DEFT vs ICE vs VRSK Stock Comparison

Defi Technologies, Intercontinental Exchange and Verisk Analytics Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DEFT Defi Technologies, Inc.
$0.39 -22.0% 1M -80.6% 1Y
Market cap
$137.52M
P/E
4.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$60.57M
Div. yield
–
Asset Management Financial Services
2 wins
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$196.19 +15.9% 1M -16.5% 1Y
Market cap
$24.53B
P/E
27.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
–
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Intercontinental Exchange leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Intercontinental Exchange 7, Defi Technologies 2, Verisk Analytics 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDEFTICEVRSKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $137.52M $87.70B $24.53B ICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.1x 21.7x 27.7x DEFT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.4x 24.6x ICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +6.9% +5.0% ICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 55.3% 30.1% 28.2% DEFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.5% 31.9% VRSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.6x 2.3x VRSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -80.6% +1.5% -16.5% ICE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -29.8%/yr +3.8%/yr -1.2%/yr ICE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 104.5% 25.7% 37.3% ICE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 56/100 55/100 ICE

Percentile Scorecard

DEFTICEVRSK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDEFTICEVRSK
Valuation 63 #69 of 184 59 #40 of 97 31 #655 of 947
Growth – 52 #33 of 68 47 #370 of 691
Profitability 49 #67 of 130 83 #12 of 67 96 #25 of 673
Financial Health 50 #84 of 167 35 #63 of 97 33 #508 of 754
Shareholder Returns 4 #73 of 76 49 #21 of 40 70 #214 of 713
Overall 41 56 55
  • DEFT ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • ICE ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • VRSK ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDEFTICEVRSKSPY
1 month -22.0%+3.7%+15.9% -0.8%
3 months -9.3%+7.7%-5.1% +3.5%
6 months -48.8%+2.0%+12.2% +7.0%
Year to date -48.3%-1.2%-12.3% +12.2%
1 year -80.6%+1.5%-16.5% +13.0%
3 years +333.3%+52.8%-12.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +63.1%+15.2%-4.3% +23.1%
5 years -83.0%+20.4%-5.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -29.8%+3.8%-1.2% +11.0%
10 years +406.5%+200.5%+140.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +17.6%+11.6%+9.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDEFTICEVRSKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 104.5%25.7%37.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 103.7%27.3%38.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.100.17-0.47 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.770.06-0.44 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.4%-35.1%-51.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -81.3%-8.6%-16.0% -1.8%
52-week high $2.09$175.10$233.68 $779.14
52-week low $0.39$122.91$156.84 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDEFTICEVRSK
P/E now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 33.6x 22.4xmedian 29.4x 29.0xmedian 13.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 4.9x 6.7xmedian 2.9x 8.1xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 11.5x 15.3xmedian 13.7x 17.1xmedian 6.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.8xmedian 13.2x 17.7xmedian 16.0x 20.6xmedian 10.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.8x 3.0xmedian 2.3x -21.5xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.91 0.67median 0.52 1.16median 0.88

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDEFTICEVRSK
Revenue $60.57M $13.43B $3.14B
Gross profit – – $2.20B
Operating income $19.23M $5.47B $1.38B
Net income $23.57M $4.10B $885.50M
Free cash flow -$81.53M $5.08B $1.24B
EPS (diluted) $0.09 $7.13 $6.77
Cash & equivalents $60.31M $1.07B $551.40M
Total debt – $19.85B $11.77B
Shares (diluted) 377.53M 566.00M 130.85M
Enterprise value -$240.21M $81.43B $19.17B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDEFTICEVRSK
P/E 4.0x 22.4x 29.0x
P/FCF -1.8x 17.7x 20.6x
P/Operating cash flow -1.8x 16.3x 17.0x
P/S 2.5x 6.7x 8.1x
P/B 1.1x 3.0x -21.5x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 6.1x -17.0x
EV/EBITDA 3.5x 15.3x 17.1x
EV/EBIT 3.7x 19.7x 21.4x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 8.0x 9.4x
EV/FCF -0.9x 21.2x 23.8x
EV/Operating cash flow -0.9x 19.5x 19.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.67 1.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDEFTICEVRSK
Revenue growth (1Y) – 6.9% 5.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 11.9% 6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 16.4% 4.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 13.9% 6.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – 34.1% -3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 33.1% 20.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.0% 36.6% 3.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 33.3% 25.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 13.1% 21.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.9% 11.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 13.9% 21.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.1% 14.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDEFTICEVRSK
Gross margin – – 70.2%
EBITDA margin 33.3% 52.3% 55.0%
Operating margin 31.8% 40.7% 43.9%
Pretax margin 8.4% 39.7% 37.0%
Net margin 55.3% 30.1% 28.2%
FCF margin -134.6% 37.8% 39.4%
Operating cash flow margin -134.6% 41.1% 47.9%
Return on equity 15.8% 13.9% –
Return on assets 3.9% 2.3% 19.5%
Return on invested capital – 8.5% 31.9%
Return on capital employed 11.1% 9.7% 40.1%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.5x 1.3x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 12.6% 2.0% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDEFTICEVRSK
Debt / assets – 11.4% 99.5%
Debt / equity – 0.7x -3.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.6x 2.3x
Debt / FCF – 3.9x 3.6x
Liabilities / assets 75.1% 83.0% 126.4%
Equity / assets 24.9% 17.0% -26.4%
Interest coverage 4.0x 6.8x 7.0x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.0x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.0x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 0.29 0.74 6.94

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDEFTICEVRSK
Dividend yield – 1.3% 1.0%
Net buyback yield -68.1% 2.2% 7.3%
Shareholder yield -68.1% 3.5% 8.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 27.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 22.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 8.3% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDEFTICEVRSK
Forward P/E – 18.4xFY2026 24.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2026 $8.69FY2026 $7.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -123.5%FY2026 +25.0%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -3.2% +5.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.25MFY2026 $10.54BFY2026 $3.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -61.8%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.0% +16.0% +6.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDEFTICEVRSK
Held by institutions – 92.5% 97.6%
Institutions holding – 1,651 953
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.4% -0.4%
Institutions buying – 734 487
Institutions selling – 694 349
Buyers to sellers – 1.06 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DEFTICEVRSK
DEFT 1.00 0.14 -0.04
ICE 0.14 1.00 0.41
VRSK -0.04 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DEFT, ICE and VRSK?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Defi Technologies (DEFT) $137.52M, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) $87.70B, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $24.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, DEFT, ICE and VRSK?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 4.1x, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 21.7x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 27.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is cheapest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 18.4x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 24.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +6.9%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) has the highest net margin (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 55.3%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 30.1%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%). On return on invested capital, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) leads (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 8.5%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) returned the most: Defi Technologies (DEFT) -80.6%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +1.5%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -16.5%. Over five years, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) compounded fastest (Defi Technologies (DEFT) -29.8%/yr, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +3.8%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -1.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Defi Technologies (DEFT) 0.00%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 0.01%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 0.00%. Defi Technologies (DEFT) and Verisk Analytics (VRSK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has been the steadiest (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 104.5%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 25.7%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 37.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DEFT, ICE and VRSK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.