S&P Global (SPGI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for S&P Global in the last year. There are currently 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" SPGI shares.
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9 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for S&P Global's stock. Their SPGI share price targets range from $405.00 to $500.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $446.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% from the stock's current price.
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S&P Global's stock was trading at $440.52 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SPGI shares have decreased by 0.6% and is now trading at $437.89.
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S&P Global saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,170,000 shares, a decline of 15.2% from the December 31st total of 3,740,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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S&P Global Inc. (NYSE:SPGI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 8th. The business services provider reported $3.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $3.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.13 billion. S&P Global had a net margin of 21.02% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.34%. S&P Global's revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.54 earnings per share.
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S&P Global declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 27th will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 26th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.90.
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S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.82%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 52 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 44.23%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SPGI will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) stock in their portfolio include Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF (LCG), Tema Monopolies and Oligopolies ETF (TOLL), Roundhill S&P Dividend Monarchs ETF (KNGS), ALPS O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (OUSA), iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), Adaptive Core ETF (RULE), Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF (LBAY) and LeaderShares AlphaFactor Tactical Focused ETF (LSAT).

S&P Global updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of 13.750-14.000 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 14.430. The company issued revenue guidance of $13.2 billion-$13.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.4 billion.

282 employees have rated S&P Global Chief Executive Officer Douglas L. Peterson on Glassdoor.com. Douglas L. Peterson has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Douglas L. Peterson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other S&P Global investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Adobe (ADBE), PayPal (PYPL), Mastercard (MA), Visa (V) and Walt Disney (DIS).

S&P Global's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Norges Bank (1.18%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.83%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.67%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.57%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (0.52%) and Mackenzie Financial Corp (0.47%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam Jason Kansler, Christopher Craig, Dimitra Manis, Douglas L Peterson, Ewout L Steenbergen, John L Berisford, Martina Cheung, Nancy Luquette, Sally Moore, Saugata Saha and Steven J Kemps.
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Shares of SPGI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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