S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) Issues FY 2024 Earnings Guidance

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 13.850-14.100 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 14.110. The company issued revenue guidance of $13.2 billion-$13.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.4 billion. S&P Global also updated its FY24 guidance to $13.85-14.10 EPS.

S&P Global Stock Performance

NYSE SPGI opened at $415.78 on Friday. S&P Global has a 1 year low of $340.49 and a 1 year high of $461.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The firm has a market cap of $133.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.61, a PEG ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $423.79 and a 200-day moving average price of $417.74.

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 25th. The business services provider reported $4.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.68 by $0.33. S&P Global had a net margin of 22.01% and a return on equity of 12.20%. The firm had revenue of $3.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.39 billion. As a group, equities research analysts predict that S&P Global will post 14.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SPGI has been the subject of several research reports. Erste Group Bank restated a hold rating on shares of S&P Global in a research report on Wednesday, April 3rd. Raymond James increased their price target on shares of S&P Global from $422.00 to $452.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 9th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an outperform rating and set a $500.00 price target on shares of S&P Global in a research report on Friday, February 9th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of S&P Global from $480.00 to $483.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research report on Monday, April 1st. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price target on shares of S&P Global from $480.00 to $482.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research report on Friday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, S&P Global currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and an average target price of $462.60.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Douglas L. Peterson sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $424.74, for a total value of $2,548,440.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 162,530 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $69,032,992.20. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

S&P Global Company Profile

S&P Global Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics, and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity, and automotive markets. It operates through S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Commodity Insights, S&P Global Mobility, S&P Dow Jones Indices, and S&P Global Engineering Solutions segments.