New York, NY, July 31, 2025 – S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) today reported second quarter results. This earnings release and supplemental materials are available at http://investor.spglobal.com/Quarterly-Earnings.

The Company reported second-quarter 2025 revenue of $3.755 billion, an increase of 6% compared to the second quarter of 2024. Second quarter GAAP net income increased 6% to $1.072 billion and GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 9% to $3.50. Adjusted net income for the second quarter increased 7% to $1.356 billion and adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 10% to $4.43. Higher net income was driven primarily by strong growth in Market Intelligence and S&P Dow Jones Indices, on both a GAAP and adjusted basis.

The Company remains on track with the previously announced planned separation of its Mobility division. In a separate release, the Company also announced the appointment of Bill Eager, current CEO of CARFAX, as President of the Mobility division, and CEO designate for the planned standalone, public company. The previously announced divestiture of the Company's OSTTRA Joint Venture also remains on track for completion in 2025.

Note: All presentations of revenue above refer to GAAP revenue. Adjusted financials refer to non-GAAP adjusted metrics in all periods.

The Company’s second-quarter reported operating profit margin increased by 40 basis points to 41.3%, and adjusted operating profit margin increased 70 basis points to 51.4%. Margin improvement on both a GAAP and adjusted basis was driven primarily by growth and margin expansion in the Company's Market Intelligence and S&P Dow Jones Indices divisions.

Second quarter GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 9% to $3.50 primarily due to a 6% increase in net income, and a 2% reduction in diluted shares outstanding.

Adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 10% to $4.43 due to a 7% increase in adjusted net income and a 2% decrease in diluted shares outstanding. Currency positively impacted adjusted diluted EPS by $0.02. The largest non-core adjustment to earnings in the second quarter of 2025 was for deal-related amortization.

In addition to the above, the Company expects 2025 cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures and distributions to noncontrolling interest holders, of $5.4 - $5.6 billion. The Company expects adjusted free cash flow, excluding certain items, of $5.6 - $5.8 billion. Both of these ranges are unchanged from prior guidance.

The Company is updating its revenue growth guidance based on higher expected revenue contributions from its Ratings, S&P Dow Jones Indices, and Mobility divisions, partially offset by slightly lower expected contributions from Commodity Insights. GAAP corporate unallocated expense is expected to be $15 million higher compared to prior guidance in the range of $270 - $280 million primarily as a result of higher expected restructuring charges. The Company is lowering guidance for GAAP diluted EPS from the previous range of $14.60 - $15.10, as higher expected revenue is more than offset primarily by lower expected gain on sale of assets. The low end of adjusted diluted EPS increases by $0.25, due to higher expected revenue, with the high end of the range unchanged. Other guidance metrics are unchanged from prior guidance.

GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted guidance include the impact of acquisitions and divestitures completed in 2024. Guidance also assumes the completion of the OSTTRA divestiture in the second half of 2025. Non-GAAP adjusted guidance excludes amortization of intangibles related to acquisitions.

Capital Return: For the full year 2025, the Company expects to return approximately 85% of adjusted free cash flow to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. The Board of Directors has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.96. The Company expects to execute additional accelerated share repurchases (ASR) totaling up to $1.3 billion in the coming weeks.

Supplemental Information/Conference Call/Webcast Details: The Company’s senior management will review the second quarter 2025 earnings results on a conference call scheduled for today, July 31, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Additional information presented on the conference call, as well as the Company’s Supplemental slide content may be found on the Company’s Investor Relations Website at http://investor.spglobal.com/Quarterly-Earnings.

Telephone access is available. U.S. participants may call (888) 603-9623; international participants may call +1 (630) 395-0220 (long-distance charges will apply). The passcode is “S&P Global” and the conference leader is Martina Cheung. A recorded telephone replay will be available approximately two hours after the meeting concludes and will remain available until August 31, 2025. U.S. participants may call (866) 361-4944; international participants may call +1 (203) 369-0192 (long-distance charges will apply). No passcode is required.

