MSCI vs VRSK vs ICE Stock Comparison

Msci, Verisk Analytics and Intercontinental Exchange Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MSCI MSCI Inc.
$637.27 +18.8% 1M +8.3% 1Y
Market cap
$45.69B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.43B
Div. yield
1.25%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
4 wins
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$201.50 +23.0% 1M -7.9% 1Y
Market cap
$26.22B
P/E
29.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
0.97%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionMSCIVRSKICELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $45.69B $26.22B $96.65B ICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.2x 29.8x 23.3x ICE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.7x 25.3x 19.8x ICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.3% +5.0% +12.1% MSCI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 40.3% 28.2% 29.6% MSCI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 44.1% 31.9% 8.5% MSCI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.1x 2.3x 2.9x VRSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.25% 0.97% 1.18% MSCI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.3% -7.9% +17.8% ICE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.3%/yr -1.2%/yr +4.7%/yr ICE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.5% 35.8% 26.0% ICE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 54/100 54/100 VRSK

Percentile Scorecard

MSCIVRSKICE

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

AxisMSCIVRSKICE
Valuation 21 #746 of 939 26 #695 of 939 56 #43 of 96
Growth 59 #337 of 814 44 #453 of 814 46 #37 of 68
Profitability 97 #25 of 828 97 #28 of 828 83 #13 of 70
Financial Health 26 #666 of 898 32 #610 of 898 36 #64 of 99
Shareholder Returns 55 #329 of 725 72 #202 of 725 50 #21 of 41
Overall 51 54 54
  • MSCI ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • VRSK ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • ICE ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMSCIVRSKICESPY
1 month +18.8%+23.0%+14.7% -2.3%
3 months +10.9%+4.3%+13.5% -0.7%
6 months +9.4%+12.8%+10.1% +4.8%
Year to date +11.1%-9.9%+6.4% +10.3%
1 year +8.3%-7.9%+17.8% +10.3%
3 years +28.0%-12.6%+59.7% +73.0%
3 years, per year +8.6%-4.4%+16.9% +20.1%
5 years -1.3%-6.0%+25.6% +61.9%
5 years, per year -0.3%-1.2%+4.7% +10.1%
10 years +708.5%+145.1%+224.8% +258.6%
10 years, per year +23.2%+9.4%+12.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMSCIVRSKICESPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.5%35.8%26.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.4%36.4%27.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.28-0.480.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.28-0.220.68 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.9%-51.2%-34.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.0%-10.5%-1.6% -3.5%
52-week high $643.83$225.07$175.10 $779.14
52-week low $511.84$156.84$122.91 $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.

MultipleMSCIVRSKICE
P/E now vs peer median 33.2xmedian 13.6x 29.8xmedian 13.6x 23.3xmedian 29.1x
P/S now vs peer median 13.3xmedian 3.3x 8.4xmedian 3.3x 6.9xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.7xmedian 6.0x 17.5xmedian 6.0x 16.2xmedian 13.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 29.0xmedian 11.0x 21.2xmedian 11.0x 18.3xmedian 16.8x
P/B now vs peer median -15.1xmedian 1.2x -22.1xmedian 1.2x 3.2xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.00median 0.92 1.19median 0.92 1.18median 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 monthsMSCIVRSKICE
Revenue $3.43B $3.14B $14.05B
Gross profit $2.85B $2.20B –
Operating income $1.91B $1.38B $5.70B
Net income $1.38B $885.50M $4.23B
Free cash flow $1.58B $1.24B $5.28B
R&D $184.30M – –
EPS (diluted) $19.14 $6.77 $7.35
Cash & equivalents $261.00M $551.40M $936.00M
Total debt $6.72B $4.47B $23.30B
Shares (diluted) 72.30M 130.85M 566.00M
Enterprise value $44.17B $20.86B $89.60B

