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FY 2025 ·
Decision snapshot: ICE stock price vs NI: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at NI's multiple
Needs NI P/E.
Implied fair value · at ICE's multiple
Needs ICE P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: ICE FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · NI FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Ten fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 82% equity / 18% debt · EV / Revenue 8.65x · EV / EBITDA 16.53x
Capital structure 55% equity / 45% debt · EV / Revenue 5.51x · EV / EBITDA 12.95x
ICE carries the larger enterprise value at $109.34B against $35.93B; NI trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (5.51x vs 8.65x); NI on the lower EV / EBITDA (12.95x vs 16.53x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$72.26
Base
$93.12
Bull
$121.26
NISOURCE INC. · implied price per share
Latest annual free cash flow must be positive to qualify the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.68x
1.71x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
2.84x
5.80x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$837.00M
$110.10M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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