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S&P Global Inc. SPGI
$386.27 -0.49% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $113.87B
High qualityWeak trend
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 23.5× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to 46.3% from 39.9% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 41%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 36%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 14%
- Gross marginTop 35%
- Operating marginTop 10%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 49%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Interest coverTop 6%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 50%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 3%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 17%
- 6-month returnBottom 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 15%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 42%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 8%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.5% | 9.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 24.0% | 26.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 69.7% | 70.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 39.9% | 46.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 36.8% | 34.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.7% | 8.5% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 26.2% | 24.0% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Gross margin | 70.9% | 69.7% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| Operating margin | 46.3% | 39.9% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Net margin | 30.5% | 27.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 34.6% | 36.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.2% | — | Top 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.1% | — | Bottom 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.16×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.41×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 23.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.02%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.57%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.58%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $512.25
- Target vs current price
- +32.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 86%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +0.4% | -3.5% | -5.4% | -1.0% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +2.6% | -0.9% | -2.9% | -5.7% | -3.9% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | -0.7% | -9.7% | -7.6% | -2.0% | -4.6% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +7.0% | +3.9% | +5.1% | +4.8% | +11.3% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +5.2% | +4.1% | +6.3% | +3.9% | -8.8% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +4.0% | +2.6% | +5.5% | +7.8% | +10.7% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +8.6% | +4.9% | +5.5% | -6.9% | -1.9% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +6.9% | -3.5% | -4.9% | -1.5% | +0.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $4.83 | $4.81 | +0.4% | $3.68B |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $4.70 | $4.58 | +2.6% | $4.17B |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $4.30 | $4.33 | -0.7% | $3.92B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $4.73 | $4.42 | +7.0% | $3.89B |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $4.43 | $4.21 | +5.2% | $3.75B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $4.37 | $4.20 | +4.0% | $3.78B |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $3.77 | $3.47 | +8.6% | $3.59B |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $3.89 | $3.64 | +6.9% | $3.58B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 23.5× | 40.0× | 0th | Bottom 38% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.3× | — | — | Bottom 50% |
| EV / Sales | 7.78× | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.89% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | 4.25% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 25.8× – 54.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -19.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +26.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -38.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -11.8%
- RSI (14)
- 31.8
- Relative volume
- 1.43×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 66th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.87
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.47
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 | -40.2% | 209 days | 437 days (Jul 15, 2024) |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Jun 25, 2026 | -33.8% | 216 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | -19.4% | 34 days | 79 days (Jul 31, 2025) |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Jan 15, 2021 | -16.2% | 71 days | 53 days (Apr 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $113.87B
- P/E (TTM)
- 23.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $16.42
- Revenue (TTM)
- $16.12B
- Dividend yield
- 1.25%
- 52-week range
- $371.75 – $552.25
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.30B | $11.18B | $12.50B | $14.21B | $15.34B |
| Gross profit | $6.12B | $7.43B | $8.36B | $9.82B | $10.77B |
| Operating income | $4.22B | $4.94B | $4.02B | $5.58B | $6.48B |
| Net income | $3.02B | $3.25B | $2.63B | $3.85B | $4.47B |
| EPS (diluted) | $12.51 | $10.20 | $8.23 | $12.35 | $14.66 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.58B | $3.59B | $3.78B | $3.75B | $3.89B | $3.92B | $4.17B | $4.15B |
| Net income | $971.0M | $880.0M | $1.09B | $1.07B | $1.18B | $1.13B | $1.40B | $1.22B |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.12 | $2.85 | $3.54 | $3.50 | $3.86 | $3.75 | $4.69 | $4.12 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.60B | $2.60B | $3.71B | $5.69B | $5.65B |
| Capital expenditure | -$35.0M | -$89.0M | -$143.0M | -$124.0M | -$195.0M |
| Free cash flow | $3.56B | $2.51B | $3.57B | $5.57B | $5.46B |
| Dividends paid | -$743.0M | -$1.02B | -$1.15B | -$1.13B | -$1.17B |
| Net share buybacks | $13.0M | -$12.00B | -$3.30B | -$3.30B | -$5.00B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $4.14B
- Total assets
- $62.91B
- Total liabilities
- $26.27B
- Total debt
- $15.75B
- Net debt
- $11.61B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $31.62B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2026 | $0.97 | Dec 10, 2026 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $0.97 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.97 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.97 | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.96 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $0.96 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 28, 2025 | $0.96 | Jun 11, 2025 |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.96 | Mar 12, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,576,789
- Days to cover
- 3.27
- Change vs previous report
- -6.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 18, 2005
- 2-for-1
- Mar 9, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Apr 29, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Jun 2, 1983
- 2-for-1