Growth Metrics

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

S&P Global posted quarterly FCF Margin of 24.21% for Q1 2026, up 12.0% year-on-year from 21.62% in Q1 2025, and down 44.29% on a QoQ basis from 43.46% in Q4 2025.

S&P Global (SPGI) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 24.21% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 12.0% year-over-year to 24.21%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 35.32% (down 298.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 35.58%, down 359.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 24.21%, down from 43.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 47.52% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 8.62% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 31.68% (2023), against an average of 30.85%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin plunged 2913 bps; it then soared 1914 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 36.94% in 2022, then increased by 10 bps to 40.8% in 2023, then advanced by 16 bps to 47.52% in 2024, then declined by 9 bps to 43.46% in 2025, then slumped by 44 bps to 24.21% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 24.21% (Q1 2026), 43.46% (Q4 2025), and 37.55% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn 24.21%
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 65.85%
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 42.39%
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn 40.60%
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 29.43%
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn 12.93%
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 33.00%
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 152.48%
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.53%
10 Factset Research Systems 9.06 Bn 8.78 Bn 314.28 Mn 30.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 24.21%
Dec 31, 2025 43.46%
Sep 30, 2025 37.55%
Jun 30, 2025 36.86%
Mar 31, 2025 24.09%
Dec 31, 2024 47.52%
Sep 30, 2024 39.44%
Jun 30, 2024 42.94%
Mar 31, 2024 26.47%
Dec 31, 2023 40.80%
Sep 30, 2023 31.68%
Jun 30, 2023 23.80%
Mar 31, 2023 17.91%
Dec 31, 2022 36.94%
Sep 30, 2022 27.72%
Jun 30, 2022 14.37%
Mar 31, 2022 8.62%
Dec 31, 2021 44.92%
Sep 30, 2021 45.95%
Jun 30, 2021 43.49%
Mar 31, 2021 37.20%
Dec 31, 2020 59.35%
Sep 30, 2020 42.47%
Jun 30, 2020 47.86%
Mar 31, 2020 37.46%
Dec 31, 2019 55.68%
Sep 30, 2019 43.28%
Jun 30, 2019 40.55%
Mar 31, 2019 17.38%
Dec 31, 2018 41.54%
Sep 30, 2018 30.40%
Jun 30, 2018 32.07%
Mar 31, 2018 20.87%
Dec 31, 2017 48.27%
Sep 30, 2017 33.58%
Jun 30, 2017 19.09%
Mar 31, 2017 22.71%
Dec 31, 2016 18.23%
Sep 30, 2016 40.72%
Jun 30, 2016 29.35%
Mar 31, 2016 12.60%
Dec 31, 2015 47.09%
Sep 30, 2015 38.44%
Jun 30, 2015 31.74%
Mar 31, 2015 -107.23%
Dec 31, 2014 27.05%
Sep 30, 2014 28.42%
Jun 30, 2014 24.19%
Mar 31, 2014 7.86%
Dec 31, 2013 20.23%
Sep 30, 2013 20.66%
Jun 30, 2013 20.91%
Mar 31, 2013 -6.05%
Dec 31, 2012 8.65%
Sep 30, 2012 30.91%
Jun 30, 2012 15.58%
Mar 31, 2012 1.55%
Dec 31, 2011 -13.55%
Sep 30, 2011 65.22%
Jun 30, 2011 25.69%
Mar 31, 2011 3.23%
Dec 31, 2010 -24.73%
Sep 30, 2010 34.13%
Jun 30, 2010 15.58%
Mar 31, 2010 8.09%
Dec 31, 2009 23.88%
Sep 30, 2009 32.60%
Jun 30, 2009 14.46%
Mar 31, 2009 5.70%