S&P Global (SPGI) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover S&P Global?

S&P Global has been rated by research analysts at Barclays , BMO Capital Markets , Citigroup , Jefferies Financial Group , JPMorgan Chase & Co. , Mizuho , Morgan Stanley , Robert W. Baird , Royal Bank Of Canada , Weiss Ratings , and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

$429.07 +4.26 (+1.00%)

Closing price 10/16/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$428.50 -0.57 (-0.13%)

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S&P Global - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 20 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
2

Buy
18

Based on 20 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for S&P Global in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 20 analysts, 2 have given a hold rating, and 18 have given a buy rating for SPGI.

Consensus Price Target

$515.88
20.23% Upside

According to the 20 analysts' twelve-month price targets for S&P Global, the average price target is $515.88. The highest price target for SPGI is $560.00, while the lowest price target for SPGI is $477.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 20.23% from the current price of $429.07.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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SPGI Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/17/25 to 10/17/26	1 Month Ago 9/17/25 to 9/17/26	3 Months Ago 7/19/25 to 7/19/26	1 Year Ago 10/17/24 to 10/17/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	18 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)
Hold	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$515.88	$523.59	$533.88	$614.23
Forecasted Upside	20.23% Upside	29.42% Upside	18.49% Upside	29.65% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Buy

SPGI Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

SPGI Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

S&P Global Stock vs. The Competition

Type	S&P Global	Finance Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.90	2.28	2.53
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	20.23% Upside	39.50% Upside	18.02% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent SPGI News	Positive News	Positive News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/16/2026	Jefferies Financial Group 3 of 5 stars	Stephanie Moore 4 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$490.00	+15.20%
10/14/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3 of 5 stars	Andrew Steinerman 2 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Overweight	$530.00 ➝ $520.00	+27.78%
10/13/2026	BMO Capital Markets 3 of 5 stars	Jeffrey Silber 2 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Outperform	$505.00 ➝ $500.00	+21.27%
10/7/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Toni Kaplan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Overweight	$525.00 ➝ $477.00	+20.44%
10/5/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Sean Kennedy Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Outperform	$554.00 ➝ $531.00	+37.00%
10/2/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
9/14/2026	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
9/2/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Jeffrey Meuler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$513.00	+16.55%
8/26/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Ashish Sabadra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$510.00	+17.73%
7/29/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Peter Christiansen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$454.00 ➝ $500.00	+19.33%
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7/29/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Manav Patnaik Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Overweight	$555.00 ➝ $553.00	+30.56%
7/17/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Shlomo Rosenbaum Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$489.00 ➝ $521.00	+13.92%
7/10/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Curtis Nagle Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Buy	$575.00 ➝ $550.00	+27.13%
7/7/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Alex Kramm Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Buy	$550.00 ➝ $525.00	+15.96%
7/1/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Buy	$539.00 ➝ $490.00	+18.97%
6/18/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Buy	$540.00 ➝ $520.00	+26.09%
5/20/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Outperform	$490.00 ➝ $485.00	+17.68%
4/16/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Outperform	$625.00 ➝ $560.00	+29.11%
4/13/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Jason Haas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Overweight	$530.00 ➝ $525.00	+25.28%
11/17/2025	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
7/2/2025	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Owen Lau Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$567.00 ➝ $592.00	+12.24%
5/16/2025	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Stephen Biggar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Upgrade	Strong-Buy

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Should I Buy S&P Global Stock? SPGI Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Friday, October 16, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these S&P Global pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

S&P Global
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in S&P Global Inc.:

S&P Global Inc. recently integrated Visible Alpha data into its AI Data Portal, allowing customers to access verifiable broker-sourced consensus estimates and financial line items via MCP-enabled AI applications, which strengthens the company's position in the rapidly growing artificial intelligence and data analytics market.
The company demonstrated strong financial performance in its most recent quarter, reporting earnings per share of $4.83, which beat the consensus estimate of $4.81, while revenue reached $4.15 billion, exceeding expectations of $4.09 billion and marking a 10.4% year-over-year increase.
With the current stock price at $429.07, the shares are trading significantly below the consensus price target of $523.58, suggesting substantial potential upside for investors as the stock remains well under its 52-week high of $552.25.
Short interest in the stock has been declining over recent months, dropping from 8.8 million shares in mid-July to 6.4 million shares by late September, which indicates that investors are increasingly confident in the company's outlook and reducing their bearish positions.
Insider confidence is high, as CEO Martina Cheung and other executives have recently purchased shares, including a buy of 2,322 shares by Cheung in late April, signaling that company leadership believes the stock is undervalued relative to its long-term potential.

S&P Global
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in S&P Global Inc. for these reasons:

Several major financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase and BMO Capital Markets, have recently lowered their price targets for the stock, with JPMorgan cutting its target from $530.00 to $520.00, reflecting a more cautious outlook on the company's near-term growth prospects.
The company's full-year 2026 earnings guidance of $17.50 to $17.75 per share is below the current consensus estimate of $18.98, suggesting that management expects a slowdown in earnings growth compared to what analysts had previously projected.
Market sentiment has shifted negatively, as evidenced by the stock trading down to $406.64 in recent mid-day trading, which is below its 50-day moving average of $415.07, indicating short-term weakness and potential downward pressure on the share price.
There are concerns among investors that the company's new monetization model may not be as lucrative as anticipated, which could impact future revenue growth and profitability if the market does not respond as expected to these changes.
The stock has experienced a significant decline from its 52-week high of $552.25 to its current level, representing a drop of over 22%, which may deter risk-averse investors who are concerned about the company's ability to recover its previous valuation levels.

SPGI Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 20 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for S&P Global is $515.88, with a high forecast of $560.00 and a low forecast of $477.00.

20 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for S&P Global in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SPGI shares.

According to analysts, S&P Global's stock has a predicted upside of 20.23% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, S&P Global's stock had 1 upgrade and 1 downgrade by analysts.

S&P Global has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Robert W. Baird, Royal Bank Of Canada, Weiss Ratings, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

S&P Global also publishes sell-side equities research reports and recommendations about other companies, which can be viewed at its brokerage rating page.

Analysts like S&P Global more than other "finance" companies. The consensus rating for S&P Global is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "finance" companies is Hold. Learn more on how SPGI compares to other companies.

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