Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. COIN scored 71.0, ICE scored 78.0 — ICE leads.
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COIN
Coinbase Global, Inc.
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · Financial strength
13.9Fin
$179.39 · $47.3B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
38.5
ICE leads
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · Financial strength
52.4Fin
$156.19 · $87.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthCOIN+9.4%
Strongest balance sheetCOIN0.51
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Fundamentals, head-to-head
COIN
ICE
$1.7bC+
FCF
$4.6bB
+9.4%B
Rev
+7.5%B
0.51B+
D/E
0.69B
7.8xC
P/S
—
1.74C+
PEG
2.15C
—
P/E
21.9xC
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
COINCoinbase Global, Inc.
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · $179.39 · beta 3.41
Why now
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · market cap $47.3b. Down 52% from 52-week high of $373.25 — deep drawdown territory. 33 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $212.37 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -16.3%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Down 52% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 3.41 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
ICEIntercontinental Exchange, Inc.
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · $156.19 · beta 0.94
Why now
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · market cap $87.7b. 11% off the 52-week high of $176.05. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $186.00 (implying +19% upside).
Moat
Net margin 38% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 115% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is ICE or COIN the better stock?
ICE scores higher: ICE 78.0, COIN 71.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are ICE and COIN scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.