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ICE vs SF

Side-by-side comparison of Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) and Stifel Financial Corporation (SF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ICE and SF operate in Investment Bankers/Brokers/Service (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • ICE is the larger of the two at $78.63B, about 7.3x SF ($10.79B).
  • Over the past year, ICE is down 21.1% and SF is up 9.1% - SF leads by 30.2 points.
  • ICE has been more active in the news (48 items in the past 4 weeks vs 11 for SF).
  • ICE has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 18 for SF).
PerformanceICE-21.09%SF+9.14%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricICESF
Company
Intercontinental Exchange Inc.
Stifel Financial Corporation
Price
$138.83-1.87%
$70.31-0.51%
Market cap
$78.63B
$10.79B
1M return
-11.08%
-7.71%
1Y return
-21.09%
+9.14%
Industry
Investment Bankers/Brokers/Service
Investment Bankers/Brokers/Service
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2005
News (4w)
48
11
Recent ratings
25
18
ICE

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. operates regulated exchanges, clearing houses, and listings venues for commodity, financial, fixed income, and equity markets in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Singapore, Israel, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Exchanges, Fixed Income and Data Services, and Mortgage Technology. The company operates marketplaces for listing, trading, and clearing an array of derivatives contracts and financial securities, such as commodities, interest rates, foreign exchange, and equities, as well as corporate and exchange-traded funds; trading venues, including 12 regulated exchanges and six clearing houses; and offers futures and options products for energy, agricultural and metals, financial, cash equities and equity, over-the-counter, and other markets, as well as listings and data and connectivity services. It also provides fixed income data and analytic, fixed income execution, CDS clearing, and other multi-asset class data and network services. In addition, the company offers proprietary and comprehensive mortgage origination platform, which serves residential mortgage loans; network and closing solutions that provides customers connectivity to the mortgage supply chain and facilitates the secure exchange of information; data and analytics services; and Data as a Service for lenders to access data and origination information. Intrinsic Exchange Group has partnership with NYSE and NYSE to launch a new asset class to power a sustainable future. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

SF

Stifel Financial Corporation

Stifel Financial Corp., a financial services and bank holding company, provides retail and institutional wealth management, and investment banking services to individual investors, corporations, municipalities, and institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and Canada. The company operates in three segments: Global Wealth Management, Institutional Group, and Other. It provides private client services, including securities transaction and financial planning services; institutional equity and fixed income sales, trading and research, and municipal finance services; investment banking services, such as mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, and private placements; and retail and commercial banking services comprising personal and commercial lending programs, as well as deposit accounts. The company also participates in and manages underwritings for corporate and public finance, as well as offers financial advisory services. Stifel Financial Corp. was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

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