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How S&P Global Inc. stacks up
SPGI · against 354 other Financial Services companies
Profitability
79/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #74 of 355 · scores higher than 79% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including SPGI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 79?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 74% of peers. Return on invested capital: 13.3% vs peer median 6.3%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 81% of peers. Operating margin: 44.4% vs peer median 23.5%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on assets: 7.8% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SPGI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SPGI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 353 reported | 13.3% | 6.3% | 74% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 209 reported | 44.4% | 23.5% | 81% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 382 reported | 7.8% | 2.6% | 85% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 374 reported | 14.3% | 9.5% | 66% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 433 reported | 70.9% | 80.0% | 46% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SPGI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 342M EUR (≈$376M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 1 | 1.05T INR (≈$12.6B) | 100 | 65 | |
| 3 | 1.49T INR (≈$17.9B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 566M AUD (≈$374M) | 99 | 84 | |
| 3 | 566.9B USD | 99 | 48 | |
| 71 | 370M USD | 80 | 85 | |
| 74 | 1.2B CAD (≈$850M) | 79 | 69 | |
| 74 | 1.2B USD | 79 | 60 | |
| 74 | 1.5B USD | 79 | 58 | |
| 74 | 137.4B USD | 79 | 50 | |
| 78 | 477.0B HKD (≈$61.1B) | 78 | 60 | |
| 78 | 218.3B USD | 78 | 50 | |
| 78 | 3.0B USD | 78 | 52 | |
| 81 | 197.1B BRL (≈$35.5B) | 77 | 60 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score