CME vs ICE
CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange, side by side.
Prices and company dataas of yesterday's close
- CMEBuy moresales growth, past year8.9%
Two more analysts rate CME a buy than three months ago, and its sales grew 8.9% over the past year.
- ICEKeepin the past month+16%
Intercontinental Exchange rose 16% over the past month, far more than other financial stocks (up 6%), and its report on Oct 29 beat profit forecasts by 2.5%.
Percent return
- CME+17.67%
- ICE+20.40%
Nov 11, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026
Where they differ
- Company size: CME $95.4B, ICE $87.3B.
- Sales growth, 1 yr: CME +8.9%, ICE +12%. ICE is ahead.
- Price for $1 of next year's profit: CME $24, ICE $20. ICE is ahead.
- Profit per $1 of sales: CME 66¢, ICE 53¢. CME is ahead.
- Cash minus debt: CME −$1.52B, ICE −$23.1B. CME is ahead.
- Price change, 1 yr: CME +18%, ICE +20%. ICE is ahead. S&P 500 +12%.
- How much the price swings: CME 24%, ICE 24%.
| Measure | CMECME Group | ICEIntercontinental Exchange |
|---|---|---|
| Price and returns | ||
| Price | $315.88 | $180.57 |
| Today | +2.20% | Best in this row: +2.39% |
| 1 month | +12.58% | Best in this row: +15.62% |
| 3 months | Best in this row: +22.38% | +19.78% |
| This year | Best in this row: +19.61% | +12.65% |
| 1 year | +17.67% | Best in this row: +20.40% |
| 5 years | Best in this row: +75.14% | +43.94% |
| From 52-week high | 0.0% | −0.0% |
| How much it swings (90 days) | Best in this row: 24% | 24% |
| Valuation | ||
| Market value | $95.4B | $87.3B |
| Price vs last year's earnings | 22.5× | Best in this row: 22.5× |
| Price vs next year's expected earnings | 23.6× | Best in this row: 20.1× |
| Price vs earnings, adjusted for growth | 2.42× | Best in this row: 1.19× |
| Price to sales | 15.7× | Best in this row: 8.8× |
| Price vs cash it brings in | 25.3× | Best in this row: 18.2× |
| Company value vs operating profit | 22.5× | Best in this row: 17.0× |
| Price vs earnings, against its own past (0 = cheapest) | 63 | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth, 1 year | +8.9% | Best in this row: +11.9% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 3 years | +9.0% | Best in this row: +10.8% |
| Earnings per share growth, last year | +18.5% | Best in this row: +42.1% |
| Earnings per share growth expected next year | +6.8% | Best in this row: +9.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Kept from sales after making the product | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Kept as operating profit | Best in this row: 66.2% | 53.2% |
| Kept as final profit | Best in this row: 63.3% | 38.1% |
| Kept as spare cash | Best in this row: 62.3% | 48.4% |
| Profit on shareholders' money | Best in this row: 16.1% | 14.4% |
| Profit on all money put in | Best in this row: 12.6% | 8.8% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net cash (cash minus debt) | Best in this row: −$1.52B | −$23.1B |
| Debt for each $1 of shareholders' money | Best in this row: 0.15× | 0.80× |
| Short-term assets per $1 of bills due | 1.02× | Best in this row: 1.03× |
| Dividend yield | Best in this row: 3.71% | 1.21% |
| Share of profit paid as dividends | 93% | Best in this row: 28% |
| Our readPro | ||
| Our call | Buy more | Keep |
| Why | Two more analysts rate CME a buy than three months ago, and its sales grew 8.9% over the past year. | Intercontinental Exchange rose 16% over the past month, far more than other financial stocks (up 6%), and its report on Oct 29 beat profit forecasts by 2.5%. |
| Where the price sits | in the full report | in the full report |
| Our overall score (out of 100) | 59 | Best in this row: 69 |
| Our value score | 49 | Best in this row: 67 |
| Our growth score | 56 | Best in this row: 74 |
| Our quality score | Best in this row: 87 | 81 |
| Our price trend score | 48 | Best in this row: 55 |
| Earnings and analysts | ||
| Analyst consensus | Buy | Buy |
| To average analyst target | −1.9% | Best in this row: +6.0% |
| Average analyst target | $310.00 | $191.36 |
| Analysts rating it a buy | 53% | Best in this row: 81% |
| Buy ratings added, 3 months | Best in this row: +2 | −1 |
| Analysts covering | 12 | 11 |
ICE: faster growth at a lower P/E
Our pick of these: Intercontinental Exchange
Sales growth +11.9% vs +8.9%
CME +8.9%, ICE +11.9%.Forward P/E per point of sales growth 1.68 vs 2.64
CME 2.64, ICE 1.68.+6.0% to the average analyst target, vs −1.9%
CME −1.9%, ICE +6.0%.Where it loses: CME has a better call from us, Buy more vs Keep
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