S&P Global - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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S&P Global M&A Summary

S&P Global has acquired 16 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 12 assets.

S&P Global’s largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired IHS Markit for $44.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2013, when it sold McGraw-Hill Education to Apollo Global Management for $2.5B. S&P Global has acquired in 6 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information services (38%) and publishing (19%).

S&P Global Business Overview

Where is S&P Global headquartered?

S&P Global is headquartered in New York, New York.

What is S&P Global’s revenue?

S&P Global disclosed revenue of 11,181M USD for 2022 and 8,297M USD for 2021.

How many employees does S&P Global have?

S&P Global has 23,000 employees.

What sector is S&P Global in?

S&P Global is an information services company.

When was S&P Global founded?

S&P Global was founded in 1860.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity28
    • M&A Buy Activity16
    • M&A Sell Activity12
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 18
  • M&A Advisors 8

S&P Global

S&P Global, Inc.

55 Water Street,
New York, New York 10041
United States,
(212) 438-1000
www.spglobal.com

S&P Global is a financial intelligence company providing the global capital and commodity markets with independent benchmarks, credit ratings, portfolio and enterprise risk solutions, and analytics. McGraw Hill's iconic brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL, J.D. Power and McGraw Hill Construction. S&P Global was founded in 1860 and is based in New York, New York.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 11 1 - 1 2 1 16
vol $2.8B $44.0B $46.8B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 10 - 1 - 1 - 12
vol $4.2B $1.9B $975M $7.1B
  28

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Visible Alpha LLC 2024-02-20 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.visiblealpha.com
Market Scan Information Systems, Inc. 2023-02-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Camarillo, California · www.marketscan.com
Accuris 2023-01-17 975M USD Divestiture
Englewood, Colorado · www.accuristech.com
TruSight Solutions LLC 2023-01-09 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.trusightsolutions.com
Private Market Connect LLC 2022-08-29 - Stake Purchase
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania · www.privatemarketconnect.com
CUSIP Global Services 2021-12-27 1.9B USD Divestiture
New York, New York · www.cusip.com
IHS Markit Ltd. 2020-11-30 44.0B USD Merger
London, United Kingdom · www.ihsmarkit.com
451 Research LLC 2019-12-06 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.451research.com
Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services 2019-03-18 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.spiasllc.com
Kensho Technologies, Inc. 2018-03-06 550M USD Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, Massachusetts · www.kensho.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - Standard & Poor's - Mutual Fund Data Business 2007-02-22 2
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com , United States
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - S&P Global Market Intelligence 2004-09-08 5
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com New York, New York · www.spcapitaliq.com
Platts, Inc. 1953-01-01 CBI Research - Energy Conference Business 2004-05-13 9
New York, New York · www.platts.com , United States
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - S&P ComStock, Inc. 2003-03-03 1
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com , United States

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Services 6 (38%) 46.3B (99%) 3 (25%) 4.0B (56%)
Publishing 3 (19%) 46M (< 1%) 3 (25%) 37M (1%)
Business Services 2 (13%) - 2 (17%) 14M (< 1%)
Internet Software and Services 2 (13%) - 1 (8%) -
Information Technology 2 (13%) 550M (1%) - -
Software 1 (6%) - 1 (8%) 320M (5%)
Communications - - 1 (8%) 212M (3%)
Education - - 1 (8%) 2.5B (35%)
Total 16 $46.8B 12 $7.1B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 14 2.8B 11 7.1B
  New York 6 - 6 4.5B
  California 3 - 1 1.1B
  Virginia 1 2.3B - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 550M - -
  New Jersey - - 1 320M
  Minnesota - - 1 -
  Colorado - - 1 975M
France 1 - 1 -
United Kingdom 1 44.0B - -
Domestic 14 (88%) 2.8B (6%) 11 (92%) 7.1B (100%)
Cross-border 2 (13%) 44.0B (94%) 1 (8%) -
Total 16 $46.8B 12 $7.1B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Evercore Group
 3
Goldman Sachs
 3
Morgan Stanley
 2
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 2
Clifford Chance
 2
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $46.3B
$100M to $1B 1 $550M
< $100M 1 $46M
TOTAL $46.8B
Largest IHS Markit Ltd.
$44.0B (2020-11-30)
sell # Total
> $1B 3 $5.5B
$100M to $1B 3 $1.5B
< $100M 2 $51M
TOTAL $7.1B
Largest McGraw-Hill Education, Inc.
$2.5B (2013-03-22)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
6%
1 (6%)
Strategic(s)
19%
3 (19%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
33%
4 (33%)
Strategic(s)
58%
7 (58%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Information Services

Revenue

11,181   35% 2022
8,297   12% 2021
7,442   12% 2020
6,699   8% 2019
6,258   4% 2018
6,063   8% 2017
5,661   7% 2016
5,313   6% 2015
5,051   8% 2014
4,702   11% 2013
4,270   2012
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Employees

23,000

Established

1860

Public

NYSE: SPGI

Former Name

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

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