If you’re not familiar with Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR), you might want to be.
It has been delivering outsize gains to its investors — thanks to its impressive results
Here’s a look at the company and the many things it’s doing right — along with some thoughts on whether you should consider it for your long-term portfolio. Meet Interactive Brokers Let’s start with what is arguably the most tantalizing thing about the company — its stock performance. Wow, right? com as of May 20, 2026.
You may not be familiar with Interactive Brokers, but it’s in its 49th year as a broker/dealer, with the following mission: “Create technology to provide liquidity on better terms. Compete on price, speed, size, diversity of global products and advanced trading tools.” It employs more than 3,000 people in offices around the world, executing (with its affiliates) around 4.4 million trades daily. The company boasted a million client accounts in 2020, two million in 2022, and four million in 2025.