Why Interactive Brokers (IBKR) Is Gaining Support From Strong Trading Activity

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) is one of the best stocks to buy according to Goldman Sachs’ Conviction List. Goldman added Interactive Brokers to its U.S. Conviction List on May 1, with a Buy rating and a $98 price target. The firm said Interactive Brokers was “successfully innovating” in the crowded retail brokerage market, which fits the company’s positioning as a low-cost, technology-heavy broker rather than a plain vanilla trading app with better shoes.

The company’s recent numbers lend some support to that thesis. On April 21, Interactive Brokers reported Q1 2026 adjusted EPS of $0.60, up from $0.47 a year earlier, while adjusted net revenue rose to $1.68 billion from $1.40 billion. Commission revenue increased 19% to $613 million, supported by higher stock, futures, and options trading volumes. Customer accounts rose 31% year-over-year to 4.75 million, while customer equity increased 38% to $789.4 billion.

Why Interactive Brokers (IBKR) Is Gaining Support From Strong Trading Activity

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The growth continued into April. On May 1, Interactive Brokers reported 4.859 million client accounts, up 31% year-over-year, and $870.9 billion in ending client equity, up 48%. On May 14, the company also launched a unified prediction-markets interface covering Kalshi, CME Group, and ForecastEx, adding another product layer to its trading platform.

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) provides automated trade execution and custody across stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, funds, cryptocurrency, and other products on more than 170 markets in over 40 countries.

While we acknowledge the risk and potential of IBKR as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than IBKR and that has 10,000% upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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