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Intercontinental Exchange (Intercontinental Exchange) Beneish M-Score

: -2.34 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -2.34 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

The historical rank and industry rank for Intercontinental Exchange's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ICE' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.73   Med: -2.33   Max: -0.52
Current: -2.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Intercontinental Exchange was -0.52. The lowest was -2.73. And the median was -2.33.


Intercontinental Exchange Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Intercontinental Exchange's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Intercontinental Exchange Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.48 -2.20 -2.73 -0.52 -2.34

Intercontinental Exchange Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Beneish M-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.52 -2.64 -2.64 -2.61 -2.34

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Intercontinental Exchange's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Intercontinental Exchange Beneish M-Score Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Intercontinental Exchange's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Intercontinental Exchange's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Intercontinental Exchange Beneish M-Score Calculation

The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.

The M-Score Variables:

The M-score of Intercontinental Exchange for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:

M=-4.84+0.92 * DSRI+0.528 * GMI+0.404 * AQI+0.892 * SGI+0.115 * DEPI
=-4.84+0.92 * 0.7295+0.528 * 0.9447+0.404 * 1.9718+0.892 * 1.0277+0.115 * 0.9517
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0637+4.679 * -0.004365-0.327 * 0.9
=-2.34

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $2,950 Mil.
Revenue was 2666 + 2429 + 2336 + 2472 = $9,903 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1504 + 1419 + 1364 + 1372 = $5,659 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $84,973 Mil.
Total Assets was $136,084 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1,923 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $1,215 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $481 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $84,626 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $20,958 Mil.
Net Income was 373 + 541 + 799 + 655 = $2,368 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -258 + -206 + -60 + -56 = $-580 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 969 + 768 + 1152 + 653 = $3,542 Mil.
Total Receivables was $3,935 Mil.
Revenue was 2377 + 2387 + 2413 + 2459 = $9,636 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1249 + 1298 + 1290 + 1365 = $5,202 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $156,947 Mil.
Total Assets was $194,338 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1,767 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $1,031 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $440 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $149,171 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $18,372 Mil.




1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index

Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.

A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.

DSRI=(Receivables_t / Revenue_t) / (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)
=(2950 / 9903) / (3935 / 9636)
=0.29789 / 0.408364
=0.7295

2. GMI = Gross Margin Index

Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.

Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.

GMI=GrossMargin_t-1 / GrossMargin_t
=(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) / (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)
=(5202 / 9636) / (5659 / 9903)
=0.539851 / 0.571443
=0.9447

3. AQI = Asset Quality Index

AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.

Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.

AQI=(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) / (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=(1 - (84973 + 1923) / 136084) / (1 - (156947 + 1767) / 194338)
=0.361453 / 0.183309
=1.9718

4. SGI = Sales Growth Index

Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.

Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.

SGI=Sales_t / Sales_t-1
=Revenue_t / Revenue_t-1
=9903 / 9636
=1.0277

5. DEPI = Depreciation Index

Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.

DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.

DEPI=(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) / (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))
=(1031 / (1031 + 1767)) / (1215 / (1215 + 1923))
=0.368477 / 0.387189
=0.9517

Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.

6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index

The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.

SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.

SGAI=(SGA_t / Sales_t) / (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)
=(481 / 9903) / (440 / 9636)
=0.048571 / 0.045662
=1.0637

7. LVGI = Leverage Index

The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.

An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage

LVGI=((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) / ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=((20958 + 84626) / 136084) / ((18372 + 149171) / 194338)
=0.775874 / 0.862122
=0.9

8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets

Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.

TATA=(IncomefromContinuingOperations_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(2368 - -580 - 3542) / 136084
=-0.004365

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Intercontinental Exchange has a M-score of -2.34 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Intercontinental Exchange (Intercontinental Exchange) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5660 New Northside Drive, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328
Intercontinental Exchange is a vertically integrated operator of financial exchanges and provides ancillary data products. Though the company is probably best known for its ownership of the New York Stock Exchange, which it acquired in 2013, ICE operates a large derivatives exchange, too. The company's largest commodity futures product is the ICE Brent crude futures contract. In addition to the exchanges business, which is about 56% of net revenue, Intercontinental Exchange has used a series of acquisitions to create its mortgage technology business (15% of net revenue) and fixed-income and data services segment (29% of net revenue).
Executives
Jeffrey C Sprecher director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 500, ATLANTA GA 30308
Andrew J Surdykowski officer: General Counsel 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
James W Namkung officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, NW, ATLANTA GA 30318
Christopher Scott Edmonds officer: Chief Development Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Warren Gardiner officer: Chief Financial Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Benjamin Jackson officer: President C/O INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Douglas Foley officer: SVP, HR & Administration INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Martha A Tirinnanzi director INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
Stuart Glen Williams officer: Chief Operating Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR., ATLANTA GA 30328
William Jefferson Hague director C/O ICE, 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Mark Wassersug officer: Chief Operating Officer 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Mayur Kapani officer: Chief Technology Officer INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DR, ATLANTA GA 30328
David S Goone officer: Sr VP, Chief Strategic Officer 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 500, ATLANTA GA 30308
Lynn C Martin officer: President & COO, ICE Data Serv 5660 NEW NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30318
Charles R Crisp director 1301 MCKINNEY STE 700, HOUSTON TX 77010