Comparison of Adjusted Information to U.S. GAAP Information: The Company reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). The Company also refers to and presents certain additional non-GAAP financial measures, within the meaning of Regulation G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These measures are: adjusted net income; adjusted diluted EPS; adjusted operating profit and margin; adjusted expenses; adjusted corporate unallocated expense; adjusted deal-related amortization; adjusted interest expense, net; adjusted provision for income taxes; adjusted effective tax rate; organic revenue; organic constant currency revenue; cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures and distributions to noncontrolling interest holders; free cash flow; and adjusted free cash flow excluding certain items.

The Company has included reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP on Exhibits 5, 7, and 8. The Company is not able to provide reconciliations of certain forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to comparable GAAP measures because certain items required for such reconciliations are outside of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted without unreasonable effort.

The Company's non-GAAP measures include adjustments that reflect how management views our businesses. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information that, in the case of non-GAAP financial measures other than cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures and distributions to noncontrolling interest holders; free cash flow; and adjusted free cash flow excluding certain items, enables investors to better compare the Company's performance across periods, and management also uses these measures internally to assess the operating performance of its business, to assess performance for employee compensation purposes and to decide how to allocate resources. The Company believes that the presentation of cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures and distributions to noncontrolling interest holders; free cash flow; and adjusted free cash flow excluding certain items allows investors to evaluate the cash generated from our underlying operations in a manner similar to the method used by management and that such measures are useful in evaluating the cash available to us to prepay debt, make strategic acquisitions and investments, and repurchase stock. However, investors should not consider any of these non-GAAP measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the financial information that the Company reports.

Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains “forward-looking statements,” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements, which express management’s current views concerning future events, trends, contingencies or results, appear at various places in this press release and use words like “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “strategy,” “target” and similar terms, and future or conditional tense verbs like “could,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “will” and “would.” For example, management may use forward-looking statements when addressing topics such as: the outcome of contingencies; future actions by regulators; changes in the Company’s business strategies and methods of generating revenue; the development and performance of the Company’s services and products; the expected impact of acquisitions and dispositions; the Company’s effective tax rates; the Company’s cost structure, dividend policy, cash flows or liquidity; and the anticipated separation of S&P Global Mobility ("Mobility") into a standalone public company.

•worldwide economic, financial, political, and regulatory conditions (including slower GDP growth or recession, restrictions on trade (e.g., tariffs), instability in the banking sector and inflation), and factors that contribute to uncertainty and volatility (e.g., supply chain risk), natural and man-made disasters, civil unrest, public health crises (e.g., pandemics), geopolitical uncertainty (including military conflict), and conditions that result from legislative, regulatory, trade and policy changes, including from the U.S. administration;

•the volatility and health of debt, equity, commodities, energy and automotive markets, including credit quality and spreads, the composition and mix of credit maturity profiles, the level of liquidity and future debt issuances, equity flows from active to passive, fluctuations in average asset prices in global equities, demand for investment products that track indices and assessments and trading volumes of certain exchange-traded derivatives;

•the demand and market for credit ratings in and across the sectors and geographies where the Company operates;

•the Company’s ability to maintain adequate physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect the security of confidential information and data, and the potential for a system or network disruption that results in regulatory penalties and remedial costs or improper disclosure of confidential information or data;

•the outcome of litigation, government and regulatory proceedings, investigations and inquiries;

•concerns in the marketplace affecting the Company’s credibility or otherwise affecting market perceptions of the integrity or utility of independent credit ratings, benchmarks, indices and other services;

•the level of merger and acquisition activity in the United States and abroad;

•the level of the Company’s future cash flows and capital investments;

•the effect of competitive products (including those incorporating generative artificial intelligence ("AI")) and pricing, including the level of success of new product developments and global expansion;

•the impact of customer cost-cutting pressures;

•a decline in the demand for our products and services by our customers and other market participants;

•our ability to develop new products or technologies, to integrate our products with new technologies (e.g., AI), or to compete with new products or technologies offered by new or existing competitors;

•our ability to attract, incentivize and retain key employees, especially in a competitive business environment;

•our ability to successfully navigate key organizational changes, including among our executive leadership;

•the Company’s exposure to potential criminal sanctions or civil penalties for noncompliance with foreign and U.S. laws and regulations that are applicable in the jurisdictions in which it operates, including sanctions laws relating to countries such as Iran, Russia and Venezuela, anti-corruption laws such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, and local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to government officials, as well as import and export restrictions;

