CME Groupvs.Intercontinental Exchange
CME vs ICE · both in Exchanges & market data, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The exchanges, index owners and ratings agencies that run, and price, the markets.
CME Group is about 1.2× larger than Intercontinental Exchange by market cap; year to date, CME Group leads (+1.2% vs −4.1%).
Side by side
| CME | ICE | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $101B | $87.7B |
| Price | $280.56 | $156.19 |
| Today | +1.5% | +0.5% |
| Return YTD | +1.2% | −4.1% |
| Return 1Y | +4.3% | −2.5% |
| Since July 13, 2026 | +14.5% | +13.5% |
| P/E | 23.5 | 21.7 |
| P/S | 8.0 | 6.5 |
| P/B | 3.8 | 3.0 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since July 13, 2026: the change in the closing price from the first session with a close for both companies. Sectivia records these closes itself, starting June 26, 2026.
The two companies
CME GroupCME
Where interest-rate, equity, energy and commodity risk gets hedged, on the largest derivatives exchange there is. A fee is charged on every contract, and volumes climb when markets turn volatile.
Full CME profile →Intercontinental ExchangeICE
The New York Stock Exchange belongs to ICE, and so do global derivatives markets, a large mortgage-technology arm and a fixed-income data business. Each one collects a small amount every time somebody trades or looks something up.
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