S&P Global Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • 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 ($514.46) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($272.94)

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 Ratio44.9x
EarningsUS$3.55b
Market CapUS$158.51b

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 Average35.9x
ICE Intercontinental Exchange
37.7x11.4%US$90.9b
CME CME Group
24.1x3.1%US$81.6b
MCO Moody's
43.5x9.3%US$86.6b
MSCI MSCI
38.3x9.5%US$45.6b
SPGI S&P Global
44.9x10.5%US$158.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SPGI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.9x) compared to the peer average (35.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

23 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.6xn/aUS$2.50b
CET Central Securities
4.5xn/aUS$1.32b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.1xn/aUS$1.16b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
SPGI 44.9xIndustry Avg. 24.3xNo. of Companies74PE020406080100+
23 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SPGI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.9x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (24.3x).


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 Ratio44.9x
Fair PE Ratio23.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SPGI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.5x).


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
CurrentUS$514.46
US$575.06
+11.8%
5.6%US$620.00US$470.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$483.31
US$573.06
+18.6%
5.9%US$620.00US$470.00n/a20
Oct ’25US$512.22
US$554.06
+8.2%
5.4%US$610.00US$470.00n/a20
Sep ’25US$513.24
US$543.49
+5.9%
5.0%US$575.00US$445.00n/a21
Aug ’25US$490.53
US$537.61
+9.6%
5.7%US$570.00US$445.00n/a20
Jul ’25US$446.32
US$496.48
+11.2%
5.4%US$542.15US$430.00n/a21
Jun ’25US$427.51
US$494.15
+15.6%
5.4%US$542.15US$430.00n/a21
May ’25US$416.20
US$490.52
+17.9%
6.3%US$538.40US$410.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$427.09
US$486.89
+14.0%
7.1%US$538.40US$400.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$429.01
US$485.09
+13.1%
6.8%US$530.00US$400.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$457.22
US$477.61
+4.5%
7.8%US$550.00US$395.00n/a23
Jan ’25US$440.52
US$453.41
+2.9%
7.0%US$510.00US$385.00n/a22
Dec ’24US$422.00
US$442.95
+5.0%
6.2%US$488.00US$385.00n/a22
Nov ’24US$351.40
US$437.95
+24.6%
5.7%US$470.00US$375.00US$483.3122
Oct ’24US$365.41
US$446.80
+22.3%
5.1%US$485.00US$375.00US$512.2220
Sep ’24US$394.24
US$445.65
+13.0%
5.1%US$485.00US$375.00US$513.2420
Aug ’24US$398.31
US$446.81
+12.2%
5.1%US$485.00US$375.00US$490.5321
Jul ’24US$400.89
US$420.48
+4.9%
6.4%US$506.00US$370.00US$446.3221
Jun ’24US$368.99
US$413.95
+12.2%
5.9%US$489.00US$370.00US$427.5120
May ’24US$362.65
US$418.55
+15.4%
8.1%US$520.00US$370.00US$416.2020
Apr ’24US$344.77
US$417.00
+21.0%
8.1%US$520.00US$370.00US$427.0919
Mar ’24US$337.78
US$416.79
+23.4%
8.2%US$520.00US$370.00US$429.0119
Feb ’24US$377.18
US$411.47
+9.1%
8.5%US$513.00US$370.00US$457.2219
Jan ’24US$334.94
US$407.11
+21.5%
8.9%US$513.00US$370.00US$440.5219
Dec ’23US$362.58
US$394.17
+8.7%
6.9%US$486.00US$362.00US$422.0018
Nov ’23US$316.13
US$382.94
+21.1%
6.3%US$444.00US$354.00US$351.4018

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


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