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S&P Global
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What S&P Global is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $15.7 billion, up 8.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $5.56 billion, up 0.2% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $0.18 billion, up 29% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $5.00 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.99 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 28, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 4 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 11, 2026): 2 risk factors added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net buyers in Q2 2026: $2.6 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 2,031 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−96 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 121 (116 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What S&P Global is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Withheld: 50% of the evidence is readable at this date (needs 60%).
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings17th pct
- Deals and private raises96th pct
- Patent publications66th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment47th pct
- Call confidence60th pct
- Guidance changes4th pct
- Risk factors added22nd pct
- Insider open-market trades88th pct
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver63rd pct
- Stress filings49th pct
Credit
How these are built →No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for S&P Global yet.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name S&P Global, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- PositiveS&P Global Ratings launches risk assessment tool for digital asset vaults (SPGI:NYSE)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 5, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MCGRAW HILL, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (DALY CONSULTING GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (S&P GLOBAL INC. (F/K/A MCGRAW HILL FINANCIAL INC.))third_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
- Oct 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (S-3 GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Sep 30, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (VENABLE LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 6, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 2, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jul 2, 20268-KAcquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
- May 26, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 21, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 11, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Jan 14, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 16, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 4, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Nov 10, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 12, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 11, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Oct 1, 2024Patent
- May 7, 2024Patent
- Feb 9, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 2 removed
- Sep 26, 2023Patent
- Sep 5, 2023Patent
- Apr 11, 2023Patent
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
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| Moody's Corp. MCO | $8.2B | $3.0B | Jun 30, 2026 |
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| Markel MKL | $15.5B | $2.1B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Principal Financial Group PFG | $15.5B | — | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Blackstone Inc. BX | $16.1B | $5.5B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation STT | $15.1B | $2.0B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| W. R. Berkley Corporation WRB | $14.9B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Everest Group EG | $16.8B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |