ICE vs. CME, IBKR, MCO, NDAQ, MSCI, MKTX, AROW, PHH, TW, and LPLA
Should you be buying Intercontinental Exchange stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intercontinental Exchange include CME Group (CME), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Moody's (MCO), Nasdaq (NDAQ), MSCI (MSCI), MarketAxess (MKTX), Arrow Financial (AROW), PHH (PHH), Tradeweb Markets (TW), and LPL Financial (LPLA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Intercontinental Exchange vs.
CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Intercontinental Exchange received 176 more outperform votes than CME Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.07% of users gave Intercontinental Exchange an outperform vote while only 58.57% of users gave CME Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Intercontinental Exchange had 7 more articles in the media than CME Group. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Intercontinental Exchange and 29 mentions for CME Group. CME Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Intercontinental Exchange's score of 0.91 indicating that CME Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CME Group has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercontinental Exchange has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of CME Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CME Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CME Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intercontinental Exchange. CME 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.
CME Group presently has a consensus target price of $258.20, suggesting a potential downside of 2.97%. Intercontinental Exchange has a consensus target price of $188.46, suggesting a potential upside of 7.37%. Given Intercontinental Exchange's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intercontinental Exchange is more favorable than CME Group.
CME Group has a net margin of 57.52% compared to Intercontinental Exchange's net margin of 23.42%. CME Group's return on equity of 13.62% beat Intercontinental Exchange's return on equity.
CME Group pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Intercontinental Exchange pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CME Group pays out 50.3% 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. Intercontinental Exchange has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
Summary
Intercontinental Exchange beats CME Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ICE) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
