Financing Cash Flow
Intercontinental Exchange Financing Cash Flow decreased by 42.6% to -$5.40B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 293.2%, from $2.80B to -$5.40B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Financing Cash Flow shows a downward trend with a -43.5% CAGR.
Analysis
How to read this metric
A large negative value typically indicates a company is returning capital to shareholders or paying down debt, while a positive value suggests the company is raising external capital to fund operations or acquisitions.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the net flow of cash between a company and its capital providers, including shareholders and lend...
Peer comparison
Large-cap peers like Microsoft or Alphabet similarly show large negative financing outflows due to aggressive share repurchase programs and dividend distributions.
cf_net_cash_from_financingHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$1.94B | -$410.00M | $64.95B | $13.68B | $5.56B | -$2.87B | -$18.21B | -$42.35B | -$15.54B | -$4.83B | -$1.63B | -$5.52B | $5.14B | -$2.33B | $2.80B | $2.28B | $572.00M | -$3.79B | -$5.40B |
| QoQ Change | — | +78.8% | >999% | -78.9% | -59.4% | -151.5% | -535.7% | -132.5% | +63.3% | +68.9% | +66.1% | -237.9% | +193.0% | -145.4% | +219.9% | -18.3% | -74.9% | -762.1% | -42.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +387.3% | -598.8% | -128.0% | -409.6% | -379.4% | -68.4% | +91.0% | +87.0% | +133.1% | +51.7% | +271.1% | +141.3% | -88.9% | -62.5% | -293.2% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Intercontinental Exchange's financing cash flow?
- Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) reported financing cash flow of -$5.40B in Q4 2025.
- How has Intercontinental Exchange's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Intercontinental Exchange's financing cash flow decreased by 293.2% year-over-year, from $2.80B to -$5.40B.
- What is the long-term trend for Intercontinental Exchange's financing cash flow?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Intercontinental Exchange's financing cash flow has grown at a -43.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $62.03B to -$6.33B.
- What does financing cash flow mean?
- The total amount of money a company spends or receives from borrowing debt and managing its own shares and dividends.