S&P Global - SPGI Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for S&P Global in the last year. There are currently 16 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" SPGI shares.
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16 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for S&P Global's shares. Their SPGI share price forecasts range from $364.00 to $434.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $396.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.2% from the stock's current price.
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S&P Global's stock was trading at $334.94 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, SPGI shares have increased by 9.2% and is now trading at $365.85.
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S&P Global saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,020,000 shares, a decrease of 22.2% from the December 15th total of 5,170,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,760,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 9th 2023.
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S&P Global will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 9th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 203-369-0185.

S&P Global Inc. (NYSE:SPGI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 26th. The business services provider reported $3.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.18 by $0.36. The business services provider earned $2.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.99 billion. S&P Global had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.47% and a net margin of 33.78%. S&P Global's quarterly revenue was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.85 earnings per share.
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S&P Global declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 24th will be given a dividend of $0.90 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 23rd. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.85.
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S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.92%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 51 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 28.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SPGI will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.31% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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.

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S&P Global trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SPGI."

S&P Global's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Parnassus Investments LLC (0.76%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.64%), Okabena Investment Services Inc. (0.52%), Sustainable Growth Advisers LP (0.52%), Ninety One UK Ltd (0.50%) and Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.48%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher Craig, Courtney Geduldig, Dimitra Manis, Douglas L Peterson, Ewout L Steenbergen, John L Berisford, Martina Cheung, Nancy Luquette 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SPGI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $365.85.

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) has a market capitalization of $119.19 billion and generates $8.30 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $3.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.96 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 22,850 workers across the globe.

S&P Global's mailing address is 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10041. The official website for the company is www.spglobal.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 438-1000, via email at investor.relations@spglobal.com, or via fax at 212-512-3840.