ICE vs SMRT vs BGC Stock Comparison

Intercontinental Exchange, SmartRent and Bgc Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SMRT SmartRent, Inc.
$1.37 +16.1% 1M -0.7% 1Y
Market cap
$260.72M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$151.20M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Software Technology
BGC BGC Group, Inc.
$11.42 -0.3% 1M +25.1% 1Y
Market cap
$5.31B
P/E
27.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.29B
Div. yield
0.01%
Institutional Trading Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Bgc leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Bgc 6, Intercontinental Exchange 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICESMRTBGCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $95.50B $260.72M $5.31B ICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.9x -13.3x 27.8x ICE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.8x — 8.2x BGC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.1% -2.8% +27.6% BGC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -13.0% 5.8% BGC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 9.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.0x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.2% -0.7% +25.1% BGC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.3%/yr -36.4%/yr +16.3%/yr BGC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.8% 60.2% 33.4% ICE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 50/100 65/100 BGC

Percentile Scorecard

ICESMRTBGC

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

AxisICESMRTBGC
Valuation 53 #46 of 96 46 #49 of 89 84 #16 of 96
Growth 45 #36 of 65 83 #15 of 81 83 #12 of 65
Profitability 58 #28 of 65 32 #52 of 76 55 #30 of 65
Financial Health 53 #44 of 93 67 #31 of 93 37 #59 of 93
Shareholder Returns 41 #24 of 40 22 #39 of 50 67 #14 of 40
Overall 50 50 65
  • ICE ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • SMRT ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • BGC ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodICESMRTBGCSPY
1 month +7.1%+16.1%-0.3% +0.7%
3 months +4.3%+34.3%-2.2% +3.7%
6 months +3.1%+0.7%+1.7% +7.1%
Year to date +0.7%-32.2%+27.9% +12.8%
1 year +8.2%-0.7%+25.1% +11.9%
3 years +53.8%-42.9%+103.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +15.4%-17.1%+26.8% +22.8%
5 years +17.7%-89.6%+112.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +3.3%-36.4%+16.3% +10.9%
10 years +204.3%—+105.8% +262.0%
10 years, per year +11.8%—+7.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureICESMRTBGCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.8%60.2%33.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.9%56.4%32.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.151.310.33 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.32-0.010.75 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.1%-94.9%-45.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.9%-35.4%-9.7% -1.2%
52-week high $175.10$2.12$12.65 $779.14
52-week low $122.91$0.95$8.31 $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.

MultipleICESMRTBGC
P/E now vs peer median 22.1xmedian 29.6x -13.4xmedian 39.2x 28.4xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 3.1x 1.7xmedian 2.4x 1.6xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.0x -12.5xmedian 17.3x 13.0xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 16.5x -249.5xmedian 20.3x 11.2xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.3x 1.2xmedian 1.8x 4.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.12median 0.48 -0.39median 1.52 0.24median 0.48

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 monthsICESMRTBGC
Revenue $14.05B $151.20M $3.29B
Gross profit – $54.98M –
Operating income $5.70B -$22.56M –
Net income – -$19.60M $198.89M
Free cash flow – -$1.05M $483.90M
R&D – $23.23M –
EPS (diluted) $7.35 $-0.10 $0.40
Cash & equivalents $936.00M $92.66M $766.85M
Total debt – – $1.77B
Shares (diluted) 566.00M 192.41M 478.97M
Enterprise value $95.50B -$135.33M $2.14B

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
MetricICESMRTBGC
P/E 22.1x -13.4x 28.4x
P/FCF 16.8x -249.5x 11.2x
P/Operating cash flow 15.9x -371.8x 10.8x
P/S 6.5x 1.7x 1.6x
P/B 3.1x 1.2x 4.3x
P/Tangible book 6.0x 1.3x 6.3x
EV/EBITDA – -12.5x 13.0x
EV/EBIT – -7.5x 15.9x
EV/Revenue 6.5x 1.1x 2.0x
EV/FCF – -161.4x 13.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.9x -240.6x 12.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.12 -0.39 0.24

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICESMRTBGC
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.1% -2.8% 27.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.5% -9.9% 20.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 10.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 31.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.6% 71.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.2% 33.4% –
Net income growth (1Y) – 72.9% 33.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 34.9% 164.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 33.5% 73.4% 31.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.7% 34.1% 120.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.7% 98.4% 22.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.3% 77.1% 78.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 97.8% 26.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 73.9% 86.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICESMRTBGC
Gross margin – 36.4% –
EBITDA margin – -9.0% 15.1%
Operating margin – -14.9% –
Pretax margin – -13.1% 8.3%
Net margin – -13.0% 5.8%
FCF margin – -0.7% 14.7%
Operating cash flow margin 41.0% -0.5% 15.3%
Return on equity 14.2% -8.6% 14.9%
Return on assets 2.4% -6.6% 3.3%
Return on invested capital – – 9.2%
Return on capital employed – -8.9% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.0x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 6.7% 10.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICESMRTBGC
Debt / assets – – 30.8%
Debt / equity – – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.0x
Debt / FCF – – 3.7x
Liabilities / assets 83.1% 23.3% 77.8%
Equity / assets 16.9% 76.7% 22.2%
Interest coverage – -59.4x 3.1x
Current ratio 1.0x 3.8x –
Quick ratio – 3.1x –
Cash ratio – 2.2x –
Altman Z-score – 1.01 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICESMRTBGC
Dividend yield 1.3% – 0.7%
Net buyback yield – -0.4% 4.1%
Shareholder yield 1.3% -0.4% 4.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 8.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -0.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 37.4%

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.

ConsensusICESMRTBGC
Forward P/E 18.8xFY2026 – 8.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.69FY2026 $-0.10FY2026 $1.39FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 – +17.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.2% – +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.54BFY2026 $154.91MFY2026 $3.68BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.1%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026 +25.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.0% +28.9% -6.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICESMRTBGC
Held by institutions 92.5% 64.9% 65.4%
Institutions holding 1,654 130 369
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% +3.0% +3.4%
Institutions buying 736 72 215
Institutions selling 694 33 86
Buyers to sellers 1.06 2.18 2.50

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.

ICESMRTBGC
ICE 1.00 0.05 0.36
SMRT 0.05 1.00 -0.02
BGC 0.36 -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICE, SMRT and BGC?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) $95.50B, SmartRent (SMRT) $260.72M, Bgc (BGC) $5.31B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICE, SMRT and BGC?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 22.9x, SmartRent (SMRT) -13.3x, Bgc (BGC) 27.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Bgc (BGC) is cheapest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 18.8x, Bgc (BGC) 8.2x). 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) +12.1%, SmartRent (SMRT) -2.8%, Bgc (BGC) +27.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bgc (BGC) has the highest net margin (SmartRent (SMRT) -13.0%, Bgc (BGC) 5.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bgc (BGC) returned the most: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +8.2%, SmartRent (SMRT) -0.7%, Bgc (BGC) +25.1%. Over five years, Bgc (BGC) compounded fastest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +3.3%/yr, SmartRent (SMRT) -36.4%/yr, Bgc (BGC) +16.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 0.00%, SmartRent (SMRT) 0.00%, Bgc (BGC) 0.01%. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and SmartRent (SMRT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has been the steadiest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 25.8%, SmartRent (SMRT) 60.2%, Bgc (BGC) 33.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.