ICE vs VALU vs VRSK Stock Comparison

Intercontinental Exchange, Value Line and Verisk Analytics Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VALU Value Line Inc
$41.64 +6.9% 1M +7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$390.67M
P/E
19.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$32.89M
Div. yield
3.30%
Publishing Communication Services
5 wins
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$189.80 +13.1% 1M -18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$24.70B
P/E
28.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
1.03%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionICEVALUVRSKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $87.55B $390.67M $24.70B ICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.8x 19.7x 28.0x VALU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.0x — 23.8x ICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.9% -5.5% +5.0% ICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.1% 60.3% 28.2% VALU
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 1.31% 3.30% 1.03% VALU
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.8% +7.2% -18.2% VALU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.4%/yr +3.9%/yr -2.0%/yr VALU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.8% 35.0% 37.5% ICE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 48/100 56/100 VRSK

Percentile Scorecard

ICEVALUVRSK

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

AxisICEVALUVRSK
Valuation 62 #37 of 96 29 #38 of 53 32 #645 of 941
Growth 45 #36 of 65 26 #33 of 44 48 #333 of 636
Profitability 86 #10 of 65 73 #12 of 42 97 #21 of 612
Financial Health 35 #60 of 92 93 #5 of 61 33 #467 of 693
Shareholder Returns 49 #20 of 38 20 #21 of 26 71 #206 of 706
Overall 55 48 56
  • ICE ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • VALU ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • 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

PeriodICEVALUVRSKSPY
1 month +2.0%+6.9%+13.1% +0.9%
3 months +1.1%+17.5%-11.0% +5.9%
6 months -0.1%+20.6%+0.9% +8.5%
Year to date -3.6%+8.4%-15.2% +13.3%
1 year -0.8%+7.2%-18.2% +12.4%
3 years +49.0%+8.2%-15.2% +88.1%
3 years, per year +14.2%+2.6%-5.4% +23.5%
5 years +12.7%+20.9%-9.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year +2.4%+3.9%-2.0% +11.0%
10 years +191.3%+131.3%+133.3% +263.4%
10 years, per year +11.3%+8.7%+8.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureICEVALUVRSKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.8%35.0%37.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.5%33.3%39.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.160.08-0.48 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.030.21-0.49 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.1%-68.3%-51.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.9%-6.3%-18.2% -0.9%
52-week high $175.10$44.44$232.13 $779.14
52-week low $122.91$32.00$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.

MultipleICEVALUVRSK
P/E now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 30.1x 19.7xmedian 18.7x 28.0xmedian 12.9x
P/S now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 3.0x 11.9xmedian 0.6x 7.9xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 14.1x 69.7xmedian 10.6x 16.6xmedian 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 15.8x 22.0xmedian 8.9x 20.0xmedian 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 2.4x 3.6xmedian 1.6x -20.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.65median 0.54 —median 0.49 1.12median 0.87

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 monthsICEVALUVRSK
Revenue $13.43B $32.89M $3.14B
Gross profit – – $2.20B
Operating income $5.47B $3.56M $1.38B
Net income $4.10B $19.83M $885.50M
Free cash flow $5.08B $17.73M $1.24B
EPS (diluted) $7.13 – $6.77
Cash & equivalents $1.07B $16.02M $551.40M
Total debt $19.85B – $11.77B
Shares (diluted) 566.00M – 130.85M
Enterprise value $81.36B $137.98M $19.34B

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
MetricICEVALUVRSK
P/E 21.8x 19.7x 28.0x
P/FCF 17.2x 22.0x 20.0x
P/Operating cash flow 15.9x 22.0x 16.4x
P/S 6.5x 11.9x 7.9x
P/B 3.0x 3.6x -20.8x
P/Tangible book 5.9x 3.6x -16.4x
EV/EBITDA 15.0x 69.7x 16.6x
EV/EBIT 19.3x 94.8x 20.8x
EV/Revenue 7.9x 10.3x 9.1x
EV/FCF 20.8x 19.1x 23.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.1x 19.1x 19.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.65 – 1.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICEVALUVRSK
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.9% -5.5% 5.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.9% -5.9% 6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.4% -36.8% 4.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.9% -32.7% 6.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 34.1% -6.7% -3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.1% 2.4% 20.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 36.6% – 3.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 33.3% – 25.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.1% -15.7% 21.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.9% -0.3% 11.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 13.9% -15.0% 21.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% -0.3% 14.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICEVALUVRSK
Gross margin – – 70.2%
EBITDA margin 52.3% 14.7% 55.0%
Operating margin 40.7% 10.8% 43.9%
Pretax margin 39.7% 40.5% 37.0%
Net margin 30.1% 60.3% 28.2%
FCF margin 37.8% 53.9% 39.4%
Operating cash flow margin 41.1% 53.9% 47.9%
Return on equity 13.9% 5.5% –
Return on assets 2.3% 3.9% 19.5%
Return on invested capital 8.5% – 31.9%
Return on capital employed 9.7% 2.7% 40.1%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.2x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 0.9x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% – 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICEVALUVRSK
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 83.0% 28.5% 126.4%
Equity / assets 17.0% 71.5% -26.4%
Interest coverage 6.8x – 7.0x
Current ratio 1.0x 4.1x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.0x 2.4x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x 2.4x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 0.73 7.35 6.85

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICEVALUVRSK
Dividend yield 1.3% 3.3% 1.0%
Net buyback yield 2.3% 0.2% 7.6%
Shareholder yield 3.6% 3.6% 8.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.8% 62.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 22.5% 70.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.1% 7.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 8.6% –

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.

ConsensusICEVALUVRSK
Forward P/E 18.0xFY2026 – 23.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.69FY2026 – $7.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 – +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.2% – +5.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.54BFY2026 – $3.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.1%FY2026 – +8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.0% – +6.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICEVALUVRSK
Held by institutions 92.5% 5.6% 97.6%
Institutions holding 1,653 53 953
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% +2.8% -0.4%
Institutions buying 735 16 487
Institutions selling 694 18 349
Buyers to sellers 1.06 0.89 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.

ICEVALUVRSK
ICE 1.00 -0.01 0.39
VALU -0.01 1.00 0.07
VRSK 0.39 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICE, VALU and VRSK?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) $87.55B, Value Line (VALU) $390.67M, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $24.70B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICE, VALU and VRSK?

Value Line (VALU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 21.8x, Value Line (VALU) 19.7x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is cheapest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 18.0x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 23.8x). 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%, Value Line (VALU) -5.5%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Value Line (VALU) has the highest net margin (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 30.1%, Value Line (VALU) 60.3%, 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 Value Line (VALU) returned the most: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) -0.8%, Value Line (VALU) +7.2%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -18.2%. Over five years, Value Line (VALU) compounded fastest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +2.4%/yr, Value Line (VALU) +3.9%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -2.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Value Line (VALU) has the highest dividend yield: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 1.31%, Value Line (VALU) 3.30%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 1.03%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has been the steadiest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 25.8%, Value Line (VALU) 35.0%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 37.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ICE, VALU 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, Value Line (VALU) 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.