profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
S&P Global
$473.59+1.08% today
-5.8% in 1 year
1-year low $369.691-year high $530.10
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $30.71 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What S&P Global sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $11.2 billion in 2022 to $15.3 billion in 2025, with $4.47 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
S&P Global handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $5.0B
Free cash flow 2025$5.5B
Bought back its own shares$5.0B
Paid as dividends$1.2B
Cash vs. debt$1.7B vs. $13.6B
S&P Global vs. similar companies
S&P Global grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| S&P Global | 30.7× · Expensive | ||
 CME Group | 27.9× · Fair price | ||
 Intercontinental Exchange | 30.1× · Expensive | ||
 Moody's | 35.6× · Expensive | ||
 Deutsche Börse | 29.5× · Fair price |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads S&P Global's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,442 | 8,297 | 11,181 | 12,497 | 14,208 | 15,336 | |
| 5,348 | 6,117 | 7,428 | 8,356 | 9,847 | 10,773 | |
| 3,617 | 4,221 | 3,019 | 4,054 | 5,478 | 6,177 | |
| 3,575 | 4,461 | 6,019 | 5,148 | 6,778 | 7,693 | |
| 2,339 | 3,024 | 3,248 | 2,626 | 3,852 | 4,471 | |
| 9.66 | 12.51 | 10.20 | 8.23 | 12.35 | 14.66 | |
| 71.9% | 73.7% | 66.4% | 66.9% | 69.3% | 70.2% | |
| 48.6% | 50.9% | 27.0% | 32.4% | 38.6% | 40.3% | |
| 31.4% | 36.4% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 27.1% | 29.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 12,537 | 15,026 | 61,784 | 60,589 | 60,221 | 61,200 |
| Cash | 4,108 | 6,497 | 1,286 | 1,290 | 1,666 | 1,707 |
| Total debt | 4,654 | 4,606 | 11,533 | 12,000 | 11,933 | 13,582 |
| Total liabilities | 9,185 | 9,490 | 22,040 | 22,489 | 22,713 | 25,048 |
| 509 | 2,032 | 36,388 | 34,200 | 33,159 | 31,127 | |
| 242 | 242 | 319 | 319 | 312 | 305 | |
| 51.5% | 51.0% | 8.3% | 6.8% | 9.8% | 11.5% | |
| 459.5% | 148.8% | 8.9% | 7.7% | 11.6% | 14.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,567 | 3,598 | 2,603 | 3,710 | 5,689 | 5,651 | |
| 76 | 35 | 89 | 143 | 124 | 195 | |
| 3,491 | 3,563 | 2,514 | 3,567 | 5,565 | 5,456 | |
| Dividends paid | 645 | 743 | 1,024 | 1,147 | 1,134 | 1,170 |
| 1,164 | 0 | 12,004 | 3,301 | 3,301 | 5,001 | |
| 90 | 122 | 214 | 171 | 247 | 236 |
Valuation
- 30.7×
- 24.1×
- 3.53
- 4.4×
- 9.0×
- 25.2×
- 19.4×
- 4.0%
- 3.3%
- 0.9%
Profitability
- 70.2%
- 40.3%
- 29.2%
- 49.8%
- 11.8%
- 9.3%
- 14.8%
- 7.9%
- 13.4%
- –
Growth
- +15.6%
- +8.7%
- −2.0%
- +7.5%
- −1.4%
Financial health
- 1.5×
- 0.44
- 22.7%
- 22.7×
- 0.82
- 0.68
- 0.26
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 22%of 754
Top 22%of 605
Bottom 18%of 883
Top 34%of 880
Bottom 48%of 929
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $548.11
- Range
- $482.00 – $627.00
- 9 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 4.97 | 4.84 | +2.7% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 4.30 | 4.33 | −0.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 4.73 | 4.42 | +7.0% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 4.43 | 4.21 | +5.2% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 4.37 | 4.20 | +4.0% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 3.77 | 3.47 | +8.6% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 3.89 | 3.64 | +6.9% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 4.04 | 3.65 | +10.7% |
0.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$9a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.5%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.32 in 2015 → $3.84 in 2025
How safe it looks
26.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 21.4%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
64Pass
Benjamin Graham
38No pass
Philip Fisher
67Pass
Peter Lynch
37No pass
Joel Greenblatt
22No pass
Charlie Munger
55No pass
Terry Smith
56No pass
Questions about S&P Global
Is S&P Global a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, but the price is high. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the S&P Global AI analysis
What does S&P Global do?
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 is in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges, based in New York, NY, United States, with 44,500 employees.
Does S&P Global pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.9% a year, about 26% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.17 billion in dividends.
Is S&P Global stock halal?
Yes. S&P Global passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 10% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has S&P Global stock done over the past year?
Down 5.8% over the past twelve months, to $473.59. It traded between $369.69 and $530.10 and is 10.7% below its high.
Who are S&P Global's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are CME Group, Intercontinental Exchange, Moody's and Deutsche Börse. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with S&P Global's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.