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. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. This is an increase from S&P Global's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57. View S&P Global's Dividend History.

S&P Global Inc (NYSE:SPGI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The business services provider reported $2.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.12. The business services provider earned $1.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.70 billion. S&P Global had a return on equity of 496.20% and a net margin of 31.69%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $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 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 analysts have issued 12 month 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 7.6% 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 stories about SPGI stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. S&P Global earned a news sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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 volume of 1,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's 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 many different of retail and institutional 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 bought 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 $265.91.

S&P Global has a market capitalization of $64.83 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]