Overview
- Q4 results beat expectations with adjusted EPS of $0.65 versus $0.59 estimated and revenue of $1.64 billion, while pretax margin held at 79% as commissions reached $582 million and net interest income rose to $966 million.
- Customer accounts jumped 32% to 4.4 million after more than 1 million net adds in 2025, client equity climbed 37% to about $780 billion, daily average revenue trades rose 30% to 4.04 million, and margin loans increased 40% to $90.2 billion.
- Interactive Brokers introduced U.S. dollar‑backed stablecoin deposits to speed international funding, upgraded its GlobalTrader mobile app with AI tools, and expanded market access to Brazil, Taiwan, the UAE and Slovenia along with new tax-advantaged accounts in Sweden, Japan and Canada.
- ForecastEx prediction‑market activity surged to 286 million pairs traded in Q4 from 15 million in Q3, with temperature contracts leading volumes.
- The stock slipped about 1% in extended trading after the release, then set a new all‑time high of $76.37 after a Barclays price‑target increase to $83, and the board approved a $0.08 quarterly dividend payable March 13 to holders of record on February 27.