ICE vs MCO vs MIAX Stock Comparison

Intercontinental Exchange, Moodys and Miami International Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MCO Moodys Corp /De/
$484.68 +3.4% 1M -1.3% 1Y
Market cap
$83.56B
P/E
29.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.18B
Div. yield
0.83%
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3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Intercontinental Exchange leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Intercontinental Exchange 5, Miami International Holdings 4, Moodys 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICEMCOMIAXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $89.78B $83.56B $3.27B ICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.4x 29.1x 22.2x MIAX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.4x 26.9x 20.6x ICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.9% +9.0% +16.8% MIAX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.1% 35.3% 9.7% MCO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.5% 27.9% 10.5% MCO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 1.3x -4.4x MIAX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.27% 0.83% — ICE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.5% -1.3% -23.3% ICE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.8%/yr +4.3%/yr — MCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.7% 28.4% 43.3% ICE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 60/100 70/100 MIAX

Percentile Scorecard

ICEMCOMIAX

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

AxisICEMCOMIAX
Valuation 59 #40 of 97 19 #768 of 947 85 #15 of 97
Growth 52 #33 of 68 73 #189 of 691 94 #5 of 68
Profitability 83 #12 of 67 96 #27 of 673 65 #24 of 67
Financial Health 35 #63 of 97 53 #352 of 754 96 #5 of 97
Shareholder Returns 49 #21 of 40 60 #288 of 713 8 #37 of 40
Overall 56 60 70
  • ICE ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • MCO ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • MIAX ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodICEMCOMIAXSPY
1 month +3.7%+3.4%-5.0% -0.8%
3 months +7.7%-0.3%-23.6% +3.5%
6 months +2.0%+5.2%-29.0% +7.0%
Year to date -1.2%-5.1%-25.3% +12.2%
1 year +1.5%-1.3%-23.3% +13.0%
3 years +52.8%+60.5%— +86.3%
3 years, per year +15.2%+17.1%— +23.1%
5 years +20.4%+23.4%— +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.8%+4.3%— +11.0%
10 years +200.5%+374.6%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +11.6%+16.9%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureICEMCOMIAXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.7%28.4%43.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.3%30.2%47.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.170.490.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.06-0.04-0.54 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.1%-42.2%-48.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.6%-10.2%-41.7% -1.8%
52-week high $175.10$539.61$56.84 $779.14
52-week low $122.91$412.23$29.53 $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.

MultipleICEMCOMIAX
P/E now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 29.4x 29.1xmedian 13.1x 22.2xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 2.9x 10.2xmedian 3.2x 2.2xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 13.7x 21.5xmedian 6.9x 17.4xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.7xmedian 16.0x 28.1xmedian 10.9x 13.0xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 2.3x 24.5xmedian 1.2x 2.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.67median 0.52 1.10median 0.88 —median 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 monthsICEMCOMIAX
Revenue $13.43B $8.18B $1.47B
Gross profit – $6.10B $503.69M
Operating income $5.47B $3.64B $116.15M
Net income $4.10B $2.89B $142.30M
Free cash flow $5.08B $2.98B $251.48M
EPS (diluted) $7.13 $16.64 $1.29
Cash & equivalents $1.07B $1.51B $660.46M
Total debt $19.85B $6.91B $1.51M
Shares (diluted) 566.00M 173.30M 110.71M
Enterprise value $83.59B $76.63B $722.59M

