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S&P Global Inc (NYSE: SPGI) closed the day trading at $478.26 down -0.36% from the previous closing price of $480.00. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.36 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.68 million shares were traded. SPGI stock price reached its highest trading level at $487.22 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $474.04.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SPGI, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 87.31 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 26.45. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.85 and its Current Ratio is at 0.85. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Mizuho on Mar-13-25, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $599.
On December 20, 2024, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $600.
On October 02, 2024, Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $599.Evercore ISI initiated its Outperform rating on October 02, 2024, with a $599 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 14 ’25 when Peterson Douglas L. sold 5,521 shares for $543.39 per share. The transaction valued at 3,000,032 led to the insider holds 152,142 shares of the business.
Peterson Douglas L. bought 5,521 shares of SPGI for $2,934,467 on Feb 14 ’25. On Dec 12 ’24, another insider, Manis Dimitra, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 1,293 shares for $517.40 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SPGI now has a Market Capitalization of 147208437760 and an Enterprise Value of 162448998400. As of this moment, S&P’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 38.73, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.84. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.46. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 10.36 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.54. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 11.434 whereas that against EBITDA is 23.317.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SPGI is 1.28, which has changed by 0.12938344 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.087141395 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SPGI has reached a high of $545.39, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $407.69. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.85%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.59%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SPGI traded about 1.34M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SPGI traded about 1630620 shares per day. A total of 315.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 307.42M. Insiders hold about 0.12% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.31% stake in the company. Shares short for SPGI as of 1740700800 were 3617571 with a Short Ratio of 2.69, compared to 1738281600 on 2953854. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3617571 and a Short% of Float of 1.17999995.
Dividends & Splits
SPGI’s forward annual dividend rate is 3.69, up from 3.64 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0075833336The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.82. The current Payout Ratio is 29.47% for SPGI, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-26 with an ex-dividend date of 1740528000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-05-18 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