•the continuously evolving regulatory environment in Europe, the United States and elsewhere around the globe affecting each of our businesses and the products they offer, and our compliance therewith;

•the Company’s ability to make acquisitions and dispositions and successfully integrate the businesses we acquire;

•consolidation of the Company’s customers, suppliers or competitors;

•the introduction of competing products or technologies by other companies;

•the ability of the Company, and its third-party service providers, to maintain adequate physical and technological infrastructure;

•the Company’s ability to successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity problem, such as an earthquake, hurricane, flood, civil unrest, protests, military conflict, terrorist attack, outbreak of pandemic or contagious diseases, security breach, cyber attack, data breach, power loss, telecommunications failure or other natural or man-made event;

•the impact on the Company’s revenue and net income caused by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

•the impact of changes in applicable tax or accounting requirements on the Company;

•the separation of Mobility not being consummated within the anticipated time period or at all;

•the ability of the separation of Mobility to qualify for tax-free treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

•any disruption to the Company’s business in connection with the proposed separation of Mobility;

•any loss of synergies from separating the businesses of Mobility and the Company that adversely impact the results of operations of both businesses, or the companies resulting from the separation of Mobility not realizing all of the expected benefits of the separation; and

•following the separation of Mobility, the combined value of the common stock of the two publicly-traded companies not being equal to or greater than the value of the Company’s common stock had the separation not occurred.

We are widely sought after by many of the world’s leading organizations to provide credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help the world’s leading organizations plan for tomorrow, today.

Investor Relations: http://investor.spglobal.com

Mark Grant

Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer (dollars in millions, except per share data)

Tel: +1 (347) 640-1521

mark.grant@spglobal.com

Christina Twomey

Chief Communications Officer

Tel: +1 (410) 382-3316

christina.twomey@spglobal.com

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Note - % change in the tables throughout the exhibits are calculated off of the actual number, not the rounded number presented.

June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024

 

(unaudited)						June 30,									December 31,
						2025									2024
Assets:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash						$	1,847								$	1,666
Other current assets						4,030									3,793
Total current assets						5,877									5,459
Property and equipment, net						275									265
Right of use assets						405									413
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net						51,150									51,473
Equity investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries						1,846									1,774
Other non-current assets						842									837
Total assets						$	60,395								$	60,221
Liabilities and Equity:
Short-term debt						$	3								$	4
Unearned revenue						3,871									3,694
Other current liabilities						2,108									2,694
Long-term debt						11,385									11,394
Lease liabilities — non-current						512									535
Deferred tax liability — non-current						3,175									3,397
Pension, other postretirement benefits and other non-current liabilities						1,380									995
Total liabilities						22,434									22,713
Redeemable noncontrolling interests						4,465									4,252
Total equity						33,496									33,256
Total liabilities and equity						$	60,395								$	60,221

Six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024

 

(unaudited)						2025									2024
Operating Activities:
Net income						$	2,331								$	2,154
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation						51									48
Amortization of intangibles						537									531
Deferred income taxes						(138)									(162)
Stock-based compensation						92									82
Gain on dispositions, net						(3)									—
Other						267									134
Net changes in other operating assets and liabilities						(739)									(283)
Cash provided by operating activities						2,398									2,504
Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures						(104)									(56)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired						(25)									(261)
Proceeds from dispositions, net						15									(4)
Changes in short-term investments						(17)									2
Cash used for investing activities						(131)									(319)
Financing Activities:
Payments on senior notes						(4)									(47)
Dividends paid to shareholders						(589)									(572)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders						(168)									(133)
Repurchase of treasury shares						(1,301)									(500)
Employee withholding tax on share-based payments, contingent consideration payments, excise tax payments on share repurchases and other						(100)									(153)
Cash used for financing activities						(2,162)									(1,405)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash						76									(32)
Cash provided by (used for) continuing operations
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash						181									748
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period						1,666									1,291
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period						$	1,847								$	2,039

