Interactive Brokers
OverviewSuggest Edit
Interactive Brokers is an electronic brokerage firm. It brokers stocks, options, futures, EFPs, futures options, forex, bonds, funds, and CFDs. The firm also services commodity trading advisors. Its activities are divided into two principal business segments: electronic brokerage and market making. It provides customers with an advanced order management, trade execution, and portfolio management platform. Its customers can simultaneously access many financial markets worldwide and trade across multiple asset classes on one screen from a single account.
| Type | Public | |
| Founded | 1977 | |
| HQ | Greenwich, CT, US | Map |
| Website | interactivebrokers.com | |
| Employee Ratings | More |
Recent NewsAll News
- Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Kodak, Lyft, Interactive Brokers & more
- Outages at Interactive Brokers, Robinhood Leave Stock Traders Furious
- Interactive Brokers braces for election volatility by telling clients to put up more cash
- Interactive Brokers to pay $38 million in financial crime charges
Key People/Management at Interactive Brokers
Milan Galik
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Thomas Peterffy
Chairman
Earl H. Nemser
Vice Chairman and Director
John M. Damgard
Director
Philip Uhde
Director
Paul J. Brody
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director
Interactive Brokers Office Locations
Interactive Brokers has offices in Greenwich, Chicago, West Palm Beach, Sydney and in 6 other locations
Greenwich, CT, US (HQ)
1 Pickwick Plaza
Chicago, IL, US
209 S LaSalle St 10th Floor
West Palm Beach, FL, US
777 S Flagler Dr #1001
Sydney, AU
225 George St
Montréal, CA
1800 Avenue McGill College Ave #2106
Mumbai, IN
Andheri - Kurla Rd, J B Nagar, Andheri East
Interactive Brokers Financials and Metrics
Interactive Brokers Revenue
Interactive Brokers's revenue was reported to be $2.58 b in FY, 2019
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Q2, 2020) | 316.0m |
Net income (Q2, 2020) | 207.0m |
Market capitalization (15-Jan-2021) | 29.6b |
Closing stock price (15-Jan-2021) | 69.0 |
Cash (30-Jun-2020) | 3.1b |
EV | 26.7b |
Interactive Brokers's current market capitalization is $29.6 b.
- Source: SEC Filings
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q2, 2010 | Q3, 2010 | Q1, 2011 | Q2, 2011 | Q3, 2011 | Q4, 2011 | Q1, 2012 | Q2, 2012 | Q3, 2012 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 243.9m | 315.1m | 385.6m | 321.4m | 408.9m | 1.4b | 323.1m | 277.0m | 332.8m | 321.2m | 195.1m | 187.0m | 405.0m | 375.0m | 507.0m | 387.0m | 366.0m | 438.0m | 487.0m | 621.0m | 553.0m | 558.0m | 720.0m | 586.0m | 643.0m | 307.0m | 316.0m |
Operating expense total | 13.5m | 10.7m | 12.6m | 13.3m | 14.8m | 58.9m | 11.3m | 11.0m | 11.5m | 14.0m | 14.7m | 16.0m | 13.0m | 13.0m | 13.0m | 14.0m | 19.0m | 36.0m | 15.0m | 23.0m | 22.0m | 25.0m | 24.0m | 26.0m | 30.0m | 37.0m | 132.0m |
Depreciation and amortization | 6.0m | 7.0m | 7.0m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 18.0m | 87.5m | 18.6m | 18.0m | 256.0m | 196.0m |
- Source: SEC Filings
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q2, 2010 | Q3, 2010 | Q1, 2011 | Q2, 2011 | Q3, 2011 | Q4, 2011 | Q1, 2012 | Q2, 2012 | Q3, 2012 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 1.1b | 1.3b | 1.2b | 1.4b | 1.6b | 1.7b | 1.6b | 2.0b | 1.7b | 999.6m | 1.0b | 990.0m | 1.0b | 1.6b | 1.7b | 1.4b | 1.6b | 2.1b | 2.1b | 1.9b | 2.5b | 3.1b | 2.5b | 3.2b | 3.0b | 3.1b | 3.1b |
