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S&P Global - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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S&P Global M&A Summary

S&P Global has acquired 21 companies, including 10 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 13 assets.

S&P Global’s largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired IHS Markit for $44.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2025, when it sold OSTTRA Group to KKR for $3.1B. S&P Global has acquired in 6 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information services (29%) and publishing (15%).

S&P Global Business Overview

Where is S&P Global headquartered?

S&P Global is headquartered in New York, New York.

What is S&P Global’s revenue?

S&P Global disclosed revenue of 14,208M USD for 2024 and 12,497M USD for 2023.

How many employees does S&P Global have?

S&P Global has 40,450 employees.

What sector is S&P Global in?

S&P Global is an information services company.

When was S&P Global founded?

S&P Global was founded in 1860.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity34
    • M&A Buy Activity21
    • M&A Sell Activity13
  • Total Sectors Invested 9
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 19
  • M&A Advisors 11

S&P Global

S&P Global, Inc.

55 Water Street,
New York, New York 10041
United States,
(212) 438-1000
www.spglobal.com

S&P Global is a financial intelligence company providing the global capital and commodity markets with independent benchmarks, credit ratings, portfolio and enterprise risk solutions, and analytics. The company's brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL, J.D. Power and McGraw Hill Construction. S&P Global was founded in 1860 and is based in New York City.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 12 1 1 2 2 3 21
vol $46.8B $46.8B
Sell (0.6/yr) # 10 1 - 1 - 1 13
vol $4.2B $1.9B $975M $3.1B $10.2B
  34

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
TeraHelix Ltd. 2025-06-09 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.terahelix.io
ORBCOMM - Automatic Identification System 2025-04-24 - Divestiture
Sterling, Virginia
OSTTRA Group Ltd. 2025-04-14 3.1B USD Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.osttra.com
ProntoNLP, Inc. 2025-01-06 - Add-on Acquisition
, United States · www.prontonlp.ai
World Hydrogen Leaders 2024-05-14 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.worldhydrogenleaders.com
Visible Alpha LLC 2024-02-20 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.visiblealpha.com
Market Scan Information Systems, Inc. 2023-02-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Camarillo, California · www.marketscan.com
Accuris 2023-01-17 975M USD Divestiture
Englewood, Colorado · www.accuristech.com
TruSight Solutions LLC 2023-01-09 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.trusightsolutions.com
Private Market Connect LLC 2022-08-29 - Stake Purchase
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania · www.privatemarketconnect.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - Standard & Poor's - Mutual Fund Data Business 2007-02-22 2
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com , United States
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - S&P Global Market Intelligence 2004-09-08 5
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com New York, New York · www.spcapitaliq.com
Platts, Inc. 1953-01-01 CBI Research - Energy Conference Business 2004-05-13 9
New York, New York · www.platts.com , United States
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - S&P ComStock, Inc. 2003-03-03 1
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com , United States

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Services 6 (29%) 46.3B (99%) 3 (23%) 4.0B (39%)
Publishing 3 (14%) 46M (< 1%) 3 (23%) 37M (< 1%)
Software 3 (14%) - 1 (8%) 320M (3%)
Business Services 2 (10%) - 2 (15%) 14M (< 1%)
Financial Services 2 (10%) - 2 (15%) 3.1B (30%)
Information Technology 2 (10%) 550M (1%) - -
Communications 1 (5%) - 1 (8%) 212M (2%)
Consumer Services 1 (5%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 1 (5%) - - -
Education - - 1 (8%) 2.5B (25%)
Total 21 $46.8B 13 $10.2B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 16 2.8B 11 7.1B
  New York 6 - 6 4.5B
  California 3 - 1 1.1B
  Virginia 2 2.3B - -
  Massachusetts 1 550M 1 320M
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Minnesota - - 1 -
  Colorado - - 1 975M
United Kingdom 4 44.0B 1 3.1B
France 1 - 1 -
Domestic 16 (76%) 2.8B (6%) 11 (85%) 7.1B (70%)
Cross-border 5 (24%) 44.0B (94%) 2 (15%) 3.1B (30%)
Total 21 $46.8B 13 $10.2B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs
 3
Evercore Group
 3
Morgan Stanley
 2
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 2
Clifford Chance
 2
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $46.3B
$100M to $1B 1 $550M
< $100M 1 $46M
TOTAL $46.8B
Largest IHS Markit Ltd.
$44.0B (2020-11-30)
sell # Total
> $1B 4 $8.6B
$100M to $1B 3 $1.5B
< $100M 2 $51M
TOTAL $10.2B
Largest OSTTRA Group Ltd.
$3.1B (2025-04-14)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
5%
1 (5%)
Strategic(s)
19%
4 (19%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
38%
5 (38%)
Strategic(s)
54%
7 (54%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Information Services

Revenue

14,208   14% 2024
12,497   12% 2023
11,181   35% 2022
8,297   12% 2021
7,442   12% 2020
6,699   8% 2019
6,258   4% 2018
6,063   8% 2017
5,661   7% 2016
5,313   6% 2015
5,051   8% 2014
4,702   11% 2013
4,270   2012
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Employees

40,450

Established

1860

Public

NYSE: SPGI

Former Name

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

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