(a)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 include employee severance charges of $19 million and $33 million, respectively, acquisition-related costs of $4 million and $10 million, respectively, a gain on disposition of $3 million and disposition related costs of $2 million and $3 million, respectively. The six months ended June 30, 2025 includes Executive Leadership Team transition costs of $4 million. The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include a net acquisition-related benefit of $11 million and $8 million, respectively, IHS Markit merger costs of $9 million and $20 million, respectively, and employee severance charges of $4 million and $35 million, respectively. Additionally, amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $150 million and $147 million is included for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and $297 million and $288 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(b)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 include employee severance charges of $8 million and $10 million, respectively, and legal costs of $27 million. The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include legal costs of $20 million. The six months ended June 30, 2024 also include employee severance charges of $2 million. Additionally amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $2 million is included for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, and $4 million and $9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(c)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 includes employee severance charges of $4 million and $10 million, respectively. The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include IHS Markit merger costs of $5 million and $10 million, respectively, an asset write-off of $1 million and disposition-related costs of $1 million. Additionally, amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $33 million and $32 million is included for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $65 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

(d) The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 includes employee severance charges of $5 million. The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include employee severance charges of $6 million, IHS Markit merger costs of $1 million, and acquisition-related costs of $1 million. Additionally, amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $76 million is included for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, and $152 and $151 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(e)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include IHS Markit merger costs of $2 million and $3 million, respectively, and a loss on disposition of $1 million. The six months ended June 30, 2024 include employee severance charges of $1 million. Additionally, amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $9 million is included for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and $18 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

(f)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 includes employee severance charges of $12 million and $23 million, respectively, disposition-related costs of $9 million and $10 million, respectively, Executive Leadership Team transition costs of $5 million and $13 million, respectively, lease impairment of $2 million and $7 million, respectively, acquisition-related costs of $1 million and $2 million, respectively, legal costs of $2 million and an asset write-off of $1 million. The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include IHS Markit merger costs of $20 million and $38 million, respectively, acquisition-related costs of $6 million and $7 million, respectively, disposition-related costs of $2 million and $3 million, respectively, and a gain on disposition of $2 million. The six months ended June 30, 2024 includes employee severance charges of $2 million and recovery of lease-related costs of $1 million. Additionally, amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $1 million is included for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

(g)    Amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $13 million and $14 million is included for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $26 million and $28 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

1 The adjusted effective tax rate is calculated by dividing adjusted provision for income taxes by the adjusted income before taxes, which includes income from unconsolidated subsidiaries. The adjusted effective tax rate excluding income from unconsolidated subsidiaries for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was 23.3% and 22.3%, respectively, and 22.9% and 21.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Note - Totals presented may not sum due to rounding.

Note - Operating profit margin for Market Intelligence, Ratings, Commodity Insights, Mobility and Indices was 21%, 62%, 42%, 24% and 69%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2025. Operating profit margin for the Company was 41% for the three months ended June 30, 2025. Adjusted operating profit margin for Market Intelligence, Ratings, Commodity Insights, Mobility and Indices was 35%, 66%, 49%, 42% and 71%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2025. Adjusted operating profit margin for the Company was 51% for the three months ended June 30, 2025. Operating profit margin for Market Intelligence, Ratings, Commodity Insights, Mobility and Indices was 20%, 64%, 42%, 22% and 70%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Operating profit margin for the Company was 42% for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Adjusted operating profit margin for Market Intelligence, Ratings, Commodity Insights, Mobility and Indices was 34%, 66%, 48%, 40% and 72%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Adjusted operating profit margin for the Company was 51% for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Adjusted operating profit margin is calculated as adjusted operating profit divided by revenue.

(a)     The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 include employee severance charges of $19 million ($14 million after-tax) and $33 million ($25 million after-tax), respectively, acquisition-related costs of $4 million ($3 million after-tax) and $10 million ($9 million after-tax), respectively, a gain on disposition of $3 million ($2 million after-tax) and disposition related costs of $2 million ($1 million after-tax) and $3 million ($2 million after-tax), respectively. The six months ended June 30, 2025 includes Executive Leadership Team transition costs of $4 million ($3 million after-tax). The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include a net acquisition-related benefit of $11 million ($11 million after-tax) and $8 million ($9 million after-tax), respectively, IHS Markit merger costs of $9 million ($7 million after-tax) and $20 million ($15 million after-tax), respectively, and employee severance charges of $4 million ($3 million after-tax) and $35 million ($26 million after-tax), respectively.

