S&P Global Inc. (SPGI)☆

S&P Global provides credit ratings, market data, and indices including the S&P 500. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Financials sector — banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

S&P Global Inc. trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol SPGI. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $450.84, down 1.43% on the session, giving S&P Global Inc. a market capitalization of roughly $133.45B.

Over the past 52 weeks, SPGI has traded between $361.03 and $547.82. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 28.9, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. S&P Global Inc. also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 85.00%.

As one of the larger companies in the Financials sector, S&P Global Inc. is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy. Traders watch SPGI for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.

Because the S&P 500 is weighted by market value, S&P Global Inc.'s size means its share-price moves can also nudge the index as a whole, making SPGI a stock that even index investors pay attention to.