ICE vs MRX vs VRSK Stock Comparison

Intercontinental Exchange, Marex and Verisk Analytics Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MRX Marex Group Ltd
$68.38 -6.0% 1M +120.6% 1Y
Market cap
$5.00B
P/E
11.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.45B
Div. yield
–
Institutional Trading Financial Services
5 wins
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$197.00 +20.2% 1M -8.5% 1Y
Market cap
$26.09B
P/E
29.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
–
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Marex leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Marex 5, Intercontinental Exchange 4, Verisk Analytics 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICEMRXVRSKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $98.46B $5.00B $26.09B ICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.7x 11.7x 29.5x MRX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.7x 10.4x 24.7x MRX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.1% +37.8% +5.0% MRX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 29.6% 17.4% 28.2% ICE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.5% — 31.9% VRSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x — 2.3x VRSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.4% +120.6% -8.5% MRX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.6%/yr — -1.9%/yr ICE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.0% 45.3% 35.8% ICE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 62/100 55/100 MRX

Percentile Scorecard

ICEMRXVRSK

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

AxisICEMRXVRSK
Valuation 56 #46 of 103 98 #3 of 103 29 #689 of 965
Growth 48 #37 of 70 78 #16 of 70 44 #462 of 823
Profitability 81 #15 of 74 48 #39 of 74 97 #28 of 846
Financial Health 35 #65 of 99 – 32 #616 of 899
Shareholder Returns 48 #22 of 41 23 #32 of 41 72 #207 of 732
Overall 53 62 55
  • ICE ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • MRX ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • VRSK ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodICEMRXVRSKSPY
1 month +13.9%-6.0%+20.2% -2.0%
3 months +14.6%+6.7%+2.2% -2.2%
6 months +10.1%+28.5%+9.2% +4.2%
Year to date +5.6%+78.3%-11.9% +10.6%
1 year +17.4%+120.6%-8.5% +10.4%
3 years +58.4%—-14.6% +73.6%
3 years, per year +16.6%—-5.1% +20.2%
5 years +25.2%—-9.0% +61.6%
5 years, per year +4.6%—-1.9% +10.1%
10 years +217.2%—+139.0% +261.3%
10 years, per year +12.2%—+9.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureICEMRXVRSKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.0%45.3%35.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.0%40.2%36.4% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.090.77-0.49 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.672.66-0.24 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.8%-41.6%-51.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.4%-12.6%-12.5% -3.2%
52-week high $175.10$78.27$225.07 $779.14
52-week low $122.91$30.62$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.

MultipleICEMRXVRSK
P/E now vs peer median 23.2xmedian 29.4x 11.5xmedian 29.4x 29.1xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 3.0x 2.0xmedian 3.0x 8.2xmedian 3.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.1xmedian 13.1x 1.0xmedian 13.1x 17.1xmedian 5.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.1xmedian 14.8x —median 14.8x 20.7xmedian 10.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 2.4x —median 2.4x -21.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.17median 0.55 —median 0.55 1.16median 0.91

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 monthsICEMRXVRSK
Revenue $14.05B $2.45B $3.14B
Gross profit – – $2.20B
Operating income $5.70B – $1.38B
Net income $4.23B $426.20M $885.50M
Free cash flow $5.28B – $1.24B
EPS (diluted) $7.35 $5.59 $6.77
Cash & equivalents $936.00M $3.85B $551.40M
Total debt $23.30B – $4.47B
Shares (diluted) 566.00M 76.13M 130.85M
Enterprise value $91.36B -$7.93B $20.73B

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
MetricICEMRXVRSK
P/E 23.2x 11.5x 29.1x
P/FCF 18.1x – 20.7x
P/Operating cash flow 16.6x – 17.1x
P/S 6.8x 2.0x 8.2x
P/B 3.2x – -21.6x
P/Tangible book 6.2x – -17.1x
EV/EBITDA 16.1x 1.0x 17.1x
EV/EBIT 20.5x 1.0x 21.5x
EV/Revenue 8.3x 0.5x 9.4x
EV/FCF 22.1x – 23.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.3x – 19.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.17 – 1.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICEMRXVRSK
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.1% 37.8% 5.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.5% – 6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.6% – 4.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.2% – 6.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 31.3% 61.3% -3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 19.3% – 20.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 33.5% 59.2% 3.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.7% – 25.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.7% – 21.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.3% – 11.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 17.5% – 21.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.1% – 14.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICEMRXVRSK
Gross margin – – 70.2%
EBITDA margin 51.7% 45.1% 55.0%
Operating margin 40.6% – 43.9%
Pretax margin 39.1% 21.7% 37.0%
Net margin 29.6% 17.4% 28.2%
FCF margin 37.6% – 39.4%
Operating cash flow margin 41.0% – 47.9%
Return on equity 14.2% – –
Return on assets 2.4% 1.1% 19.5%
Return on invested capital 8.5% – 31.9%
Return on capital employed 10.5% – 40.1%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x – 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% – 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICEMRXVRSK
Debt / assets 13.2% – 99.5%
Debt / equity 0.8x – -3.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x – 2.3x
Debt / FCF 4.4x – 3.6x
Liabilities / assets 83.1% – 126.4%
Equity / assets 16.9% – -26.4%
Interest coverage 6.8x 1.9x 7.0x
Current ratio 1.0x – 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.0x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x – 0.5x
Altman Z-score 0.78 – 6.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICEMRXVRSK
Dividend yield 1.2% 0.9% 1.0%
Net buyback yield 2.1% – 7.3%
Shareholder yield 3.3% 0.9% 8.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.4% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 21.9% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.2% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 7.7% – –

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.

ConsensusICEMRXVRSK
Forward P/E 19.7xFY2026 10.4xFY2026 24.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.69FY2026 $6.59FY2026 $7.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +65.2%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.2% +1.5% +5.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.54BFY2026 $2.66BFY2026 $3.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.1%FY2026 +31.9%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.0% +12.1% +6.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICEMRXVRSK
Held by institutions 92.5% 79.7% 97.6%
Institutions holding 1,655 221 955
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% +8.3% -0.4%
Institutions buying 736 146 489
Institutions selling 695 53 349
Buyers to sellers 1.06 2.75 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.

ICEMRXVRSK
ICE 1.00 0.13 0.41
MRX 0.13 1.00 -0.07
VRSK 0.41 -0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICE, MRX and VRSK?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) $98.46B, Marex (MRX) $5.00B, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $26.09B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICE, MRX and VRSK?

Marex (MRX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 23.7x, Marex (MRX) 11.7x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 29.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Marex (MRX) is cheapest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 19.7x, Marex (MRX) 10.4x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 24.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Marex (MRX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +12.1%, Marex (MRX) +37.8%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has the highest net margin (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 29.6%, Marex (MRX) 17.4%, 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 Marex (MRX) returned the most: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +17.4%, Marex (MRX) +120.6%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -8.5%. Over five years, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) compounded fastest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +4.6%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -1.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has been the steadiest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 26.0%, Marex (MRX) 45.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 35.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ICE, MRX 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, Marex (MRX) 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.