjusted pretax income exceeded $1 billion for the fifth straight quarter.
Commission revenues hit a record $582 million in the quarter, driven by higher trading volumes. For the full year, commissions reached $2.1 billion, up 27% from 2024.
Net interest income came in at $966 million for the quarter despite multiple rate cuts across major currencies. The company’s pretax margin matched its third-quarter record of 79% and hit a new full-year record of 77%.
What really stands out is how well Interactive Brokers’ clients performed. Individual investors averaged returns of 19.2% in 2025, beating the S&P 500’s 17.9% gain by 130 basis points.
Financial advisers did even better at 20.6%, while hedge fund clients crushed it with average returns of 28.9%, a full 11 percentage points ahead of the market.
The company continues to expand aggressively.
- Interactive Brokers added market access to Brazil, Taiwan, the UAE, and Slovenia in 2025, with more countries planned for 2026.
- The firm launched several major platform upgrades, including GlobalTrader 2.0 for mobile and AI-powered tools like investment themes and portfolio analysis.
- They even rolled out a premium Visa card through a partnership with Karta.
On the regulatory front, Milan Galik, the company’s CEO, said Interactive Brokers expects to be operational with its new national trust bank charter by the end of 2026.
The charter will allow the firm to custody assets for mutual funds and ETFs, something broker-dealers currently can’t do under existing regulations
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What the Market Is Telling Us About IBKR Stock
The slight pullback in IBKR stock suggests investors may have already priced in the strong results or are looking for even more aggressive growth.
Trading just 3.6% below its 52-week high, the stock has had a solid run, and investors appear to be taking some profits despite the beat.
Still, the fundamentals look rock solid. The company is growing accounts at over 30% annually, expanding margins despite rate cuts, and clients are actually making money.
Founder and Chairman Thomas Peterffy expressed confidence that the firm can maintain this pace, saying he doesn’t see “any reason why our account growth would slow down.”
Interactive Brokers also continues to push into emerging areas like prediction markets through its ForecastEx platform, which traded 286 million pairs in the fourth quarter, up from just 15 million in the third quarter.
The platform now lists over 10,000 instruments and has added multiple liquidity providers.
The company’s expanding crypto offering in Europe and plans for additional geographic expansion show management isn’t sitting still.
With a pristine balance sheet, no long-term debt, and over $20 billion in firm equity, IBKR stock appears well positioned for continued growth, even if the minor post-earnings dip suggests near-term caution from investors.
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