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NYSE:ICE

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Competitors

$105.93
+1.53 (+1.47%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$103.87
$106.50
50-Day Range
$96.53
$109.86
52-Week Range
$88.60
$113.07
Volume
4.46 million shs
Average Volume
2.55 million shs
Market Capitalization
$59.31 billion
P/E Ratio
41.06
Dividend Yield
1.59%
Price Target
$130.70

ICE vs. CME, NDAQ, TROW, TW, LPLA, BNS, MCO, BMO, BX, and SMFG

Should you be buying Intercontinental Exchange stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intercontinental Exchange include CME Group (CME), Nasdaq (NDAQ), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Tradeweb Markets (TW), LPL Financial (LPLA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Moody's (MCO), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Blackstone (BX), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Intercontinental Exchange vs.

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

Intercontinental Exchange pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CME Group pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Intercontinental Exchange pays out 65.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CME Group pays out 55.9% 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. CME Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

87.3% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CME Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CME Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intercontinental Exchange$9.65 billion6.15$1.45 billion$2.5841.06
CME Group$5.02 billion12.81$2.69 billion$7.8722.71

Intercontinental Exchange has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CME Group has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Intercontinental Exchange received 145 more outperform votes than CME Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.88% of users gave Intercontinental Exchange an outperform vote while only 61.26% of users gave CME Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Intercontinental ExchangeOutperform Votes
795
73.88%
Underperform Votes
281
26.12%
CME GroupOutperform Votes
650
61.26%
Underperform Votes
411
38.74%

CME Group has a net margin of 55.99% compared to Intercontinental Exchange's net margin of 14.97%. Intercontinental Exchange's return on equity of 12.98% beat CME Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intercontinental Exchange 14.97% 12.98% 1.53%
CME Group 55.99% 10.88% 1.73%

Intercontinental Exchange presently has a consensus price target of $130.70, indicating a potential upside of 23.38%. CME Group has a consensus price target of $212.73, indicating a potential upside of 19.01%. Given Intercontinental Exchange's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Intercontinental Exchange is more favorable than CME Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intercontinental Exchange
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
CME Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

In the previous week, Intercontinental Exchange had 4 more articles in the media than CME Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Intercontinental Exchange and 7 mentions for CME Group. CME Group's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Intercontinental Exchange's score of 0.42 indicating that CME Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intercontinental Exchange
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CME Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Intercontinental Exchange beats CME Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ICE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ICE vs. The Competition

MetricIntercontinental ExchangeSecurity & commodity brokers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$59.31B$18.68B$5.97B$14.24B
Dividend Yield1.60%1.65%7.21%4.06%
P/E Ratio41.0622.92158.4118.95
Price / Sales6.157.676,396.369.06
Price / Cash14.6714.6232.2123.16
Price / Book2.554.512.399.09
Net Income$1.45B$788.98M$643.71M$896.31M
7 Day Performance-0.61%-0.04%32.93%-1.03%
1 Month Performance-2.75%-10.28%13.55%-2.92%
1 Year Performance3.46%-4.24%7.30%-10.43%

Intercontinental Exchange Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CME
CME Group
2.8666 of 5 stars
$178.20
+0.9%
$217.25
+21.9%
-10.9%$64.10B$5.02B22.643,460Short Interest ↓
NDAQ
Nasdaq
2.7296 of 5 stars
$54.95
+1.3%
$63.67
+15.9%
+5.9%$26.97B$6.23B23.936,377Dividend Increase
Positive News
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
2.2216 of 5 stars
$108.73
+2.0%
$93.73
-13.8%
-16.3%$24.42B$6.16B17.807,868Positive News
TW
Tradeweb Markets
2.8578 of 5 stars
$68.80
-0.3%
$82.56
+20.0%
-0.1%$16.15B$1.19B45.871,091Positive News
LPLA
LPL Financial
3.1265 of 5 stars
$198.52
+0.4%
$234.75
+18.3%
-1.1%$15.42B$8.60B15.256,900Analyst Revision
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
2.4157 of 5 stars
$48.84
-0.4%
$86.06
+76.2%
-27.2%$58.52B$36.40B9.6090,979Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
MCO
Moody's
2.3933 of 5 stars
$313.54
+0.2%
$308.80
-1.5%
+2.0%$57.53B$5.47B41.9214,426
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.6301 of 5 stars
$83.92
-0.5%
$149.50
+78.1%
-21.8%$59.85B$34.74B11.0646,722Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
BX
Blackstone
3.0879 of 5 stars
$86.40
+0.8%
$102.70
+18.9%
-28.6%$61.01B$8.52B105.374,695Short Interest ↓
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
2.9333 of 5 stars
$7.99
+1.0%
N/A+28.4%$54.88B$45.46B9.18101,000Positive News

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