Intercontinental Exchangevs.Moody’s
ICE vs MCO · 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.
Intercontinental Exchange and Moody’s are similar in size by market cap; Intercontinental Exchange trades at the lower P/E (21.7 vs 28.6); year to date, Intercontinental Exchange leads (−4.1% vs −10.2%).
Side by side
| ICE | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $87.7B | $80B |
| Price | $156.19 | $464.23 |
| Today | +0.5% | +1.2% |
| Return YTD | −4.1% | −10.2% |
| Return 1Y | −2.5% | −6.4% |
| Since July 13, 2026 | +13.5% | −6.4% |
| P/E | 21.7 | 28.6 |
| P/S | 6.5 | 9.8 |
| P/B | 3.0 | 26.4 |
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
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.
Full ICE profile →Moody’sMCO
When a company borrows, Moody's rates the debt; it and S&P split that market between them. A faster-growing analytics arm sells risk and modelling tools to the same customers.
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