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
MetricICEMCOMIAX
P/E 22.4x 29.1x 22.2x
P/FCF 17.7x 28.1x 13.0x
P/Operating cash flow 16.3x 25.1x 11.5x
P/S 6.7x 10.2x 2.2x
P/B 3.0x 24.5x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 6.1x 48.6x 3.3x
EV/EBITDA 15.3x 21.5x 17.4x
EV/EBIT 19.7x 24.4x 22.5x
EV/Revenue 8.0x 10.9x 1.8x
EV/FCF 21.2x 29.8x 10.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.5x 26.7x 9.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.67 1.10 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICEMCOMIAX
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.9% 9.0% 16.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.9% 12.6% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 10.3% 44.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 14.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.4% 16.0% 109.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.9% 23.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) 34.1% 28.5% 7,836%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.1% 24.0% –
EPS growth (1Y) 36.6% 33.1% 5,521%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 26.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.1% 22.5% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 17.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 13.9% 24.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 18.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICEMCOMIAX
Gross margin – 74.6% 34.3%
EBITDA margin 52.3% 50.6% 10.2%
Operating margin 40.7% 44.6% 7.9%
Pretax margin 39.7% 45.2% 3.9%
Net margin 30.1% 35.3% 9.7%
FCF margin 37.8% 36.4% 17.1%
Operating cash flow margin 41.1% 40.7% 19.5%
Return on equity 13.9% 87.8% 12.8%
Return on assets 2.3% 19.6% 9.3%
Return on invested capital 8.5% 27.9% 10.5%
Return on capital employed 9.7% 31.8% 10.6%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.6x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.2x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% 2.8% 3.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICEMCOMIAX
Debt / assets 11.4% 46.6% 0.1%
Debt / equity 0.7x 2.0x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 1.3x -4.4x
Debt / FCF 3.9x 2.3x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 83.0% 77.0% 28.1%
Equity / assets 17.0% 23.0% 71.9%
Interest coverage 6.8x – 31.9x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.3x 2.6x
Quick ratio 0.0x 1.3x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.5x 1.6x
Altman Z-score 0.74 7.68 5.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICEMCOMIAX
Dividend yield 1.3% 0.8% –
Net buyback yield 2.2% 3.5% -12.2%
Shareholder yield 3.5% 4.4% -12.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.8% 24.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 22.5% 23.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.1% 3.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 8.8% –

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.

ConsensusICEMCOMIAX
Forward P/E 18.4xFY2026 26.9xFY2026 20.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.69FY2026 $18.03FY2026 $1.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +20.7%FY2026 -11.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.2% -1.2% +23.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.54BFY2026 $8.73BFY2026 $512.83MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.1%FY2026 +13.0%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.0% -1.8% +11.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICEMCOMIAX
Held by institutions 92.5% 90.8% 72.8%
Institutions holding 1,651 1,404 207
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% -1.6% +42.4%
Institutions buying 734 644 142
Institutions selling 694 522 46
Buyers to sellers 1.06 1.23 3.09

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.

ICEMCOMIAX
ICE 1.00 0.56 0.33
MCO 0.56 1.00 0.29
MIAX 0.33 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICE, MCO and MIAX?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) $89.78B, Moodys (MCO) $83.56B, Miami International Holdings (MIAX) $3.27B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICE, MCO and MIAX?

Miami International Holdings (MIAX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 22.4x, Moodys (MCO) 29.1x, Miami International Holdings (MIAX) 22.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is cheapest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 18.4x, Moodys (MCO) 26.9x, Miami International Holdings (MIAX) 20.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Miami International Holdings (MIAX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +6.9%, Moodys (MCO) +9.0%, Miami International Holdings (MIAX) +16.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Moodys (MCO) has the highest net margin (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 30.1%, Moodys (MCO) 35.3%, Miami International Holdings (MIAX) 9.7%). On return on invested capital, Moodys (MCO) leads (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 8.5%, Moodys (MCO) 27.9%, Miami International Holdings (MIAX) 10.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) returned the most: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +1.5%, Moodys (MCO) -1.3%, Miami International Holdings (MIAX) -23.3%. Over five years, Moodys (MCO) compounded fastest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +3.8%/yr, Moodys (MCO) +4.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has the highest dividend yield: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 1.27%, Moodys (MCO) 0.83%. Miami International Holdings (MIAX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has been the steadiest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 25.7%, Moodys (MCO) 28.4%, Miami International Holdings (MIAX) 43.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ICE, MCO and MIAX?

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 5. 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.