Interactive Brokers vs LPL Financial
LPL Financial reported revenue of $17.0 billion in fiscal 2025, 2.7 times Interactive Brokers' $6.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Interactive Brokers' revenue grew 19.7% in its latest year, and LPL Financial's grew 37.2%. Free cash flow was $15.7 billion at Interactive Brokers and −$982 million at LPL Financial.
Side by side
| Interactive Brokers | LPL Financial | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $6.2B | $17.0B |
| Revenue growth | 19.7% | 37.2% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 22.8% | 23.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | — |
| Net margin | 15.9% | 5.1% |
| Free cash flow | $15.7B | −$982M |
| Free cash flow margin | 253.7% | −5.8% |
| Return on capital | — | 12.3% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.6x | 3.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $134M | $194M |
| Change in diluted share count | 1.8% | 4.8% |
| Last close | $80.59 | $317.23 |
| P/E at the last close | 32.1× | 25.2× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $20,119, sold $34.5 million | sold $7.7 million |
| Piotroski F-score | — | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Interactive Brokers and LPL Financial pages.