ICE vs BGC vs TW Stock Comparison

Intercontinental Exchange, Bgc and Tradeweb Markets Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BGC BGC Group, Inc.
$11.79 -0.4% 1M +25.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.40B
P/E
28.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.29B
Div. yield
0.01%
Institutional Trading Financial Services
6 wins
TW Tradeweb Markets Inc.
$123.45 +22.0% 1M +11.3% 1Y
Market cap
$25.42B
P/E
28.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.21B
Div. yield
0.00%
Exchanges Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Bgc leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Bgc 6, Intercontinental Exchange 4, Tradeweb Markets 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICEBGCTWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $87.70B $5.40B $25.42B ICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.7x 28.3x 28.3x ICE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.4x 8.5x 29.4x BGC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.9% +27.6% +14.0% BGC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.1% 5.8% 40.7% TW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.5% 9.2% — BGC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 2.0x — BGC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% ICE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.5% +25.0% +11.3% BGC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.8%/yr +16.6%/yr +7.2%/yr BGC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.7% 33.3% 30.9% ICE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 66/100 74/100 TW

Percentile Scorecard

ICEBGCTW

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

AxisICEBGCTW
Valuation 59 #40 of 97 82 #18 of 97 48 #51 of 97
Growth 52 #33 of 68 85 #11 of 68 67 #23 of 68
Profitability 83 #12 of 67 58 #29 of 67 96 #4 of 67
Financial Health 35 #63 of 97 34 #64 of 97 98 #3 of 97
Shareholder Returns 49 #21 of 40 69 #13 of 40 62 #16 of 40
Overall 56 66 74
  • ICE ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • BGC ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • TW ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodICEBGCTWSPY
1 month +3.7%-0.4%+22.0% -0.8%
3 months +7.7%0.0%+21.0% +3.5%
6 months +2.0%+3.3%+10.8% +7.0%
Year to date -1.2%+32.0%+14.8% +12.2%
1 year +1.5%+25.0%+11.3% +13.0%
3 years +52.8%+104.3%+40.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +15.2%+26.9%+12.1% +23.1%
5 years +20.4%+115.5%+41.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.8%+16.6%+7.2% +11.0%
10 years +200.5%+104.7%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +11.6%+7.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureICEBGCTWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.7%33.3%30.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.3%32.1%31.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.170.34-0.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.060.750.36 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.1%-45.2%-48.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.6%-6.8%-2.5% -1.8%
52-week high $175.10$12.65$126.57 $779.14
52-week low $122.91$8.31$91.50 $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.

MultipleICEBGCTW
P/E now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 29.4x 29.4xmedian 29.4x 29.2xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 2.9x 1.7xmedian 2.9x 13.1xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 13.7x 13.3xmedian 13.7x 22.2xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.7xmedian 16.0x 11.6xmedian 16.0x 25.2xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 2.3x 4.4xmedian 2.3x 3.9xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.67median 0.52 0.24median 0.52 0.75median 0.52

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 monthsICEBGCTW
Revenue $13.43B $3.29B $2.21B
Operating income $5.47B – $963.90M
Net income $4.10B $198.89M $1.02B
Free cash flow $5.08B $483.90M $1.14B
EPS (diluted) $7.13 $0.40 $4.22
Cash & equivalents $1.07B $766.85M $2.06B
Total debt $19.85B $1.77B –
Shares (diluted) 566.00M 478.97M 212.80M
Enterprise value $81.43B $2.23B $17.43B

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
MetricICEBGCTW
P/E 22.4x 29.4x 29.2x
P/FCF 17.7x 11.6x 25.2x
P/Operating cash flow 16.3x 11.1x 24.2x
P/S 6.7x 1.7x 13.1x
P/B 3.0x 4.4x 3.9x
P/Tangible book 6.1x 6.5x 4.6x
EV/EBITDA 15.3x 13.3x 22.2x
EV/EBIT 19.7x 16.3x 27.9x
EV/Revenue 8.0x 2.0x 12.2x
EV/FCF 21.2x 13.7x 23.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.5x 13.1x 22.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.67 0.24 0.75

