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S&P Global (S&P Global) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 2.56% (As of Dec. 2023)
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S&P Global's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $156,431 Mil. S&P Global's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,004 Mil. S&P Global's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.56%.

The historical rank and industry rank for S&P Global's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

SPGI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 4.57   Max: 10.62
Current: 2.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of S&P Global was 10.62%. The lowest was 0.40%. And the median was 4.57%.

SPGI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
51.72% of 783 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 2.51 vs SPGI: 2.80

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. S&P Global's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.01%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


S&P Global Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for S&P Global's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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S&P Global Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.34 4.07 3.71 4.04 2.56

S&P Global Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.04 3.37 2.56 2.96 2.56

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, S&P Global's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


S&P Global Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, S&P Global's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where S&P Global's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



S&P Global Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

S&P Globals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=4005/156431.44
=2.56 %

S&P Global's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4,004 Mil.



S&P Global  (NYSE:SPGI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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S&P Global (S&P Global) Business Description

Industry
Address
55 Water Street, New York, NY, USA, 10041
S&P Global provides data and benchmarks to capital and commodity market participants. Its ratings business is the largest credit rating agency in the world and S&P's largest segment by profitability. S&P's largest segment by revenue is market intelligence, which provides desktop, data and advisory solutions, enterprise solutions, and credit/risk solutions mostly in the financial-services industry. S&P's other segments include commodity insights (Platts and other data), mobility (Carfax), and indexes.
Executives
Douglas L. Peterson director, officer: CEO & President MCGRAW HILL FINANCIAL, 1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10020
Saugata Saha officer: President, S&P Global Platts 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK NY 10041
Ewout L Steenbergen officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 230 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10169
Adam Jason Kansler officer: President, Market Intelligence C/O MARKIT LTD, 4TH FL, ROPEMAKER PLACE, 25 ROPEMAKER STREET, LONDON X0 EC2Y 9LY
Dimitra Manis officer: Chief People Officer 55 WATER STREET, S&P GLOBAL, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10041
Steven J Kemps officer: EVP, General Counsel 2515 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 1200, DALLAS TX 75201
Sally Moore officer: EVP, Strategic Alliances 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK NY 10041
Deborah D Mcwhinney director PO BOX 40 EAST BROADWAY, BUTTE MT 59701
Robert P Kelly director ONE MELLON CENTER, PITTSBURGH PA 15258-0001
Christopher Craig officer: SVP and Controller 55 WATER STREET, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, NEW YORK NY 10041
Martina Cheung officer: EMD, Head of Global Risk Svcs 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK NY 10020
John L Berisford officer: President, S&P Ratings C/O THE PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP, INC., ONE PEPSI WAY, SOMERS NY 10589
Nancy Luquette officer: SVP, Chief Risk & Audit Exec S&P GLOBAL, 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK NY 10041
Jacques Esculier director C/O AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC, ONE CENTENNIAL AVENUE, PISCATAWAY NJ 08855
Gay Huey Evans director SHIPPING & RECEIVING CENTER, 16930 PARK ROW DR., HOUSTON TX 77084