(b)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 include employee severance charges of $8 million ($6 million after-tax) and $10 million ($7 million after-tax), respectively, and legal costs of $27 million ($21 million after-tax). The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include legal costs of $20 million ($20 million after-tax). The six months ended June 30, 2024 also include employee severance charges of $2 million ($1 million after-tax).

(c)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 includes employee severance charges of $4 million ($3 million after-tax) and $10 million ($8 million after-tax), respectively. The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include IHS Markit merger costs of $5 million ($3 million after-tax) and $10 million ($8 million after-tax), respectively, an asset write-off of $1 million ($1 million after-tax) and disposition-related costs of $1 million (less than $1 million after-tax).

(d)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 includes employee severance charges of $5 million ($4 million after-tax). The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include employee severance charges of $6 million ($5 million after-tax), IHS Markit merger costs of $1 million ($1 million after-tax) and acquisition-related costs of $1 million ($1 million after-tax).

(e)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include IHS Markit merger costs of $2 million ($1 million after-tax) and $3 million ($2 million after-tax), respectively, and a loss on disposition of $1 million ($1 million after-tax). The six months ended June 30, 2024 include employee severance charges of $1 million ($1 million after-tax).

(f)    The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 includes employee severance charges of $12 million ($9 million after-tax) and $23 million ($17 million after-tax), respectively, disposition-related costs of $9 million ($9 million after-tax) and $10 million ($10 million after-tax), respectively, Executive Leadership Team transition costs of $5 million ($4 million after-tax) and $13 million ($10 million after-tax) respectively, lease impairment of $2 million ($1 million after-tax) and $7 million ($5 million after-tax), respectively, acquisition-related costs of $1 million ($1 million after-tax) and $2 million ($2 million after-tax), respectively, legal costs of $2 million ($2 million after-tax) and an asset write-off of $1 million ($1 million after-tax). The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 include IHS Markit merger costs of $20 million ($15 million after-tax) and $38 million ($28 million after-tax), respectively, acquisition-related costs of $6 million ($5 million after-tax) and $7 million ($5 million after-tax), respectively, disposition-related costs of $2 million ($2 million after-tax) and $3 million ($2 million after-tax), respectively, and a gain on disposition of $2 million ($1 million after-tax). The six months ended June 30, 2024 include employee severance charges of $2 million ($1 million after-tax) and recovery of lease-related costs of $1 million ($1 million after-tax).

(g) The three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 include a premium amortization benefit of $6 million ($5 million after-tax) and $13 million ($10 million after-tax), respectively.

(h)    The three months ended June 30, 2024 include a tax benefit of $3 million associated with a business held for sale. The six months ended June 30, 2024 include a tax expense of $6 million associated with IHS Markit prior to acquisition, offset by a tax benefit of $3 million associated with a business held for sale and $2 million due to annualized effective tax rate differences for GAAP.

(a)    Subscription revenue is primarily derived from distribution of data, valuation services, analytics, third party research, and credit ratings-related information through both feed and web-based channels, market data and market insights along with other information products and software term licenses, and Mobility's core information products.

(b)    Non-subscription / transaction revenue is primarily related to ratings of publicly-issued debt and bank loan ratings.

(c)    Non-transaction revenue is primarily related to surveillance of a credit rating, annual fees for customer relationship-based pricing programs, fees for entity credit ratings and global research and analytics at Crisil. Non-transaction revenue also includes an intersegment revenue elimination charged to Market Intelligence for the rights to use and distribute content and data developed by Ratings.

(d)    Asset-linked fees is primarily related to fees based on assets underlying exchange-traded funds, mutual funds and insurance products.

(e)    Sales usage-based royalty revenue is primarily related to trading based fees from exchange-traded derivatives and licensing proprietary market price data and price assessments to commodity exchanges.

(f)    Recurring variable revenue represents revenue from contracts for services that specify a fee based on, among other factors, the number of trades processed, assets under management, or the number of positions valued.