Intercontinental Exchangevs.MSCI
ICE vs MSCI · 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 is about 2.1× larger than MSCI by market cap; Intercontinental Exchange trades at the lower P/E (21.2 vs 29.9).
Side by side
| ICE | MSCI | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $85.4B | $40.6B |
| Price | $161.92 | $564.22 |
| Today | +0.1% | +0.0% |
| Return YTD | −0.1% | −1.7% |
| Return 1Y | −9.7% | −1.7% |
| P/E | 21.2 | 29.9 |
| P/S | 6.4 | 12.2 |
| P/B | 2.9 | 107.4 |
Data as of 2026-08-27 · updates daily after U.S. close
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 →MSCIMSCI
ETFs and index funds track MSCI's global equity benchmarks and pay to do so. ESG, climate and portfolio-analytics data has grown quickly on top of that, sold much like a subscription.
Full MSCI profile →More ICE & MSCI comparisons
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