Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) Competitors

Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ:IBKR) and Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Is IBKR or ICE a better dividend stock?

Interactive Brokers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Intercontinental Exchange pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Interactive Brokers Group pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intercontinental Exchange pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Interactive Brokers Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Intercontinental Exchange has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Intercontinental Exchange is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IBKR or ICE?

23.8% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, IBKR or ICE?

Interactive Brokers Group has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercontinental Exchange has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer IBKR or ICE?

Interactive Brokers Group currently has a consensus price target of $53.38, indicating a potential downside of 8.32%. Intercontinental Exchange has a consensus price target of $188.46, indicating a potential upside of 3.80%. Given Intercontinental Exchange's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intercontinental Exchange is more favorable than Interactive Brokers Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interactive Brokers Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Intercontinental Exchange	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Is IBKR or ICE more profitable?

Intercontinental Exchange has a net margin of 22.84% compared to Interactive Brokers Group's net margin of 9.53%. Intercontinental Exchange's return on equity of 13.27% beat Interactive Brokers Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interactive Brokers Group	9.53%	4.97%	0.55%
Intercontinental Exchange	22.84%	13.27%	2.62%

Does the media favor IBKR or ICE?

In the previous week, Intercontinental Exchange had 24 more articles in the media than Interactive Brokers Group. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Intercontinental Exchange and 13 mentions for Interactive Brokers Group. Intercontinental Exchange's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Interactive Brokers Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Intercontinental Exchange is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interactive Brokers Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intercontinental Exchange	28 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IBKR or ICE?

Intercontinental Exchange has higher revenue and earnings than Interactive Brokers Group. Interactive Brokers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intercontinental Exchange, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Interactive Brokers Group	$5.19B	18.98	$755M	$1.85	31.47
Intercontinental Exchange	$11.76B	8.86	$2.75B	$4.83	37.59

Summary

Intercontinental Exchange beats Interactive Brokers Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.