We're taking a closer look at Interactive Brokers today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -5.5% compared to -0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. operates as an automated electronic broker in the United States and internationally.
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Interactive Brokers has moved 109.8% over the last year compared to 20.2% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 89.6%
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IBKR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -8.0% away from its mean target price of $66.0 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $1.9
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Interactive Brokers has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.0 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $6.91 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.8
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 5.55 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
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Interactive Brokers is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 15.92 and an average P/B of 1.78
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Interactive Brokers has on average reported free cash flows of $5.58 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 10.3%