S&P Global (SPGI) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2012)

S&P Global has reported Change in Inventory for 4 years, with the latest figure at -$40.0 million in Q3 2012.

• For the quarter ending Q3 2012, Change in Inventory rose 21.57% year-over-year to -$40.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2012 stood at -$32.0 million (down 280.95% YoY), and the FY2011 full-year result was -$13.0 million, up 51.85% from the prior year.
• Change in Inventory for Q3 2012 stood at -$40.0 million, down from $5.0 million in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Change in Inventory was $41.7 million in Q2 2009, with the low at -$52.6 million in Q3 2009.
• Historically, Change in Inventory has averaged -$7.7 million across 4 years, with a median of -$20.4 million in 2010.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2010 — Change in Inventory jumped 182.22% — and 2012, when it tumbled 77.27%.
• S&P Global's Change in Inventory stood at -$36.3 million in 2009, then soared by 43.78% to -$20.4 million in 2010, then slipped by 22.55% to -$25.0 million in 2011, then slumped by 60.0% to -$40.0 million in 2012.
• The last three Change in Inventory figures came in at -$40.0 million (Q3 2012), $5.0 million (Q2 2012), and $28.0 million (Q1 2012), per Business Quant data.