SPGI's Growth Comparisons in I. Quarter 2026
Comparing 8.66% year on year top-line growth in the first quarter 2026, S And P Global Inc grew on the lower pace than the 58.77% increase in the Consumer Financial Services industry and 8.92% Revenue growth in the Financial sector. Comparing the first quarter, revenue S And P Global Inc was trailing overall market not just Consumer Financial Services industry.
Comparing the company's Revenue to the fourth quarter results, revenue were higher by 8.31% . On the yearly basis, average annual revenue growth for S And P Global Inc is 15.54%, while S & P 500's including only Businesses with the first quarter 2026 earnings, average annual revenue growth is 10.59% over the past five years.
| Segment Name |
Y / Y |
Sequential |
| Services transferred at a point in time |
|
15.06 % |
- |
| Services transferred over time |
|
9.09 % |
- |
| Subscription |
|
6.11 % |
- |
| Non-subscription Transaction |
|
15.06 % |
- |
| Non-transaction |
|
11.85 % |
- |
| Asset-linked fees |
|
17.71 % |
- |
| Sales usage-based royalties |
|
20.91 % |
- |
| Recurring variable revenue |
|
12.67 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities |
|
10.41 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Market Intelligence |
|
8.09 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Market Intelligence Services transferred at a point in time |
|
33.93 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Market Intelligence Services transferred over time |
|
6.82 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Ratings |
|
13.32 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Ratings Services transferred at a point in time |
|
14.84 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Ratings Services transferred over time |
|
11.53 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Energy |
|
6.54 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Energy Services transferred at a point in time |
|
12.37 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Energy Services transferred over time |
|
5.44 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Mobility |
|
8.1 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Mobility Services transferred at a point in time |
|
6.49 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Mobility Services transferred over time |
|
8.45 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Indices |
|
16.63 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Indices Services transferred over time |
|
16.63 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Subscription Market Intelligence |
|
5.94 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Subscription Energy |
|
4.12 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Subscription Mobility |
|
8.45 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Subscription Indices |
|
10.53 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Non-subscription Transaction Market Intelligence |
|
33.93 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Non-subscription Transaction Ratings |
|
14.84 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Non-subscription Transaction Energy |
|
12.37 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Non-subscription Transaction Mobility |
|
6.49 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Non-transaction Ratings |
|
11.53 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Asset-linked fees Indices |
|
17.71 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Sales usage-based royalties Energy |
|
27.59 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Sales usage-based royalties Indices |
|
18.52 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Recurring variable revenue Market Intelligence |
|
12.67 % |
- |
| Market Intelligence |
|
8.03 % |
- |
| Ratings |
|
13.55 % |
- |
| Energy |
|
6.54 % |
- |
| Mobility |
|
8.1 % |
- |
| Indices |
|
16.74 % |
- |
| InterElimination |
|
- |
- |
| InterElimination Services transferred over time |
|
- |
- |
| InterElimination Market Intelligence |
|
- |
- |
| InterElimination Ratings |
|
- |
- |
| InterElimination Indices |
|
- |
- |
| InterElimination Non-transaction |
|
- |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Market Intelligence Subscription |
|
5.94 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Market Intelligence Non-subscription Transaction |
|
33.93 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Market Intelligence Recurring variable revenue |
|
12.67 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Ratings Non-subscription Transaction |
|
14.84 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Ratings Non-transaction |
|
11.53 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Energy Subscription |
|
4.12 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Energy Non-subscription Transaction |
|
12.37 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Energy Sales usage-based royalties |
|
27.59 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Mobility Subscription |
|
8.45 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Mobility Non-subscription Transaction |
|
6.49 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Indices Subscription |
|
10.53 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Indices Asset-linked fees |
|
17.71 % |
- |
| Reportable Legal Entities Indices Sales usage-based royalties |
|
18.52 % |
- |
| U S |
|
12.08 % |
- |
| European region |
|
5.42 % |
- |
| Asia |
|
12.57 % |
- |
| Rest of the world |
|
8.33 % |
- |
| Total |
|
8.66 % |
-73.29 % |
With 32.49% year on year EPS increase in the first quarter 2026, S And P Global Inc grew less than the 52.54% increase in the Consumer Financial Services industry, but beating the 14.19% improvement in the Financial sector. Slow first quarter 2026 income per share, in Consumer Financial Services industry and Financial sector, were portrayed in S And P Global Inc results which underperformed overall market.
The company's sequential bottom-line increase was 26.42% from the fourth quarter. Average annual income per share rise for S And P Global Inc is 8.7%, while S & P 500's average yearly income per share growth is 22.96% over the five years, including only Businesses with the first quarter 2026 earnings results.