S&P Global Inc. SPGI
What this company does
Written from the business description in S&P Global Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 11 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +15.6% a year over five years — but profit grew slower: net income at +13.8%, earnings per share at +8.7%.
The share count rose from 0.24B to 0.30B over the period.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 14 cents of profit this year.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 15.3 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Operating income $B | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| EBITDA $B | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Income tax $B | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Net income $B | 4.5 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.2 | −0.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Free cash flow $B | 5.5 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 14.66 | 12.35 | 8.23 | 10.20 | 12.51 | 9.66 | 8.60 | 7.73 | 5.78 | 7.94 | 4.21 | −0.42 | 4.91 | 1.53 | 3.00 | 2.65 | 2.33 | 2.51 | 2.94 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 3.84 | 3.64 | 3.60 | 3.32 | 3.08 | 2.68 | 2.28 | 2.00 | 1.64 | 1.44 | 1.32 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.82 |
| Payout % | 26 | 29 | 44 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 18 | 31 | −283 | 22 | 225 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 35 | 27 |
| ROE % | 13.9 | 11.4 | 7.4 | 16.9 | 238.0 | 473.5 | 383.6 | 292.9 | 220.2 | 499.1 | 339.0 | −12.9 | 133.1 | 38.4 | 49.0 | 40.8 | 46.7 | 62.3 | · |
| Shares out B | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.27 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
Reconciled in 19 of 19 fiscal years. 2 checks could not be computed.