S&P Global Stock Price, News & Analysis

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) has released its 10th edition of the Look Forward research series, titled "Look Forward: Future of Capital Markets." The report identifies three major trends reshaping capital markets: private credit, tokenization, and agentic AI.

The research highlights how private credit could lead to more fragmented credit markets while offering tailored funding solutions. Tokenization is expected to be a significant market disruptor, while agentic AI could transform financial markets by enabling more efficient decision-making. The report also emphasizes the crucial role of private capital in funding infrastructure and energy transition projects.

S&P Global Market Intelligence (NYSE:SPGI) has announced significant enhancements to its Capital IQ Pro platform, introducing new GenAI-powered capabilities and expanded data coverage. The platform now features Chart Explainer, a GenAI-driven tool that provides comprehensive summaries of company performance and stock movements.

The update includes expanded coverage of private markets with new headcount and people data, plus enhanced energy transition datasets covering 13,000 data centers across 112 countries. The platform now integrates 19 financial metrics and 14 macroeconomic data metrics in Chart Builder, along with North American production data from Commodity Insights and new Topic Tags for approximately 90,000 private companies.

S&P 500 companies set a new quarterly record for stock buybacks in Q1 2025, reaching $293.5 billion, up 20.6% from Q4 2024 and 23.9% from Q1 2024. The 12-month buyback expenditure through March 2025 totaled $999.2 billion, showing a 22.4% increase year-over-year.

Information Technology led buybacks with 27.3% of total expenditure ($80.2 billion), followed by Financials at 20.2% ($59.4 billion). Apple remained the top buyback spender with $26.2 billion in Q1. The 1% buyback tax reduced Q1 2025 operating earnings by 0.50%.

However, buyback activity is expected to decline in Q2 2025 due to market turmoil and volatility, with expenditures likely limited to companies with secure cash flows primarily for employee options rather than discretionary share count reduction.

S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) has announced its third quarter dividend of $0.96 per share, payable on September 10, 2025, to shareholders of record on August 26, 2025. The annualized dividend rate stands at $3.84 per share. This announcement highlights S&P Global's remarkable dividend history, as the company has consistently paid dividends since 1937 and is among the select few S&P 500 companies that have increased their dividend annually for over 50 years.

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index recorded a 2.7% annual gain in April 2025, down from 3.4% in March, marking its slowest appreciation since mid-2023. The 10-City and 20-City Composites posted gains of 4.1% and 3.4% respectively.

A significant regional shift emerged with New York leading at 7.9% growth, followed by Chicago (6.0%) and Detroit (5.5%). Former market leaders struggled, with Tampa declining 2.2% and Dallas falling 0.2%. After seasonal adjustment, the National Index posted a 0.4% monthly decrease, suggesting weakening market conditions despite typical spring patterns.

The market faces challenges from mid-6% mortgage rates and affordability constraints, though limited housing supply continues to provide price support.

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) has expanded its private markets offering by extending LoanX IDs (LXIDs) to private credit instruments, building upon its existing base of over 70,000 LXIDs for broadly syndicated loans. This strategic expansion aims to enhance market interoperability and operational efficiency in the growing private credit space.

The initiative provides standardized identification for private credit loans, enabling market participants to better manage data, track performance, and facilitate trading. The system connects various counterparties including investors, custodians, agents, and trustees, while supporting loan issuance, trading, settlement, and performance tracking.

The enhanced LXID system is integrated with S&P Global's Enterprise Data Organization, enabling AI-ready data consumption and seamless linking across datasets, including S&P Capital IQ Pro and credit risk capabilities.

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) has raised its 10-year Canadian oil sands production forecast for the fourth consecutive year. Production is expected to reach a record 3.5 million b/d in 2025, representing a 5% increase from 2024, and exceed 3.9 million b/d by 2030—500,000 barrels higher than 2024 levels.

The analysis reveals favorable economics with 2025 half-cycle break-even prices ranging from US$18/b to US$45/b, averaging US$27/b on a WTI basis. Despite lower oil prices, producers are focusing on maximizing existing assets through optimization and efficiency improvements. However, potential export capacity constraints could emerge as early as next year, presenting a downside risk to the outlook.

Anomali has appointed George Moser as Chief Growth Officer, bringing over 20 years of experience in security and IT transformations from major financial institutions. Moser, former CISO at S&P Global and Head of Global Operations at Visa, will report directly to CEO Ahmed Rubaie. In his new role, Moser will serve as Anomali's ambassador to customers and partners, providing strategic advice on operations modernization. His track record includes elevating security teams to C-suite level and implementing transformations that increased EPS while reducing risk. Moser praised Anomali's cloud-native operations platform, highlighting its ability to increase visibility by 20x and reduce critical incidents by 90% compared to traditional enterprise SIEMs.

The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index fell to -0.46 in May from -0.39 in April, indicating increasing spare capacity in global supply chains due to trade tensions. Asian manufacturing hit a 17-month low, with China experiencing significant decline. North American supply chains remain underutilized, though U.S. manufacturers are stockpiling inventory as a precaution. Europe shows signs of recovery, supported by fiscal stimulus especially in Germany, while the U.K. continues to struggle with severe underutilization. The index reveals subdued global demand for raw materials, low safety stockpiling in Europe, robust material supply levels, and stable transportation costs. Labor capacity remains sufficient to meet current demand levels.