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S&P Global Inc. · SPGI · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026
S&P Global Q2: AI adoption and benchmarks drive growth
The supplied Q2 analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: benchmark growth, accelerating AI adoption and private-market demand are supporting S&P Global’s trajectory, while renewal cycles, geopolitical exposure and possible hyperscaler funding weakness remain important tests.
Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services
$118.64B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$4.83
Consensus $4.81
EPS surprise
+0.4%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$3.68B
Consensus $4.09B
Revenue surprise
-10.1%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
-3.5%
Event window
SPY move
+0.2%
Same window
Abnormal move
-3.8%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.1×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+2.0%
Up to 20 sessions
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Why did SPGI fall 3.5% after beating EPS estimates in FY2026 Q2?What changed in SPGI's guidance and outlook in FY2026 Q2?Give me the bull and bear case for SPGI after FY2026 Q2 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the supplied Q2 analysis adds the completed Mobility spin with a $2 billion dividend and $500 million earmarked for debt retirement, a larger share-repurchase target of more than $7 billion, and the datacenterHawk acquisition plus a majority stake in Agusto & Company. It also reports faster AI adoption, with LLM-ready API call volume up more than fivefold quarter over quarter and more than 500 clients.
Guidance delta
Maintained; the supplied analysis says guidance remains for 6–8% organic revenue growth with expanded margin expectations.
Key takeaways
- Benchmark businesses—Ratings, Indices and Platts—delivered double-digit revenue growth and drove margin expansion.
- LLM-ready API call volume grew more than fivefold quarter over quarter, and the client count surpassed 500.
- Management highlighted the completed Mobility spin, a larger share-repurchase target and acquisitions in data-center and credit-rating capabilities.
- The supplied analysis identifies geopolitical and renewal-cycle headwinds, but management tone remains confident.
Management priorities
- Launch the AI-native CERA Titan platform for upstream data later in the year.
- Continue investing in AI products and new benchmark offerings.
- Integrate data assets to develop Kensho Data opportunities.
- Use productivity gains to fund growth while maintaining disciplined capital allocation.
- Evaluate future expansions in compute and data-center benchmark services.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$402.44Previous close
$407Low
$517.3Average
$629High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 23, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 26, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 17, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 10, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 7, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 5, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Erste Group | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 3, 2024 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 10, 2023 |
| Atlantic Equities | Overweight | Neutral | Upgrade | Nov 7, 2022 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 1, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 21, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Feb 7, 2020 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 5, 2019 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 5, 2019 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 27, 2018 |
| Argus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 5, 2018 |
| Nomura | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jan 11, 2018 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $402.44. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $513 | $440.21 | +27.5% | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $521 | $457.38 | +29.5% | Jul 17, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $510 | $443.91 | +26.7% | Jul 7, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $505 | $447.22 | +25.5% | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Barclays | Manav Patnaik | $565 | $417.48 | +40.4% | Feb 23, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $550 | $412.94 | +36.7% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $551 | $390.76 | +36.9% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | David Motemaden | $625 | $400.3 | +55.3% | Feb 11, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $482 | $401.26 | +19.8% | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $489 | $401.08 | +21.5% | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $546 | $401.08 | +35.7% | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | George Tong | $498 | $407.52 | +23.7% | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $555 | $440 | +37.9% | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $627 | $544.48 | +55.8% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | David Motemaden | $632 | $543.12 | +57.0% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $640 | $499.44 | +59.0% | Dec 16, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $546 | $501.79 | +35.7% | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $629 | $489.61 | +56.3% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $538 | $491.57 | +33.7% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $558 | $482.88 | +38.7% | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $643 | $482.88 | +59.8% | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $620 | $482.43 | +54.1% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Seaport Global | Analyst unavailable | $540 | $486.71 | +34.2% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Sean Kennedy | $599 | $480 | +48.8% | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Shlomo Rosenbaum | $560 | $487.34 | +39.2% | Oct 28, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $589 | $527.52 | +46.4% | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Toni Kaplan | $570 | $518.35 | +41.6% | Oct 9, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | David Motemaden | $599 | $512.22 | +48.8% | Oct 1, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Toni Kaplan | $564 | $513.31 | +40.1% | Sep 5, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $537 | $510.6 | +33.4% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Jason Haas | $575 | $484.47 | +42.9% | Aug 12, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $552 | $484.73 | +37.2% | Jul 31, 2024 |
| Barclays | Manav Patnaik | $550 | $488.51 | +36.7% | Jul 31, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Shlomo Rosenbaum | $540 | $488.51 | +34.2% | Jul 30, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Toni Kaplan | $510 | $449.44 | +26.7% | Jul 5, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Owen Lau | $486 | $446 | +20.8% | Jul 1, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $500 | $436.28 | +24.2% | May 24, 2024 |
| Raymond James | Patrick O'Shaughnessy | $462 | $424.04 | +14.8% | Apr 11, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $483 | $425.45 | +20.0% | Apr 1, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $403 | $372.91 | +0.1% | Feb 6, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $388 | $343.38 | -3.6% | Jan 4, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $390 | $360.34 | -3.1% | Dec 2, 2022 |
| J.P. Morgan | Analyst unavailable | $410 | $358.33 | +1.9% | Dec 2, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $393 | $356.07 | -2.3% | Nov 28, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $378 | $346.92 | -6.1% | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Barclays | Manav Patnaik | $385 | $319.93 | -4.3% | Jun 19, 2022 |
| UBS | Alex Kramm | $407 | $315.1 | +1.1% | Jun 16, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $434 | $336.43 | +7.8% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Faiza Alwy | $418 | $335.93 | +3.9% | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $419 | $356.6 | +4.1% | May 4, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $433 | $356.44 | +7.6% | May 4, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $425 | $353.79 | +5.6% | May 4, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $462 | $348.96 | +14.8% | May 4, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $462 | $395.35 | +14.8% | Apr 20, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Kevin McVeigh | $495 | $407.88 | +23.0% | Apr 2, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $454 | $379.68 | +12.8% | Mar 12, 2022 |
| J.P. Morgan | Andrew Steinerman | $480 | $399.12 | +19.3% | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Hamzah Mazari | $453 | $399.12 | +12.6% | Mar 2, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $540 | $390.58 | +34.2% | Mar 1, 2022 |
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $493 | $375.7 | +22.5% | Feb 28, 2022 |
| Argus Research | John Eade | $500 | $460.93 | +24.2% | Oct 27, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationS&P Global Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides benchmarks, data, analytics, and workflow solutions in the global capital, energy and commodity, and automotive markets. It operates through five segments: S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Energy, S&P Global Mobility, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. The S&P Global Market Intelligence segment provides multi-asset-class data and analytics integrated with purpose-built workflow solutions. This segment offers Data, Analytics & Insights, a desktop product suite that provides data, analytics, and third-party research for global finance and corporate professionals; research, reference data, market data, derived analytics, and valuation services; enterprise solutions, such as software and workflow solutions; and credit and risk solutions for selling Ratings' credit ratings and related data and research, analytics, and financial risk solutions.…
Historical context
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Sources
- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-07-30T21:09:50.401594+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-09-02T01:23:14.593608+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-09-23T11:40:55.741439+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-09-23T11:40:55.738606+00:00
Methodology
Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.
Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.
By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-09-23. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.