Intercontinental Exchangevs.Nasdaq
ICE vs NDAQ · 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 1.5× larger than Nasdaq by market cap; Intercontinental Exchange trades at the lower P/E (19.5 vs 26.1); year to date, Nasdaq leads (−9.3% vs −16.5%).
Side by side
| ICE | NDAQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $76.5B | $49.8B |
| Price | $137.59 | $88.89 |
| Today | +1.7% | +0.9% |
| Return YTD | −16.5% | −9.3% |
| Return 1Y | −25.6% | −2.9% |
| P/E | 19.5 | 26.1 |
| P/S | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| P/B | 2.6 | 4.1 |
Data as of 2026-07-13 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Intercontinental ExchangeICE
Owner of the New York Stock Exchange plus global derivatives markets and a large mortgage-technology and data business. Toll-taker on trading and financial data.
Full ICE profile →NasdaqNDAQ
Operator of the Nasdaq stock market, increasingly a financial-technology and data company selling listing, index, analytics and anti-financial-crime software.
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