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 12 month price objectives for S&P Global's shares. Their SPGI share price forecasts range from $364.00 to $434.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $393.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.6% 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 stock has decreased by 0.1% and is now trading at $334.52.
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S&P Global saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,480,000 shares, an increase of 33.3% from the January 31st total of 3,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,550,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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S&P Global Inc. (NYSE:SPGI) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 9th. The business services provider reported $2.54 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.07. The business services provider earned $2.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.88 billion. S&P Global had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.84% and a net margin of 29.05%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 40.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.15 EPS.
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S&P Global declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.08%. 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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ETFs with the largest weight of S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) stock in their portfolio include Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF (LCG), UPHOLDINGS Compound Kings ETF (KNGS), ALPS O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (OUSA), Gabelli Financial Services Opportunities ETF (GABF), Gabelli Love Our Planet & People ETF (LOPP), iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), LeaderShares AlphaFactor Tactical Focused ETF (LSAT) and iShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF).

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.07%. 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 34.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SPGI will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.12% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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S&P Global issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $12.35-$12.55 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $12.44. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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 shareholders include Geode Capital Management LLC (1.82%), Morgan Stanley (1.33%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.20%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.15%), Norges Bank (1.02%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.82%). 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, 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 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 $334.52.

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) has a market capitalization of $107.72 billion and generates $11.18 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $3.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 39,950 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.