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

S&P Global's stock was trading at $240.36 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SPGI stock has increased by 2.8% and is now trading at $246.99. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

S&P Global is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for S&P Global.

S&P Global Inc (NYSE:SPGI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 6th. The business services provider reported $2.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.12. The business services provider had revenue of $1.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.70 billion. S&P Global had a net margin of 31.69% and a return on equity of 496.20%. The business's revenue was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.22 EPS. View S&P Global's earnings history.

S&P Global declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $0.67 per share on Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. This is a positive change from S&P Global's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57. View S&P Global's dividend history.

S&P Global issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $10.40-10.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 twelve-month price objectives for S&P Global's stock. Their forecasts range from $242.00 to $325.00. On average, they expect S&P Global's stock price to reach $280.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for S&P Global.

Media coverage about SPGI stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. S&P Global earned a coverage optimism score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutS&P Global.

S&P Global saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 4,210,000 shares, a drop of 19.3% from the February 13th total of 5,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,380,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Paypal (PYPL), Mastercard (MA), Adobe (ADBE), Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

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

S&P Global's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.77%), Edgewood Management LLC (2.40%), FMR LLC (2.14%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.48%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.30%). 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, Nancy Luquette, Nicholas Cafferillo, and Steven J Kemps. View insider buying and selling activity for S&P Global.

SPGI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Capital World Investors, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Railway Pension Investments Ltd, Geode Capital Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $246.99.

S&P Global has a market capitalization of $59.45 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]