Growth Metrics

S&P Global (SPGI) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)

S&P Global posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 48.74% for Q1 2026, up 630.0% year-on-year from 6.68% in Q1 2025, and up 11.95% on a QoQ basis from 43.54% in Q4 2025.

S&P Global (SPGI) has 18 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 48.74% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 630.0% year-over-year to 48.74%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 44.62% (up 411.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 42.96%, up 301.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 48.74%, up from 43.54% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 80.28% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 24.89% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 40.73% (2024), against an average of 41.12%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBITDA Margin soared 2572 bps; it then plunged 4329 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 24.89% in 2022, then rose by 17 bps to 29.19% in 2023, then climbed by 27 bps to 37.17% in 2024, then gained by 17 bps to 43.54% in 2025, then increased by 12 bps to 48.74% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 48.74% (Q1 2026), 43.54% (Q4 2025), and 43.8% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn 48.74%
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 71.11%
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 55.93%
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn 44.35%
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 30.74%
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn -1.52%
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 54.40%
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 40.55%
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn 19.65%
10 Factset Research Systems 9.06 Bn 8.78 Bn 314.28 Mn 30.27%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 48.74%
Dec 31, 2025 43.54%
Sep 30, 2025 43.80%
Jun 30, 2025 42.00%
Mar 31, 2025 42.44%
Dec 31, 2024 37.17%
Sep 30, 2024 40.73%
Jun 30, 2024 41.62%
Mar 31, 2024 40.33%
Dec 31, 2023 29.19%
Sep 30, 2023 35.54%
Jun 30, 2023 30.15%
Mar 31, 2023 36.99%
Dec 31, 2022 24.89%
Sep 30, 2022 30.90%
Jun 30, 2022 50.72%
Mar 31, 2022 80.28%
Dec 31, 2021 44.20%
Sep 30, 2021 52.85%
Jun 30, 2021 55.89%
Mar 31, 2021 54.56%
Dec 31, 2020 36.37%
Sep 30, 2020 52.22%
Jun 30, 2020 57.85%
Mar 31, 2020 52.18%
Dec 31, 2019 48.36%
Sep 30, 2019 53.94%
Jun 30, 2019 48.94%
Mar 31, 2019 46.15%
Dec 31, 2018 47.40%
Sep 30, 2018 46.83%
Jun 30, 2018 42.95%
Mar 31, 2018 46.71%
Dec 31, 2017 40.78%
Sep 30, 2017 44.35%
Jun 30, 2017 45.59%
Mar 31, 2017 45.29%
Dec 31, 2016 62.83%
Sep 30, 2016 95.21%
Jun 30, 2016 45.41%
Mar 31, 2016 39.52%
Dec 31, 2015 32.75%
Sep 30, 2015 32.48%
Jun 30, 2015 45.01%
Mar 31, 2015 41.08%
Dec 31, 2014 -87.29%
Sep 30, 2014 30.64%
Jun 30, 2014 38.25%
Mar 31, 2014 36.87%
Dec 31, 2013 24.21%
Sep 30, 2013 36.02%
Jun 30, 2013 36.93%
Mar 31, 2013 25.61%
Dec 31, 2012 30.26%
Sep 30, 2012 26.79%
Jun 30, 2012 30.88%
Mar 31, 2012 29.37%
Dec 31, 2011 -8.37%
Sep 30, 2011 29.47%
Jun 30, 2011 37.55%
Mar 31, 2011 25.13%
Dec 31, 2010 -7.79%
Sep 30, 2010 33.40%
Jun 30, 2010 24.33%
Mar 31, 2010 18.46%
Dec 31, 2009 20.80%
Sep 30, 2009 31.02%
Jun 30, 2009 22.19%
Mar 31, 2009 13.39%