Intercontinental Exchange Swings to 3Q Loss on Bakkt Investment
November 03 2022 - 7:29AM
Dow Jones News
By Will Feuer
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. swung to a surprise loss in the
third quarter after it took a non-cash charge on its stake in
cryptocurrency platform Bakkt Holdings Inc.
The exchange operator and mortgage-data provider posted a net
loss attributable to the company of $191 million, compared with a
profit of $633 million in the same period a year earlier. On a
per-share basis, the loss came to 34 cents a share, compared with
earnings of $1.12 a share. According to FactSet, analysts were
expecting earnings of 97 cents a share for the quarter.
The company attributed the results to losses at Bakkt, a
cryptocurrency platform that went public about a year ago through a
merger with a special-purpose acquisition company. At the time of
the merger, Intercontinental Exchange held a 68% economic interest
in the company.
Intercontinental Exchange said last week that it would reduce
the carrying value of its stake in Bakkt to about $400 million as
of Sept. 30, down from $1.5 billion on June 30. Shares of Bakkt are
down almost 77% this year.
Stripping out one-time items, adjusted earnings came to $1.31 a
share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting adjusted
earnings of $1.27 a share.
Revenue rose to $2.39 billion from $2.28 billion. Revenue,
excluding transaction-based expenses, rose to $1.81 billion from
$1.80 billion. Analysts were expecting revenue of $1.80 billion,
according to FactSet.
Write to Will Feuer at Will.Feuer@wsj.com
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November 03, 2022 08:14 ET (12:14 GMT)
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