Stock · SPGI · Financial Services

S&P Global Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 2001 · Revenue 12 mo. $16.1B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
5.5
of 10 6 of 11 points Not rated To the score
Price
$467.80
1 Y −14.1%
Market cap
$133.2B
Phase
Growth
revenue growing, core business profitable
Revenue +11.1% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 42.2%Payout 107.2% of operating cash flow

S&P Global Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides benchmarks, data, analytics, and workflow solutions in the global capital, energy and commodity, and automotive markets.

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S&P Global Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides benchmarks, data, analytics, and workflow solutions in the global capital, energy and commodity, and automotive markets. It operates through four segments: S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Energy, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. The S&P Global Market Intelligence segment provides multi-asset-class data and analytics integrated with purpose-built workflow solutions. This segment offers Data, Analytics & Insights, a desktop product suite that provides data, analytics, and third-party research for global finance and corporate professionals; research, reference data, market data, derived analytics, and valuation services; enterprise solutions, such as software and workflow solutions; and credit and risk solutions for selling Ratings' credit ratings and related data and research, analytics, and financial risk solutions. The S&P Global Ratings segment operates as an independent provider of credit ratings, research, and analytics offering investors information and independent benchmarks for their investment and financial decisions as well as access to the capital markets. The S&P Global Energy segment provides information and benchmark prices for the energy and commodity markets. The S&P Dow Jones Indices segment operates as an index provider that maintains various valuation and index benchmarks for investment advisors, wealth managers, and institutional investors. It has operations in the United States, European region, Asia, and internationally. S&P Global Inc. was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Summary

S&P Global Inc is around the middle of the Financial Services sector overall

52.2 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 11.0% FCF growth a year, less than achieved over the last 5 and 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €4.9B (2025), it supports €54.4B. The remaining €65.1B of the market value assume it grows 11.0% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

11.0%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€119.5B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€54.4B without growth
€65.1B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved 15.1%
  • 10 yrs achieved 20.4%
  • priced in 11.0%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 24.1×, below its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 27.4× to 37.4×, median 31.1×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

2 signs support the expectation, none speaks against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Expectation below the company's own record priced in 11.0%, achieved at least 15.1%
  • Low capital needs capex median 1.2% of revenue (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No anomaly in the stored figures.

Since the last quarter

Q1 → Q2 2026

Mostly better than the previous quarter: 1 of 1 change for the better.

  • EBIT margin43.9% → 46.3%+2.4 ppbetter

7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability74.7above the middleEarns more than the sector: Return on capital (Greenblatt) 937.48%, sector 59.04%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity14.31%12.46%Rank 62
Return on capital (Greenblatt)937.48%59.04%Rank 98
EBIT margin42.24%23.06%Rank 85
FCF margin35.58%19.82%Rank 72
Gross margin70.25%65.53%Rank 57
Growth43.2around the middleGrows about as fast as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year7.94%7.39%Rank 52
Earnings growth, 3 years per year12.85%15.20%Rank 42
Earnings growth, 5 years per year8.69%15.17%Rank 28
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)1.27%1.25%Rank 51
Valuation21.7below the middleValued higher than the sector: Earnings yield 3.13%, sector 6.47%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield3.13%6.47%Rank 12
FCF yield4.10%7.16%Rank 30
EV/saleslower is better9.492.82Rank 15
EV/EBITlower is better22.4714.24Rank 30
Momentum51.7around the middleShare price moving about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year−14.14%7.80%Rank 13
Share price, 6 months11.83%8.71%Rank 65
Share price, 3 months19.73%0.45%Rank 95
Distance from 52-week high−14.38%−10.68%Rank 35
Quality64.6above the middleQuality above the sector: Accruals (Sloan) −0.78%, sector 1.23%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better−0.78%1.23%Rank 81
Change in share countlower is better−2.18%−0.60%Rank 70
Dividend streak in years125Rank 77
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−1.05%0.00%Rank 30
Balance sheet & risk57.7around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio51.04%9.21%Rank 91
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better1.610.12Rank 34
Debt to equitylower is better0.450.90Rank 69
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better29.75%25.95%Rank 36

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $5.7B (2016) to $15.3B (2025), 11.7% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCF, $BSharesNet debt
20165.759.0%1.3265M$1.2B
20176.142.6%1.9259M$792.0M
20186.344.6%2.0253M$1.7B
20196.748.2%2.7247M$1.8B
20207.448.6%3.5242M$646.0M
20218.350.9%3.6242M−$1.8B
202211.244.2%2.5319M$10.4B
202312.532.2%3.6319M$10.7B
202414.239.3%5.6312M$10.3B
202515.342.2%5.5305M$12.5B
5.5 / 10Not ratedStockScorer score6 of 11 points

4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

S&P Global Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How S&P Global Inc's score is built

This is how the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set, calculates the points for S&P Global Inc. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

4 of 7 rules met

6 of 11 points

The rule “Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks” applies. The stock is therefore not rated regardless of the points scored.

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector medianmet1 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.met1 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksapplies

Detail data

How does S&P Global Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

Excerpt from 18 strategies checked. The full evaluation is visible after a free sign-up.

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  • Moat Quality
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  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Earnings Quality: Accrual Check (Sloan)
  • Balanced GARP
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)
  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum
  • Growth Momentum (CAN SLIM principle)

S&P Global Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for S&P Global Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio31.915.2
P/B ratio4.61.8
Return on equity (ROE)14.3%12.5%
Equity ratio51.0%9.2%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.450.90
Dividend yield0.8%3.3%

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Frequently asked questions about S&P Global Inc stock

How does S&P Global Inc stock (SPGI) score in the StockScorer model?
S&P Global Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 5.5 out of 10, but is not rated (exclusion rule: Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks).
What is S&P Global Inc's P/E ratio?
S&P Global Inc's P/E ratio is 31.9. The Financial Services sector median is 15.2.
What sector is S&P Global Inc in?
S&P Global Inc is assigned to the Financial Services sector. Its rank within the sector is 52.2 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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