S&P Global Valuation

Is SPGI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SPGI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SPGI (€494.25) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€289.03)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SPGI is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SPGI?

Key metric: As SPGI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SPGI. This is calculated by dividing SPGI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SPGI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio45.6x
EarningsUS$3.55b
Market CapUS$161.79b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SPGI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SPGI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average49x
ICE Intercontinental Exchange
38.1x11.4%US$92.1b
LSEG London Stock Exchange Group
87.7x21.9%UK£59.7b
CME CME Group
25x3.1%US$84.5b
MCO Moody's
45.3x9.3%US$90.6b
SPGI S&P Global
45.6x10.6%€161.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SPGI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.6x) compared to the peer average (48.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SPGI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Capital Markets Industry?

17 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SPGI 45.6xIndustry Avg. 12.8xNo. of Companies38PE01224364860+
17 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SPGI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.6x) compared to the European Capital Markets industry average (12.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SPGI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SPGI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio45.6x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SPGI's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SPGI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€494.25
€549.37
+11.2%
5.4%€591.79€458.16n/a20
Nov ’25€446.40
€529.79
+18.7%
5.9%€573.19€434.52n/a20
Oct ’25€464.50
€500.54
+7.8%
5.4%€551.07€424.60n/a20
Sep ’25€460.20
€494.25
+7.4%
5.0%€522.91€404.68n/a21
Aug ’25€452.35
€496.48
+9.8%
5.7%€526.40€410.96n/a20
Jul ’25€416.05
€462.37
+11.1%
5.4%€504.90€400.46n/a21
Jun ’25€389.50
€459.91
+18.1%
5.4%€504.58€400.20n/a21
May ’25€384.85
€458.78
+19.2%
6.3%€503.57€383.47n/a22
Apr ’25€394.50
€453.29
+14.9%
7.1%€501.25€372.40n/a23
Mar ’25€395.90
€448.80
+13.4%
6.8%€490.36€370.08n/a23
Feb ’25€415.80
€438.40
+5.4%
7.8%€504.85€362.57n/a23
Jan ’25€398.90
€410.70
+3.0%
7.0%€461.96€348.73n/a22
Dec ’24€387.20
€407.29
+5.2%
6.2%€448.72€354.01n/a22
Nov ’24€331.60
€413.47
+24.7%
5.7%€443.73€354.04€446.4022
Oct ’24€349.00
€418.38
+19.9%
5.1%€454.15€351.15€464.5020
Sep ’24€366.60
€408.48
+11.4%
5.1%€444.55€343.73€460.2020
Aug ’24€361.60
€406.82
+12.5%
5.1%€441.59€341.44€452.3521
Jul ’24€365.90
€386.88
+5.7%
6.4%€465.57€340.44€416.0521
Jun ’24€345.00
€384.31
+11.4%
5.9%€453.99€343.51€389.5020
May ’24€319.90
€379.83
+18.7%
8.1%€471.90€335.78€384.8520
Apr ’24€318.90
€395.36
+24.0%
8.1%€493.01€350.80€394.5019
Mar ’24€318.50
€390.03
+22.5%
8.2%€486.62€346.25€395.9019
Feb ’24€340.50
€378.68
+11.2%
8.5%€472.11€340.51€415.8019
Jan ’24€318.00
€382.64
+20.3%
8.9%€482.17€347.76€398.9019
Dec ’23€346.75
€378.32
+9.1%
6.9%€466.46€347.45€387.2018
Nov ’23€321.75
€387.69
+20.5%
6.3%€449.51€358.39€331.6018

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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