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.

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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.

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