S&P Global (SPGI) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
S&P Global posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.29 for Q1 2026, down 12.04% year-on-year from 0.32 in Q1 2025, and up 75.84% on a QoQ basis from 0.16 in Q4 2025.
S&P Global (SPGI) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.29 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 12.04% year-over-year to 0.29; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.21 (up 1.57% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.21, up 5.24% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.29, up from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.78 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.09 in Q3 2022.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.22 (2025), against an average of 0.28.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio plunged 80.44%; it then soared 310.32% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.78 in 2022, then tumbled by 70.14% to 0.23 in 2023, then tumbled by 32.75% to 0.16 in 2024, then gained by 4.06% to 0.16 in 2025, then surged by 75.84% to 0.29 in 2026.
- The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.29 (Q1 2026), 0.16 (Q4 2025), and 0.2 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S&P Global | 126.06 Bn | 129.16 Bn | 2.94 Bn | 0.29 |
| 2 | Cme | 98.29 Bn | 98.29 Bn | 1.83 Bn | 2.18 |
| 3 | Intercontinental Exchange | 83.83 Bn | 82.37 Bn | - | 0.24 |
| 4 | Moodys | 80.13 Bn | 78.77 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 0.22 |
| 5 | Nasdaq | 52.44 Bn | 51.76 Bn | 1.41 Bn | 0.24 |
| 6 | Coinbase Global | 50.05 Bn | 49.52 Bn | 1.33 Bn | - |
| 7 | Msci | 46.28 Bn | 45.89 Bn | 765.10 Mn | 0.53 |
| 8 | Cboe Global Markets | 34.92 Bn | 32.75 Bn | 728.90 Mn | 0.04 |
| 9 | TransUnion | 13.79 Bn | 13.22 Bn | 726.20 Mn | 1.32 |
| 10 | Factset Research Systems | 9.06 Bn | 8.78 Bn | 314.28 Mn | 0.22 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.29 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.16 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.20 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.22 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.32 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.16 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.20 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.19 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.31 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.29 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.68 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.14 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.78 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.17 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.27 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.20 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.46 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.05 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -0.26 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.50 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -0.07 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.24 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.48 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -0.25 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.38 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.07 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.61 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -0.29 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.45 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.06 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -0.27 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.52 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.10 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 0.07 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -0.67 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.39 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -0.09 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 0.57 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.46 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.04 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 0.04 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | -0.02 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 0.23 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.47 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.16 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.31 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 0.32 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 0.31 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | -1.14 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 0.15 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | -0.40 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 0.87 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | -0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | -0.21 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 0.58 |
| Dec 31, 2010 | -0.74 |
| Sep 30, 2010 | -0.20 |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 0.64 |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 0.04 |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 0.20 |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 0.34 |
| Jun 30, 2009 | -0.31 |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 1.08 |