ICE vs. CME, MCO, IBKR, NDAQ, MSCI, MKTX, PHH, AROW, SPGI, and BAC
Should you be buying Intercontinental Exchange stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intercontinental Exchange include CME Group (CME), Moody's (MCO), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nasdaq (NDAQ), MSCI (MSCI), MarketAxess (MKTX), PHH (PHH), Arrow Financial (AROW), S&P Global (SPGI), and Bank of America (BAC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Intercontinental Exchange vs. Its Competitors
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) and CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Intercontinental Exchange pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. CME Group pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Intercontinental Exchange pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CME Group pays out 50.3% 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.
In the previous week, CME Group had 2 more articles in the media than Intercontinental Exchange. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for CME Group and 42 mentions for Intercontinental Exchange. CME Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Intercontinental Exchange's score of 1.27 indicating that CME Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intercontinental Exchange currently has a consensus price target of $188.46, indicating a potential upside of 3.02%. CME Group has a consensus price target of $259.87, indicating a potential downside of 5.71%. Given Intercontinental Exchange's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Intercontinental Exchange is more favorable than CME Group.
CME Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
89.3% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CME Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CME Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CME Group has a net margin of 57.71% compared to Intercontinental Exchange's net margin of 22.84%. CME Group's return on equity of 14.03% beat Intercontinental Exchange's return on equity.
Intercontinental Exchange has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CME Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Intercontinental Exchange beats CME Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ICE) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
