S&P Global Inc.

SPGI Financial Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

Revenue
+6.83%
EPS
+19.8%
Free cash flow
+30.0%
Total debt
+14.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

468.95 3.46 −0.73%
Market cap
$137.0B
P/E
27.6×
Fwd P/E
28.2×
Dividend yield
0.82%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) Return on equity

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S&P Global Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 18.8%, up 4.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.42% (fiscal 2023) to 446.2% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 17.0% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 13.9% 2.47
FY2024 11.4% 3.98
FY2023 7.42% (9.42)
FY2022 16.8% (209.00)
FY2021 225.8% (196.74)
FY2020 422.6% 74.55
FY2019 348.0% 77.96
FY2018 270.1% 66.12
FY2017 204.0% (242.24)
FY2016 446.2% 150.54

Against its own ten years

Low 7.42% High 446.2%
Ten-year median 225.8%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 76.6%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 27.3%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 18.8%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 17.3%
TRU TransUnion compare 16.7%
CME CME Group Inc. compare 16.1%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 14.2%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare −4.68%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare −56.1%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 17.0%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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