🌐 Stock exchange battle: Deutsche Börse, ICE, Euronext, NASDAQ - who dominates trading? 📊

Company presentation

Deutsche Börse AG

Deutsche Börse is one of the world's leading exchange operators and offers a wide range of services in the areas of trading, clearing and market infrastructure. In addition to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the company has particularly distinguished itself through its innovative strength in the field of electronic trading.

Euronext NV

Euronext is a pan-European exchange group that operates markets in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal. It is the largest stock exchange in Europe and offers a platform for trading shares, bonds and derivatives.

Nasdaq

As the world's first electronic stock exchange, founded in 1971, Nasdaq has developed into the leading trading center for technology companies. It is known for its high liquidity and the immense trading volume that is handled daily.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)

ICE operates global financial and commodity markets and is best known for its acquisition of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company offers a wide range of services, including trading in energy, commodities and financial derivatives.

Historical development

• German Stock Exchange: Its origins date back to the 16th century. The modern Deutsche Börse was created in the 1990s through mergers of regional exchanges and has since undergone extensive digitization.
• Euronext: Founded in 2000 through the merger of several European exchanges, Euronext has become the leading European platform through acquisitions, such as Borsa Italiana 2021.
• Nasdaq: Since its inception, Nasdaq has revolutionized electronic trading. The launch of the Nasdaq 100 index in 1985 strengthened its position as the central trading platform for tech companies.
• ICE: ICE was founded in 2000 and has rapidly expanded its position as a global player through strategic acquisitions, including the NYSE in 2013.

Business model

• Deutsche Börse: It offers a comprehensive range of securities and derivatives trading as well as clearing and settlement services via Clearstream. Its diversification strengthens its competitiveness.
• Euronext: As an integrated platform, Euronext covers trading in equities, bonds and derivatives and offers additional services in the areas of corporate services and technology.
• Nasdaq: Nasdaq focuses on electronic trading, particularly in the technology sector, and offers innovative products such as ETFs and indices.
• ICE: ICE combines trading in commodities and financial derivatives and also offers clearing services, which increases the efficiency and transparency of its platforms.

Core competencies

• Deutsche Börse: Excellent technical infrastructure and market knowledge.
• Euronext: Leader in European market infrastructure with a diversified service offering.
• Nasdaq: Innovative power in electronic trading and a strong presence in the technology sector.
• ICE: Expertise in commodities and derivatives trading as well as strong clearing capabilities.

Future prospects

• Deutsche Börse: Focus on digital transformation and entry into new markets.
• Euronext: Investing in sustainable financing and consolidating its market position in Europe.
• Nasdaq: Expansion of AI and blockchain-based technologies for trading optimization.
• ICE: Expanding its product portfolio with innovative trading solutions and technologies.

Strategic initiatives

• Deutsche Börse: Securing its market position through acquisitions and investments in new technologies.
• Euronext: Focuses on expansion through acquisitions of regional markets to create an integrated European trading platform.
• Nasdaq: Focuses on launching new products, especially to support growing technology companies.
• ICE: Strong integration of new technologies to optimize trading processes and expand its business model.

Market position and competition

German Stock Exchange

Strong in Europe

Euronext

Euronext

Leading in Europe

German Stock Exchange

Nasdaq

Leading in the USA

NYSE

ICE

Strong global position

CME Group

Total Addressable Market (TAM)

• German stock exchange: Coverage of the European market with a focus on equities and derivatives trading.
• Euronext: Coverage of the European market with a focus on equities and bonds.
• Nasdaq: Global technology market with a special focus on the USA.
• ICE: Covers global commodities and financial derivatives markets.

• Equity performance
• $DB1 (-1.27%)
  : TR over 10 years is 366%
• $ENX (-0.48%)
  : TR is 620% over 10 years
• $NDAQ (-0.2%)
  : TR is 503% for 10 years
• $ICE (+0.2%)
  : TR is on 10 years is 343.1%

Performance

Deutsche Börse, Nasdaq and ICE are at a similar level, while Euronext generates significantly less turnover in comparison. The first three are in direct competition with each other.

The European exchange operators are clearly ahead in terms of growth, although the upward trend at Euronext is gradually beginning to weaken.

Looking at Deutsche Börse's turnover, it is noticeable that trading and clearing account for the majority of turnover. However, the "Investment Management Solutions" segment has seen the strongest growth and should soon take third place among the largest revenue drivers. Overall, Deutsche Börse is well diversified, without excessive dependencies on individual business areas.

Euronext segments its business areas into so many categories that they hardly fit on one chart. Nevertheless, the largest sources of revenue are cash trading and FX trading revenue. However, the strongest growth is in Fixed Income Trading.

At Nasdaq, Market Services accounts for most of the revenue, while Financial Crime Services has the strongest growth.

At ICE, the majority of turnover comes from Exchange Revenue by a wide margin. However, Mortgage Services has seen the strongest growth in recent years.

In terms of gross profit, all exchange operators are doing very well, with solid margins that reflect their strong market position and efficient cost structures, but the figure for ICE is not really true but more or less just a shift.

Euronext is the best performer in terms of net profit margin. The two next best performers are around 10 percentage points lower and are very close together. Nasdaq, on the other hand, is clearly lagging behind the other competitors.

In terms of earnings per share (EPS), Deutsche Börse offers the highest value, well ahead of its competitors.

In terms of free cash flow FCF, all exchange operators are positive, but ICE and Deutsche Börse stand out in particular and show stronger values here.

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