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Company snapshot — S&P Global Inc

SPGI in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
S&P Global provides credit ratings, financial data, index benchmarks and energy-market pricing through four units: Market Intelligence, Ratings, Energy and S&P Dow Jones Indices. Its ratings arm scores debt issued by governments and companies, its index arm maintains benchmarks such as the S&P 500 that other funds track, and its data arm sells research and analytics to finance professionals. It is headquartered in New York.
Where it sits in the stack
S&P Global sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector, in the financial-data and stock-exchange industry group where benchmark providers and ratings agencies compete for licensing and subscription revenue.
Who it is priced against
The market compares it most directly with Moody's, the other large credit-ratings house, given the overlap in ratings and analytics work.
Why Closelook tracks it
S&P Global is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo seat and does not yet hold a Closelook score.
What the diary watches
Whether bond issuance volumes and assets tracking its indices hold up, since both feed the ratings and index units that anchor its revenue.

S&P Global Inc (SPGI) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: SPGI news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SPGI, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SPGI on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.39%, quarterly · last 0.97 USD on 2026-08-26

Dividends and capital return

What SPGI pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 25.83 USD per share · a 6.39% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 5 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +581.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.79 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.97 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-26
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.90 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.64 USD · 2025: 3.84 USD · 2026: 24.87 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-27

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is S&P Global Inc (SPGI)?

S&P Global Inc trades as SPGI on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is SPGI in a Closelook index?

Not currently — S&P Global Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does SPGI trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -5.1% vs the 50-day and -9.1% vs the 200-day average, 26.5% below the 52-week high and +8.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does S&P Global Inc do?

S&P Global provides credit ratings, financial data, index benchmarks and energy-market pricing through four units: Market Intelligence, Ratings, Energy and S&P Dow Jones Indices. Its ratings arm scores debt issued by governments and companies, its index arm maintains benchmarks such as the S&P 500 that other funds track, and its data arm sells research and analytics to finance professionals. It is headquartered in New York. The market compares it most directly with Moody's, the other large credit-ratings house, given the overlap in ratings and analytics work.

Where does S&P Global Inc sit in the AI build-out?

S&P Global sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector, in the financial-data and stock-exchange industry group where benchmark providers and ratings agencies compete for licensing and subscription revenue. S&P Global is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo seat and does not yet hold a Closelook score.

Does S&P Global Inc pay a dividend?

S&P Global Inc has paid 25.83 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 6.39% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.97 USD on 2026-08-26. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SPGI, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Financial Data & Stock Exchanges, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.