CME Group (CME) Competitors $262.87 -0.82 (-0.31%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$262.58 -0.29 (-0.11%) As of 07:21 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock CME vs. ICE, MCO, IBKR, MSCI, NDAQ, MKTX, AROW, PHH, TW, and CBOEShould you be buying CME Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CME Group include Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), MSCI (MSCI), Nasdaq (NDAQ), MarketAxess (MKTX), Arrow Financial (AROW), PHH (PHH), Tradeweb Markets (TW), and Cboe Global Markets (CBOE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. CME Group vs. Intercontinental Exchange Moody's Interactive Brokers Group MSCI Nasdaq MarketAxess Arrow Financial PHH Tradeweb Markets Cboe Global Markets CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) and Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking. Does the media prefer CME or ICE? In the previous week, CME Group had 48 more articles in the media than Intercontinental Exchange. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for CME Group and 26 mentions for Intercontinental Exchange. Intercontinental Exchange's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat CME Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Intercontinental Exchange is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment CME Group 32 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 25 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Intercontinental Exchange 24 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do analysts rate CME or ICE? CME Group currently has a consensus price target of $247.47, suggesting a potential downside of 6.15%. Intercontinental Exchange has a consensus price target of $182.47, suggesting a potential upside of 14.38%. Given Intercontinental Exchange's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intercontinental Exchange is more favorable than CME Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score CME Group 4 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.13Intercontinental Exchange 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 13 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.87 Is CME or ICE a better dividend stock? CME Group pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Intercontinental Exchange pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CME Group pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intercontinental Exchange pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Which has better earnings and valuation, CME or ICE? CME Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intercontinental Exchange. CME Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intercontinental Exchange, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCME Group$6.13B15.50$3.53B$9.6727.27Intercontinental Exchange$11.76B7.79$2.75B$4.7833.37 Is CME or ICE more profitable? CME Group has a net margin of 57.52% compared to Intercontinental Exchange's net margin of 23.42%. CME Group's return on equity of 13.62% beat Intercontinental Exchange's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets CME Group57.52% 13.62% 2.81% Intercontinental Exchange 23.42%12.95%2.57% Which has more risk and volatility, CME or ICE? CME Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercontinental Exchange has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CME or ICE? Intercontinental Exchange received 177 more outperform votes than CME Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.09% of users gave Intercontinental Exchange an outperform vote while only 58.67% of users gave CME Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCME GroupOutperform Votes67058.67% Underperform Votes47241.33% Intercontinental ExchangeOutperform Votes84772.09% Underperform Votes32827.91% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CME or ICE? 87.8% of CME Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CME Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryIntercontinental Exchange beats CME Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get CME Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CME and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CME vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCME GroupSecurity & commodity brokers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$95.02B$28.03B$10.78B$7.58BDividend Yield1.94%1.59%6.00%4.33%P/E Ratio27.2718.0021.5117.79Price / Sales15.506.6925.2094.59Price / Cash21.9521.1217.6134.64Price / Book3.594.472.573.99Net Income$3.53B$1.00B$1.03B$247.24M7 Day Performance3.40%-0.43%3.37%6.12%1 Month Performance1.94%-7.11%-4.00%-7.11%1 Year Performance27.86%4.47%534.78%-0.85% CME Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CMECME Group3.8789 of 5 stars$262.87-0.3%$247.47-5.9%+25.9%$94.73B$6.13B27.183,460Analyst RevisionNews CoverageICEIntercontinental Exchange4.5418 of 5 stars$154.82-1.2%$182.47+17.9%+19.4%$88.58B$11.76B32.2612,920Positive NewsMCOMoody's4.6879 of 5 stars$398.75-0.9%$523.43+31.3%+16.1%$71.12B$7.09B35.0814,400Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeIBKRInteractive Brokers Group3.9521 of 5 stars$144.45-1.1%$198.13+37.2%+56.7%$60.87B$9.32B20.402,820Earnings ReportShort Interest ↓MSCIMSCI4.7587 of 5 stars$507.320.0%$647.31+27.6%+4.7%$39.07B$2.86B35.794,760Upcoming EarningsNDAQNasdaq4.6253 of 5 stars$68.09-0.2%$87.44+28.4%+18.3%$38.94B$7.40B35.268,525Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionMKTXMarketAxess4.5679 of 5 stars$208.57-2.1%$255.11+22.3%+4.4%$7.86B$817.10M28.68740Analyst RevisionAROWArrow Financial4.6684 of 5 stars$24.44+1.4%$31.00+26.8%+9.3%$408.59M$139.81M13.81510News CoveragePositive NewsPHHPHHN/A$13.07-3.8%N/AN/A$342.43M$2.38M0.0033TWTradeweb Markets4.1129 of 5 stars$130.26-0.3%$146.92+12.8%+28.5%$30.72B$1.73B55.831,090Analyst RevisionCBOECboe Global Markets2.6286 of 5 stars$207.54-3.5%$215.50+3.8%N/A$21.73B$4.09B28.751,107Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ICE Competitors MCO Competitors IBKR Competitors MSCI Competitors NDAQ Competitors MKTX Competitors AROW Competitors PHH Competitors TW Competitors CBOE Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:CME) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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