The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. vs INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC., two Financial Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GS and ICE diverge most: on debt / equity, GS reads 0.09 and ICE reads 0.69; on ev/ebitda, GS reads 72.1 and ICE reads 13.9. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (earnings-power basis). What ICE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GS | ICE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1055.08 | $135.18 |
| Market cap | $325.0B | $77.1B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +1.4% |
| P/E | 19.3 | 19.7 |
| P/B | 2.65 | 2.61 |
| P/S | 5.38 | 5.89 |
| EV/EBITDA | 72.1 | 13.9 |
| Revenue growth | +11.4% | +7.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 45.4% |
| Net margin | 29.9% | 30.1% |
| Return on equity | 14.7% | 13.3% |
| Return on assets | 0.9% | 2.2% |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.09 | 0.69 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.25 | 0.59 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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