S&P Global (SPGI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for S&P Global in the last twelve months. There are currently 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" SPGI shares.
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10 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for S&P Global's stock. Their SPGI share price targets range from $395.00 to $470.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $433.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%.
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S&P Global's stock was trading at $440.52 at the start of the year. Since then, SPGI shares have decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $436.63.
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S&P Global saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,170,000 shares, a decrease of 15.2% from the December 31st total of 3,740,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,230,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 8th 2024.
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S&P Global Inc. (NYSE:SPGI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The business services provider reported $3.12 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $3.12. The business services provider earned $3.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.05 billion. S&P Global had a net margin of 20.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.72%. S&P Global's revenue for the quarter was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.81 earnings per share.
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S&P Global declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 27th will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 26th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.90.
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S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.79%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 52 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 46.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SPGI will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.84% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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), Tema Monopolies and Oligopolies ETF (TOLL), Roundhill S&P Dividend Monarchs ETF (KNGS), ALPS O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (OUSA), iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), Adaptive Core ETF (RULE), Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF (LBAY) and LeaderShares AlphaFactor Tactical Focused ETF (LSAT).

S&P Global issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 13.750-14.000 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 14.430. The company issued revenue guidance of $13.2 billion-$13.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.4 billion.

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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other S&P Global investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Adobe (ADBE), PayPal (PYPL), Mastercard (MA), Visa (V) and Walt Disney (DIS).

S&P Global's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.67%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.57%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (0.47%), Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd (0.43%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.41%) and Ninety One UK Ltd (0.40%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam Jason Kansler, Christopher Craig, 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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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