Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Competitors

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) and Cboe Global Markets (BATS:CBOE) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ICE or CBOE?

Intercontinental Exchange has higher revenue and earnings than Cboe Global Markets. Intercontinental Exchange is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, 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
Intercontinental Exchange	$11.76B	8.79	$2.75B	$5.21	34.67
Cboe Global Markets	$3.49B	7.48	$529M	$1.94	127.01

Is ICE or CBOE a better dividend stock?

Intercontinental Exchange pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Intercontinental Exchange pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets pays out 99.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Intercontinental Exchange has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Cboe Global Markets has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Intercontinental Exchange is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is ICE or CBOE more profitable?

Intercontinental Exchange has a net margin of 23.92% compared to Cboe Global Markets' net margin of 5.77%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 20.05% beat Intercontinental Exchange's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intercontinental Exchange	23.92%	13.66%	2.71%
Cboe Global Markets	5.77%	20.05%	9.29%

Which has more volatility and risk, ICE or CBOE?

Intercontinental Exchange has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ICE or CBOE?

Intercontinental Exchange presently has a consensus price target of $194.92, indicating a potential upside of 7.92%. Cboe Global Markets has a consensus price target of $217.57, indicating a potential downside of 11.70%. Given Intercontinental Exchange's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Intercontinental Exchange is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intercontinental Exchange	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Cboe Global Markets	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the media prefer ICE or CBOE?

In the previous week, Intercontinental Exchange had 64 more articles in the media than Cboe Global Markets. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for Intercontinental Exchange and 1 mentions for Cboe Global Markets. Intercontinental Exchange's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Cboe Global Markets' score of 0.80 indicating that Intercontinental Exchange is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intercontinental Exchange	44 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cboe Global Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ICE or CBOE?

89.3% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Intercontinental Exchange beats Cboe Global Markets on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.