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
MetricMSCIVRSKICE
P/E 33.2x 29.8x 23.3x
P/FCF 29.0x 21.2x 18.3x
P/Operating cash flow 28.3x 17.4x 16.8x
P/S 13.3x 8.4x 6.9x
P/B -15.1x -22.1x 3.2x
P/Tangible book -11.7x -17.5x 6.3x
EV/EBITDA 24.7x 17.5x 16.2x
EV/EBIT 27.3x 21.9x 20.7x
EV/Revenue 15.2x 9.6x 8.4x
EV/FCF 33.1x 24.4x 22.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 32.3x 20.1x 20.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.00 1.19 1.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMSCIVRSKICE
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.3% 5.0% 12.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 6.9% 13.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.0% 6.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 8.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 15.4% 4.8% 19.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 6.6% 16.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.1% -3.3% 31.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 20.7% 19.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 19.8% 3.7% 33.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.6% 25.0% 19.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 6.4% 21.1% 17.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.6% 11.4% 16.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.7% 21.2% 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.4% 14.6% 15.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMSCIVRSKICE
Gross margin 82.9% 70.2% –
EBITDA margin 61.6% 55.0% 51.7%
Operating margin 55.7% 43.9% 40.6%
Pretax margin 47.3% 37.0% 39.1%
Net margin 40.3% 28.2% 29.6%
FCF margin 45.9% 39.4% 37.6%
Operating cash flow margin 47.0% 47.9% 41.0%
Return on equity – – 14.2%
Return on assets 24.7% 19.5% 2.4%
Return on invested capital 44.1% 31.9% 8.5%
Return on capital employed 47.5% 40.1% 10.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.7x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 3.7% 1.8% 2.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMSCIVRSKICE
Debt / assets 120.0% 99.5% 13.2%
Debt / equity -2.2x -3.8x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.1x 2.3x 2.9x
Debt / FCF 4.3x 3.6x 4.4x
Liabilities / assets 153.9% 126.4% 83.1%
Equity / assets -53.9% -26.4% 16.9%
Interest coverage 6.9x 7.0x 6.8x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.9x 0.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.5x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 6.39 7.01 0.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMSCIVRSKICE
Dividend yield 1.2% 1.0% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 4.4% 7.1% 2.1%
Shareholder yield 5.7% 8.1% 3.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 42.1% – 27.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 37.0% – 21.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.7% – 6.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.5% – 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.

ConsensusMSCIVRSKICE
Forward P/E 30.7xFY2026 25.3xFY2026 19.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.78FY2026 $7.97FY2026 $8.69FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.3%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026 +25.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.3% +5.1% -3.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.73BFY2026 $3.33BFY2026 $10.54BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.2%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.7% +6.7% +16.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMSCIVRSKICE
Held by institutions 92.4% 97.6% 92.5%
Institutions holding 1,082 955 1,655
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.6% -0.4% +1.4%
Institutions buying 514 489 736
Institutions selling 407 349 695
Buyers to sellers 1.26 1.40 1.06

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.

MSCIVRSKICE
MSCI 1.00 0.55 0.53
VRSK 0.55 1.00 0.41
ICE 0.53 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MSCI, VRSK and ICE?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Msci (MSCI) $45.69B, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $26.22B, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) $96.65B.

Which stock is cheaper, MSCI, VRSK and ICE?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Msci (MSCI) 33.2x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 29.8x, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 23.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is cheapest (Msci (MSCI) 30.7x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 25.3x, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 19.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Msci (MSCI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Msci (MSCI) +12.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +12.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Msci (MSCI) has the highest net margin (Msci (MSCI) 40.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 29.6%). On return on invested capital, Msci (MSCI) leads (Msci (MSCI) 44.1%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.9%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 8.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) returned the most: Msci (MSCI) +8.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -7.9%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +17.8%. Over five years, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) compounded fastest (Msci (MSCI) -0.3%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -1.2%/yr, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +4.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Msci (MSCI) has the highest dividend yield: Msci (MSCI) 1.25%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 0.97%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 1.18%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has been the steadiest (Msci (MSCI) 29.5%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 35.8%, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 26.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MSCI, VRSK and ICE?

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 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.