Why is IBKR down?
Down 17% so far from Oct 6 to Nov 2.
- Its Oct 15 results:
Down 17% so far from Oct 6 to Nov 2.
IBKR's Quality Score rose 1 point on Mon, Nov 2, to 6.
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| The company | Profit up 30% to $4.9B |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 15 |
After its last 4 reports it closed -0.2% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 1 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
IBKR is #9 of 24 by Quality Score among Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies.
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Net income over four quarters: IBKR $4.90B, MS $20.2B, BLK $6.58B, HOOD $2.07B.
Expected to report Tue Jan 26, after the close (in 85 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Revenue of $1.9B, 16% more than a year ago.
“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.”
IBKR's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
Sales grew 14% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.41 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
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| Oct 15, 2026 | +0.3% | -3.9% | -4.4% |
| Jul 21, 2026 | -0.9% | -1.0% | -3.7% |
| Apr 21, 2026 | -2.0% | -1.9% | -2.7% |
Sales grew in four of the last five years, to $2.4B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the six years.
One insider bought $11K across 5 filings, and one insider sold $2.1M across 1 filing, in the last 6 months. The newest:
4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: IBKR is 0.1% of SCHG, under 0.1% of SPYI, and under 0.1% of VOO, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Interactive Brokers is a large, automated retail and institutional brokerage that boasted nearly $780 billion in customer equity at the end of 2025. The company cut its teeth as a market maker, introducing US financial markets to automated and algorithmic training before expanding into brokerage services in 1993. The firm has a wide-ranging client base, with its best-in-class order execution and extremely low margin lending rates catering to a sophisticated audience of hedge funds, proprietary traders, and introducing brokers that account for about 45% of the firm's commissions. With operations spanning more than 170 electronic exchanges, 40 countries, and 29 currencies, Interactive Brokers caters to a global clientele, with more than 80% of client accounts sitting outside the US.
IBKR scores 6 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #9 of 24 in Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies by Quality Score, with 1 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 17% so far from Oct 6 to Nov 2. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
IBKR scores 6 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #9 of 24 in Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind IBKR's 6.
One insider bought $11K across 5 filings, and one insider sold $2.1M across 1 filing, in the last 6 months. The newest is Lawrence E. Harris, Director, who sold $2.1M on Oct 28. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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