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If You Invested $1000 in Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. a Decade Ago, This is How Much It'd Be Worth Now

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For most investors, how much a stock's price changes over time is important. This factor can impact your investment portfolio as well as help you compare investment results across sectors and industries.

Another factor that can influence investors is FOMO, or the fear of missing out, especially with tech giants and popular consumer-facing stocks.

What if you'd invested in Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR - Free Report) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to IBKR for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.'s Business In-Depth

With that in mind, let's take a look at Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.'s main business drivers.

Incorporated in 1977 and headquartered in Greenwich, CT, Interactive Brokers Group Inc. operates as an automated global electronic market maker and broker. The company specializes in routing orders, besides executing and processing trades in securities, futures, foreign exchange instruments, bonds and mutual funds on more than 150 electronic exchanges and market centers worldwide.

In the United States, Interactive Brokers conducts its business primarily from Greenwich and Chicago. Across the globe, it conducts business through offices in Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Switzerland, Hungary, India, China (Hong Kong and Shanghai), Japan, Singapore, and Australia. As of Dec 31, 2023, the company had more than 2,900 employees.

Since 2017, the company has been working continuously to wind down its Market Making segment and focus more on the Electronic Brokerage segment. In April 2020, Interactive Brokers announced that its market making activities were almost insignificant and hence decided not to report its operations through two separate segments.

Prior to its IPO in 2007, Interactive Brokers conducted business through a limited liability company (LLC) structure. In connection with the IPO, the company purchased 10.0% of the membership interest in IBG LLC. As of Dec 31, 2023, Interactive Brokers’ primary assets were its ownership of 25.4% of the membership interests in IBG LLC. The remaining 74.6% of the membership interests were held by IBG Holdings LLC.

As of Dec 31, 2023, Interactive Brokers had $128.4 billion in total assets, $3.8 billion in cash and cash equivalents and $14.1 billion in total equity. As of the same date, Interactive Brokers’ total customer accounts were 2.56 million and total customer Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) were 1.93 million.

Bottom Line

Anyone can invest, but building a successful investment portfolio requires research, patience, and a little bit of risk. So, if you had invested in Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. ten years ago, you're likely feeling pretty good about your investment today.

A $1000 investment made in April 2014 would be worth $5,191.56, or a gain of 419.16%, as of April 9, 2024, according to our calculations. This return excludes dividends but includes price appreciation.

Compare this to the S&P 500's rally of 180.91% and gold's return of 71.37% over the same time frame.

Analysts are forecasting more upside for IBKR too.

Shares of Interactive Brokers have outperformed the industry in the past three months. The company's efforts to develop proprietary software, low compensation expenses relative to net revenues, an increase in emerging market customers and higher rates are expected to support financials. We project total net revenues (GAAP) to grow 4.5% this year. Further, consolidation of operations in the European Union is expected to bolster the company’s operational efficiency. Given a solid liquidity position, the company is expected to sustain its dividend payments and enhance shareholder value. However, elevated expenses (sue to technology upgrades and investments in franchise) are expected to hurt the bottom line to an extent. We project total non-interest expenses to rise 2.9% this year. A stretched valuation limits the upside potential of the stock.

The stock is up 6.16% over the past four weeks, and no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 2 higher, for fiscal 2024. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.

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