Interactive Brokers Raises Quarterly Dividend 9% to $0.0875 Per Share

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0875 per share, marking a 9.4% increase from its previous dividend of $0.08 per share. The company's board of directors approved the dividend increase alongside its first quarter 2026 earnings announcement on April 21, 2026. Read more dividend announcements.

The dividend will be paid on June 12, 2026, to shareholders of record as of June 1, 2026.

First Quarter Financial Performance

Interactive Brokers reported diluted earnings per share of $0.59 for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to $0.48 in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings per share reached $0.60, up from $0.47 a year earlier.

Net revenues climbed to $1.67 billion in the first quarter, up from $1.43 billion in the prior-year period. Adjusted net revenues totaled $1.68 billion.

Commission revenue increased 19% to $613 million, driven by higher customer trading volumes across equities, futures, and options, which rose 25%, 20%, and 16%, respectively. Net interest income grew 17% to $904 million, reflecting higher average customer margin loans and credit balances.

Income before income taxes reached $1.29 billion, compared to $1.06 billion in the first quarter of 2025. The pretax profit margin stood at 77% for the quarter.

Business Metrics

Customer accounts increased 31% year-over-year to 4.75 million. Customer equity grew 38% to $789.4 billion, while total daily average revenue trades rose 24% to 4.37 million.

Customer credits expanded 35% to $168.8 billion, and customer margin loans increased 35% to $86.0 billion. Total equity stood at $21.3 billion as of quarter-end.

The company's currency diversification strategy, which bases net worth in GLOBALs—a basket of 10 major currencies—decreased comprehensive earnings by $53 million during the quarter as the U.S. dollar value of the GLOBAL fell approximately 0.30%.