Intercontinental Exchange vs Tradeweb Markets
ICE and TW side by side, both in security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ICE and TW compare
Intercontinental Exchange is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as Tradeweb Markets ($94.8B against $28.7B).
On earnings, Intercontinental Exchange is cheaper: it trades at 23.0× trailing earnings, against 28.8× for Tradeweb Markets.
Tradeweb Markets grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.4% versus 12.1% for Intercontinental Exchange).
Tradeweb Markets keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 39.8% compared with 29.6% at Intercontinental Exchange.
Both pay dividends: Intercontinental Exchange yields 1.2% and Tradeweb Markets 0.44%.
Intercontinental Exchange scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 17 for Tradeweb Markets), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ICE | TW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $94.8B | $28.7B |
| Share price | $168.85 | $122.54 |
| Change, 1 year | 12.1% | 16.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 24.1% | 29.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.80 | 0.66 |
| Employees | 13K | 1,569 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 17 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.0× (better) | 28.8× |
| P/S | 6.7× (better) | 12.6× |
| P/B | 3.2× (better) | 4.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.5× (better) | 21.8× |
| P/FCF | 18.0× (better) | 24.8× |
| PEG | 0.75 (better) | 0.78 |
| FCF yield | 5.6% (better) | 4.0% |
| Fair value | $173.33 | $131.06 |
| Margin of safety | 2.6% | 6.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.1% | 14.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.9% | 18.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 31.6% | 44.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 33.5% | 45.9% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.9% | 33.8% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 40.6% | 44.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 29.6% | 39.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 37.6% | 50.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 14.2% (better) | 14.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.5% | 17.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.88 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.49 | – |
| Interest coverage | 6.8× | 490× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.78 | 16.65 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.2% (better) | 0.44% |
| Payout ratio | 27.8% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 13 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 9.9% (better) | 8.4% |
| Buyback yield | 2.1% (better) | 1.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.3% (better) | 2.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.1% | 50.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.63% | 51.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$91.3M | −$44.6M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.2% | 3.0% |
Go deeper
- ICE stock overview
- ICE income statement
- ICE valuation and score
- TW stock overview
- TW income statement
- TW valuation and score
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