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

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

S&P Global declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.67 per share on Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. This is a boost from S&P Global's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57. View S&P Global's Dividend History.

S&P Global Inc (NYSE:SPGI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The business services provider reported $2.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.12. The business services provider had revenue of $1.74 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.70 billion. S&P Global had a net margin of 31.69% and a return on equity of 496.20%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.22 earnings per share. View S&P Global's Earnings History.

S&P Global is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for S&P Global.

S&P Global issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $10.40-10.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $10.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.03-7.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.12 billion.

13 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for S&P Global's stock. Their forecasts range from $242.00 to $340.00. On average, they anticipate S&P Global's share price to reach $286.09 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for S&P Global.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for S&P Global in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for S&P Global.

News headlines about SPGI stock have trended extremely negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. S&P Global earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for S&P Global.

S&P Global saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,030,000 shares, a decrease of 21.1% from the January 30th total of 3,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View S&P Global's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to S&P Global include Moody's (MCO), Equifax (EFX), TransUnion (TRU), Pra Group (PRAA) and CreditRiskMonitor.Com (CRMZ).

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

S&P Global's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.77%), Edgewood Management LLC (2.40%), FMR LLC (2.14%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.30%) and Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.07%). Company insiders that own S&P Global stock include Alexander Matturri Jr, Courtney Geduldig, Douglas L Peterson, Ewout L Steenbergen, John L Berisford, Nancy Luquette, Nicholas Cafferillo and Steven J Kemps. View Institutional Ownership Trends for S&P Global.

SPGI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Principal Financial Group Inc., USS Investment Management Ltd, Cantillon Capital Management LLC and Farallon Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold S&P Global company stock in the last year include Alexander Matturri Jr, Courtney Geduldig, Douglas L Peterson, Ewout L Steenbergen, John L Berisford, Nancy Luquette, Nicholas Cafferillo and Steven J Kemps. View Insider Buying and Selling for S&P Global.

SPGI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Railway Pension Investments Ltd, Geode Capital Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. View Insider Buying and Selling for S&P Global.

Shares of SPGI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SPGI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $267.15.

S&P Global has a market capitalization of $65.13 billion and generates $6.70 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $2.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.53 on an earnings per share basis. S&P Global employs 22,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About S&P Global.

The official website for S&P Global is http://www.spglobal.com/.

S&P Global's mailing address is 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10041. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 212-438-1000 or via email at [email protected]