Accounts Receivable | 12.0m | 11.0m | 9.0m | 11.0m | 11.0m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PP&E | 35.9m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Assets | 27.5b | 29.7b | 30.1b | 30.6b | 33.2b | 30.4b | 32.7b | 32.4b | 33.9b | 40.2b | 41.6b | 43.3b | 45.2b | 47.2b | 50.2b | 51.8b | 55.1b | 57.6b | 59.8b | 59.1b | 60.3b | 62.1b | 63.5b | 66.0b | 67.8b | 75.8b | 84.0b |
- Source: SEC Filings
Annual
| USD | FY, 2010 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 | FY, 2017 | FY, 2018 | FY, 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | (9.3m) | 40.7m | 417.6m | 458.9m | 415.0m | 699.0m | 793.0m | 1.1b | 1.1b |
Depreciation and Amortization | 18.7m | 19.3m | 19.2m | 19.7m | 22.0m | 25.0m | 25.0m | 26.0m | 31.0m |
Accounts Payable | (177.0m) | 132.0m | 40.0m | 61.0m | |||||
Cash From Operating Activities | 1.7b | 558.4m | 140.9m | 417.0m | 725.0m | 544.0m | 142.0m | 2.4b | 2.7b |
Quarterly
| USD | Q2, 2010 | Q3, 2010 | Q1, 2011 | Q2, 2011 | Q3, 2011 | Q4, 2011 | Q1, 2012 | Q2, 2012 | Q3, 2012 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | 3.8m | 11.0m | 16.3m | 25.8m | 48.3m | 61.9m | 11.1m | 19.1m | 31.6m | 362.0m | 393.6m | (109.0m) | 112.0m | 294.0m | 310.0m | 510.0m | 678.0m | 382.0m | 629.0m | 319.0m | 577.0m | 835.0m | 324.0m | 534.0m | 795.0m | 290.0m | 497.0m |
Depreciation and Amortization | 4.9m | 9.4m | 13.6m | 18.7m | 5.2m | 9.8m | 14.2m | 9.5m | 14.1m | 5.0m | 11.0m | 16.0m | 6.0m | 12.0m | 18.0m | 12.0m | 18.0m | 7.0m | 12.0m | 18.0m | 7.0m | 14.0m | 21.0m | 10.0m | 20.0m | ||
Accounts Payable | (118.0m) | (181.0m) | 231.0m | 30.0m | (107.0m) | (162.0m) | (69.0m) | 171.0m | 222.0m | 96.0m | 47.0m | 6.0m | |||||||||||||||
Cash From Operating Activities | (36.7m) | 416.2m | 674.4m | 1.1b | (53.9m) | 519.6m | 211.7m | (203.8m) | 39.2m | (220.0m) | (99.0m) | 627.0m | 122.0m | 12.0m | 114.0m | 300.0m | 373.0m | 1.2b | 2.1b | 2.8b | 603.0m | 2.0b | 2.2b | 5.2b | 3.6b |
- Source: SEC Filings
| USD | Q2, 2010 |
|---|---|
Financial Leverage | 5.7 x |
Interactive Brokers Operating Metrics
| FY, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | FY, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | FY, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accounts | 281 k | 296 k | 310 k | 322 k | 331 k | 345 k | 357 k | 370 k | 385 k | 406 k | 428 k |
Countries | 190 | 190 | 190 | ||||||||
Market Making Trades | 64.53 m | 15.40 m | 14.85 m | 18.70 m | 65.94 m | 17.26 m | 16.06 m | 15.47 m | 64.04 m | 12.22 m | 7.96 m |
Shares Traded | 153.61 b | 35.34 b | 60.26 b | 42 b | 172.74 b | 38.35 b | 36.77 b | 38.52 b | 155.44 b | 53.30 b | 53.38 b |
Interactive Brokers Revenue Breakdown
Interactive Brokers revenue breakdown by business segment: 86.7% from Electronic Brokerage and 13.3% from Market Making
Interactive Brokers Cybersecurity Score
Interactive Brokers Online and Social Media Presence
234.17k Twitter followers
Interactive Brokers has 234.17k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.5% month over month and increased 1.5% quarter over quarter
Interactive Brokers's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @IBKR
10.9k
Tweets
61
Following
234.2k
Followers
65
Tweets last 30 days
8.1
Avg. likes per Tweet
70.8%
Tweets with engagement
Interactive Brokers News and Updates
December 07, 2020
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Kodak, Lyft, Interactive Brokers & more
Names on the move ahead of the open.
