Earnings Release

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.'s latest earnings press release, filed Oct 15, 2026, scored line by line for tone, guidance and what changed since the prior release.

No guidance given32 lines scoredFiled Oct 15, 2026SEC 8-K · Exhibit 99

Release Tone

UPBEAT

GuidanceNo guidance givenWhat this release does to the company's outlook

Tone change▼ 3.4pointsvs the prior release (Jul 21, 2026)

Hedging language0.49per 100 words▲ 0.01 vs prior

New this quarter7of 32 linesWording that was not in the prior release

The lines that matter most

Ranked by how material, how strongly worded and how new each sentence is.

1
Customer trading volume in futures increased 13%, while stocks and options volumes decreased 24% and 1%, respectively.
New this quarter
2
The Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Board of Directors declared an increase in the quarterly cash dividend from $0.0875 per share to $0.15 per share.
3
Commission revenue increased 12% to $602 million on 18% higher DARTs 2 and higher regulatory fees, which are passed through to customers.
New this quarter
4
Other income decreased 18% to $70 million.
New this quarterNegative tone
5
Execution, clearing and distribution fees increased 46% to $134 million, mainly driven by a $30 million increase in regulatory fees due to a higher SEC Section 31 transaction fee rate.
6
Other fees and services increased 33% to $88 million, led by increases of $11 million in risk exposure fees, $3 million in payments for order flow from exchange-mandated programs, and $3 million in market data fees.
7
Net interest income increased 19% to $1.15 billion, primarily on higher average customer margin loans and customer credit balances.
8
Customer margin loans increased 36% to $105.2 billion.

Release by release

Tone and guidance for the last 2 earnings releases.

Oct 15, 2026No guidance given66.4-3.4
Jul 21, 2026No guidance given69.8

Bar length: tone on a 50–75 scale.

The release, annotated

1Highlight rankPositive toneNeutralNegative toneDimmed text: low materiality

Results

GAAP DILUTED EPS OF $0.69, ADJUSTED 1 EPS OF $0.67

GAAP NET REVENUES OF $1.91 BILLION, ADJUSTED NET REVENUES OF $1.87 BILLION

Capital return

RAISES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND FROM $0.0875 TO $0.15

Results

Reported diluted earnings per share were $0.69 for the current quarter and $0.67 as adjusted.

For the year-ago quarter, reported diluted earnings per share were $0.59 and $0.57 as adjusted.

Reported net revenues were $1.91 billion for the current quarter and $1.87 billion as adjusted.

For the year-ago quarter, reported net revenues were $1.66 billion and $1.61 billion as adjusted.

Reported income before income taxes was $1.50 billion for the current quarter and $1.45 billion as adjusted.

For the year-ago quarter, reported income before income taxes were $1.31 billion and $1.27 billion as adjusted.

Financial Highlights

3Commission revenue increased 12% to $602 million on 18% higher DARTs 2 and higher regulatory fees, which are passed through to customers.

1Customer trading volume in futures increased 13%, while stocks and options volumes decreased 24% and 1%, respectively.

7Net interest income increased 19% to $1.15 billion, primarily on higher average customer margin loans and customer credit balances.

6Other fees and services increased 33% to $88 million, led by increases of $11 million in risk exposure fees, $3 million in payments for order flow from exchange-mandated programs, and $3 million in market data fees.

5Execution, clearing and distribution fees increased 46% to $134 million, mainly driven by a $30 million increase in regulatory fees due to a higher SEC Section 31 transaction fee rate.

Pretax profit margin for the current quarter was 78% both as reported and as adjusted.

For the year-ago quarter, pretax margin was 79% both as reported and as adjusted.

Total equity of $23.3 billion.

Capital return

2The Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Board of Directors declared an increase in the quarterly cash dividend from $0.0875 per share to $0.15 per share.

This dividend is payable on December 14, 2026, to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2026.

Results

Business Highlights

Customer accounts increased 35% to 5.58 million.

Customer equity increased 27% to $964.7 billion.

Total DARTs increased 18% to 4.27 million.

Customer credits increased 20% to $186.2 billion.

8Customer margin loans increased 36% to $105.2 billion.

Other Items

4Other income decreased 18% to $70 million.

This decrease is comprised mainly of $50 million from our investing activities; partially offset by an increase of $36 million from our currency diversification strategy.

In connection with our currency diversification strategy, we base our net worth in GLOBALs, a basket of 10 major currencies in which we hold our equity.

In this quarter, our currency diversification strategy decreased our comprehensive earnings by $4 million, as the U.S. dollar value of the GLOBAL decreased by approximately 0.08%.

The effects of the currency diversification strategy are reported as components of (1) Other Income (gain of $40 million) and (2) Other Comprehensive Income (loss of $44 million).

28 boilerplate lines (safe-harbor disclaimer, contacts, call details) are set aside.

How this is scored

Source: the press release Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. filed with the SEC as Exhibit 99 to Form 8-K (Item 2.02). Financial statements and boilerplate are set aside.
Tone: a financial sentiment model scores each sentence 0 to 100; the release score weights sentences by how material they are.
Materiality and guidance: a classifier judges whether each sentence is specific information, and what the release does to the outlook.
New this quarter: wording that does not appear in the prior release.
Hedging: uncertainty words (may, could, approximately, headwinds and similar) per 100 words of narrative.

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