In March, investors active throughout the American capital markets continued to trade robustly. Happily for Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR 2.96%), many were routing their trades through the company. Interactive unveiled its regular monthly set of operational metrics on Wednesday, and they sparked enough market optimism to nudge the company's stock to a slightly over 1% gain.
Enthusiastic trading
In March, Interactive's daily average revenue trades (DARTs, an important indicator for brokerages) jumped 25% year over year to slightly more than 4.3 million. Compared to February, the financial company's total was down, although not by much, with a 1% slump.
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The dynamic was the same for client equity at the end of March. It stood at over $789 billion, an increase of 38% from the end-March 2025 number and a 4% decline from February. Client credit balances, meanwhile, rose 35% year-over-year and also advanced from the end-February level (by 4%).
Finally, Interactive managed to grow its total of client accounts. This figure rose by 31% year over year and 4% over February to more than 4.75 million.
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A good stock for market bulls
The handy thing about investing in brokerages is that their business is very quantifiable. Interactive continues to do an effective job not only of attracting new customers but also of encouraging both new and long-standing clients to transact more. Anyone who's bullish on the broader securities markets should also be positive about Interactive's future. The stock smells like a buy to me.