December 07, 2020
Outages at Interactive Brokers, Robinhood Leave Stock Traders Furious
The news coincided with a brief and apparently unrelated outage at Robinhood Markets.
September 23, 2020
Interactive Brokers braces for election volatility by telling clients to put up more cash
Interactive Brokers is increasing margin requirements by as much as 35% heading into the November presidential election.
August 10, 2020
Interactive Brokers to pay $38 million in financial crime charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Interactive Brokers LLC will pay an $11.5 million penalty to settle charges it repeatedly failed to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
July 21, 2020
E-brokers TD Ameritrade, Interactive Brokers sustained record retail trading volumes in the second quarter
The major online brokers have seen new accounts and trading activity surge this year during the coronavirus recession.
February 21, 2020
Interactive Brokers founder Thomas Peterffy says he passed on pursuing E-trade purchase
"We evaluated whether we should buy them or not and we decided against it," IB founder Thomas Peterffy said.
Interactive Brokers Blogs
January 16, 2021
Chart Advisor: Volume Signal
Stocks sold off as traders took short-term profits. Meanwhile, investors tapped the brakes over concerns about the vaccine rollout. Despite these dynamics, iShares’ Russell 2000 index ETF (IWM) looks subtly stronger than the other three major market index ETFs. State Street’s S&P 500 (SPY) and D…
January 15, 2021
Silver Was the Top Performing Commodity in 2020. Will Copper Be Next?
Copper prices were up in 2020 for very much the same reason. The world’s transition to renewable energy and electric vehicles is driving global demand for the highly conductible metal.Copper prices were up in 2020. The world’s transition to renewable energy and electric vehicles is driving global de…
January 15, 2021
China: What Can Investors Expect in the Year of the Metal Ox?
China equities manager May Ling Wee highlights the key opportunities and risks facing the asset class in 2021.
The post China: What Can Investors Expect in the Year of the Metal Ox? appeared first on Traders' Insight.
January 15, 2021
ETF 2021 Outlook: Watch Out for International Equity and Active ETFs
David Mann, our Head of Global Exchange-Traded Funds Capital Markets, offers his insights on ETF industry trends he sees taking shape.
The post ETF 2021 Outlook: Watch Out for International Equity and Active ETFs appeared first on Traders' Insight.
January 15, 2021
The Q4 Oil, Gas and Coal Rally: Resurgence or Dead Cat Bounce?
The Russell 2000 Index closed out 2020 with a roar, surging 31.4% in the fourth quarter and posting its highest ever monthly return in November.
The post The Q4 Oil, Gas and Coal Rally: Resurgence or Dead Cat Bounce? appeared first on Traders' Insight.
January 15, 2021
Do You Have A Trading System?
FX Rundown January 15, 2021: British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen, Swiss Franc, U.S. Dollar.
The post Do You Have A Trading System? appeared first on Traders' Insight.
Interactive Brokers Frequently Asked Questions
When was Interactive Brokers founded?
Interactive Brokers was founded in 1977.
Who are Interactive Brokers key executives?
Interactive Brokers's key executives are Milan Galik, Thomas Peterffy and Earl H. Nemser.
How many employees does Interactive Brokers have?
Interactive Brokers has 1,413 employees.
What is Interactive Brokers revenue?
Latest Interactive Brokers annual revenue is $2.6 b.
What is Interactive Brokers revenue per employee?
Latest Interactive Brokers revenue per employee is $1.8 m.
Who are Interactive Brokers competitors?
Competitors of Interactive Brokers include The Klesch Group, Trading Ticket and Stockpile.
Where is Interactive Brokers headquarters?
Interactive Brokers headquarters is located at 1 Pickwick Plaza, Greenwich.
Where are Interactive Brokers offices?
Interactive Brokers has offices in Greenwich, Chicago, West Palm Beach, Sydney and in 6 other locations.
How many offices does Interactive Brokers have?
Interactive Brokers has 12 offices.
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