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICEBGCTW
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.9% 27.6% 14.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.9% 20.6% 21.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.4% – 28.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.9% – 30.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 34.1% 33.6% 60.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.1% 164.2% 38.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 36.6% 31.9% 62.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 120.4% 39.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.1% 22.3% 14.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 78.1% 19.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 13.9% 26.0% 13.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 86.9% 19.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICEBGCTW
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 52.3% 15.1% 54.9%
Operating margin 40.7% – 43.7%
Pretax margin 39.7% 8.3% 58.9%
Net margin 30.1% 5.8% 40.7%
FCF margin 37.8% 14.7% 51.9%
Operating cash flow margin 41.1% 15.3% 54.2%
Return on equity 13.9% 14.9% 13.9%
Return on assets 2.3% 3.3% 12.3%
Return on invested capital 8.5% 9.2% –
Return on capital employed 9.7% – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 2.5x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% 10.0% 5.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICEBGCTW
Debt / assets 11.4% 30.8% –
Debt / equity 0.7x 1.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 2.0x –
Debt / FCF 3.9x 3.7x –
Liabilities / assets 83.0% 77.8% 11.1%
Equity / assets 17.0% 22.2% 88.9%
Interest coverage 6.8x 3.1x 469.3x
Current ratio 1.0x – –
Quick ratio 0.0x – –
Cash ratio 0.0x – –
Altman Z-score 0.74 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICEBGCTW
Dividend yield 1.3% 0.7% 0.4%
Net buyback yield 2.2% 4.0% 1.2%
Shareholder yield 3.5% 4.7% 1.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.8% 19.5% 10.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) 22.5% 8.0% 9.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.1% -0.6% 18.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 37.4% 15.9%

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.

ConsensusICEBGCTW
Forward P/E 18.4xFY2026 8.5xFY2026 29.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.69FY2026 $1.39FY2026 $4.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +17.8%FY2026 +21.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.2% +7.9% +17.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.54BFY2026 $3.68BFY2026 $2.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.1%FY2026 +25.3%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.0% -6.8% +21.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICEBGCTW
Held by institutions 92.5% 84.9% 49.9%
Institutions holding 1,651 368 561
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% +3.4% +0.3%
Institutions buying 734 215 300
Institutions selling 694 86 211
Buyers to sellers 1.06 2.50 1.42

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.

ICEBGCTW
ICE 1.00 0.36 0.44
BGC 0.36 1.00 0.29
TW 0.44 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICE, BGC and TW?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) $87.70B, Bgc (BGC) $5.40B, Tradeweb Markets (TW) $25.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICE, BGC and TW?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 21.7x, Bgc (BGC) 28.3x, Tradeweb Markets (TW) 28.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Bgc (BGC) is cheapest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 18.4x, Bgc (BGC) 8.5x, Tradeweb Markets (TW) 29.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Bgc (BGC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +6.9%, Bgc (BGC) +27.6%, Tradeweb Markets (TW) +14.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tradeweb Markets (TW) has the highest net margin (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 30.1%, Bgc (BGC) 5.8%, Tradeweb Markets (TW) 40.7%). On return on invested capital, Bgc (BGC) leads (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 8.5%, Bgc (BGC) 9.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bgc (BGC) returned the most: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +1.5%, Bgc (BGC) +25.0%, Tradeweb Markets (TW) +11.3%. Over five years, Bgc (BGC) compounded fastest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +3.8%/yr, Bgc (BGC) +16.6%/yr, Tradeweb Markets (TW) +7.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has the highest dividend yield: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 0.01%, Bgc (BGC) 0.01%, Tradeweb Markets (TW) 0.00%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has been the steadiest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 25.7%, Bgc (BGC) 33.3%, Tradeweb Markets (TW) 30.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ICE, BGC and TW?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Bgc (BGC) leads on 6. 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.