Interactive Brokers Group used its third-quarter 2026 earnings call to report record pre-tax income, a 78% pretax margin and an increase in its annualized dividend to $0.60 from $0.35, with the call summarized in coverage published on Oct. 16, 2026. Chief Financial Officer Paul Brody told the call that commissions rose 12% year over year to $602 million, net interest income increased 19% to more than $1.1 billion, and other fees and services climbed 33% to $88 million, while total customer daily average revenue trades (DARTs) were 4.3 million per day, up 18% from a year earlier. A separate Oct. 16, 2026 summary of the call reported revenue of $1.87 billion, earnings of $0.67 per share in line with the Zacks consensus, average customer margin loans of $104 billion versus $70.8 billion a year earlier, and a net interest margin that declined to 1.99% from 2.16%, with Brody estimating that a 25-basis-point move in U.S. benchmark rates would shift annual net interest income by about $83 million.
On customer growth and capital, the company said accounts rose more than 30% year over year across institutional and individual clients and in all regions, reaching 5.58 million, with customer equity up 27% to $964.7 billion; total assets were reported at $243 billion, up 21% from the prior year, and firm equity rose 19% to $23.3 billion, with the company continuing to report no long-term debt. Founder and Chairman Thomas Peterffy said the firm targets dividends of 0.5% to 1% of market value and that he did not anticipate a scenario in which the company would reduce its dividend, while Director of Investor Relations Nancy Stuebe, presenting remarks from President and CEO Milan Galik, said the pre-tax margin marked the eighth straight quarter above 70%. On product expansion, Interactive Brokers said it added access to the Bucharest Stock Exchange, the Texas Stock Exchange and a new options exchange intended to support liquidity for larger options orders, launched B3 futures in Brazil, and continued to grow overnight trading, which exceeded 10 million trades in the quarter versus 3.5 million a year earlier. The company also highlighted AI-driven trading, international expansion and institutional opportunities as central priorities, alongside execution, clearing and distribution costs that rose 46% year over year to $134 million, an increase the call attributed largely to the return of SEC regulatory fees totaling $30 million in the quarter.
No follow-up event, filing date or scheduled release is identified in the supplied reporting beyond the completed Oct. 16, 2026 earnings call summaries.
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