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S&P Global ($SPGI) Q2 2026 Earnings Analysis — Revenue Up 10%, Adjusted EPS Surges 23%, Full-Year Guidance Raised and $7 Billion Buyback
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S&P Global ($SPGI) released its Q2 2026 earnings before the market open on July 28, 2026. GAAP revenue came in at $4.146 billion, up 10% year-over-year. On a comparable basis excluding Mobility, which was spun off on July 1, revenue was $3.678 billion (+11%) and adjusted EPS was $4.83 (+23%). Adjusted EPS exceeded the MarketBeat consensus of $4.81, but compared with consensus estimates that do not reflect the spin-off (e.g., $5.00), the beat-or-miss verdict depends on the basis used. Both flagship segments — Credit Ratings and Indices — posted record quarterly results. The company guided full-year 2026 adjusted EPS (excluding Mobility) to $17.50–$17.75 and raised its share repurchase plan for the year to more than $7 billion.
Earnings Scorecard
▸ Revenue: $4.146 billion (+10% year-over-year; $3.678 billion, +11% on a Mobility-excluded basis) — slightly above the market estimate of roughly $4.12 billion ✅ Beat
▸ EPS: Adjusted basis $4.83 (+23% from $3.92 a year earlier) — exceeded the MarketBeat consensus of $4.81, but came in below consensus figures that do not reflect the Mobility spin-off (e.g., $5.00). The beat/miss call is left pending given differences across consensus bases
▸ Guidance: Issued (new Mobility-excluded basis) — 2026 revenue growth rate varies by basis pending official confirmation; adjusted diluted EPS $17.50–$17.75; GAAP EPS $16.35–$16.60
▸ Stock reaction: Premarket reaction pending (released at 7:15 a.m. ET before the open; no confirmed move yet)
Positives
▸ Records in both flagship segments: The Credit Ratings and Indices divisions delivered their highest-ever quarterly results
▸ Improved profitability: Operating margin rose to 47.8%, up 4.1 percentage points on a GAAP basis and 2 percentage points on an adjusted basis
▸ Expanded shareholder returns: $500 million repurchased in Q2, with the full-year total raised to more than $7 billion
S&P Global is best known as a credit rating agency and an index business. It assigns credit ratings that companies receive when they borrow money, and it creates indices such as the S&P 500, earning licensing fees in the process. In this quarter, both engines set new all-time highs. The structure is straightforward: when bond issuance is brisk, rating fee revenue rises, and when assets tracking its indices — such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) — grow, index licensing revenue rises. Both pillars doing well at once also suggests that capital flows across the broader market remained healthy.
Profitability metrics also stand out. The operating margin expansion the company highlighted was driven by combined growth and margin improvement across Credit Ratings, Indices, and Market Intelligence. Revenue rose 10% while operating profit grew 17% — a textbook illustration of the leverage inherent in subscription- and fee-based businesses, where costs do not scale up one-for-one with revenue.
The stance on shareholder returns was equally clear. The company bought back $500 million of stock in Q2 alone and $1.5 billion year-to-date, lifting its full-year plan to more than $7 billion. Repurchasing and retiring shares reduces the share count, lifting earnings per share. Indeed, diluted share count fell 3% this quarter, one of the factors pushing EPS growth above net income growth. The quarterly dividend is held at $0.97 per share.
Negatives
▸ Watch the comparison basis: Different aggregators reflect the Mobility spin-off in different ways, so simple comparisons against estimates require caution
▸ Complex comparisons: The Mobility spin-off has GAAP and adjusted numbers intermingled, making interpretation difficult
▸ Margin guidance is conservative: The full-year adjusted operating margin improvement is guided to just 0.35–0.60 percentage points
The first thing to flag is that the yardstick for measuring the print is not standardized. On July 1, the company spun off its automotive data business, Mobility, into a separately listed company called Mobility Global (MBGL). As a result, some analysts built their estimates on the old basis and others on the new one, so the very same $4.83 can be read as a beat or a miss depending on which consensus it is measured against. The company itself underscored in the press release that the new adjusted guidance is not directly comparable to the prior guidance.
The second is the burden of reading the numbers. This release simultaneously presents GAAP, pro forma excluding Mobility, and adjusted figures that strip out one-time items. Even revenue comes in two flavors — $4.146 billion and $3.678 billion — and EPS likewise shows up in multiple versions across bases. For less experienced investors, the safer approach is to lock in advance which set of numbers will be used for sequential comparisons. From here on, Mobility-excluded figures will be the official benchmark.
The third is the texture of the guidance. The GAAP operating margin improvement range of 3.35–3.60 percentage points looks generous, but it partly reflects the optical effect of shedding a lower-margin business. The adjusted improvement — the real read on underlying strength — is just 0.35–0.60 percentage points, or 0.75–1.00 percentage points excluding the impact of the Osttra joint venture, both of which are materially more modest than the 2-percentage-point margin expansion posted this quarter. That can be read as a signal that the back half of the year is unlikely to deliver the same pace of margin gains as the first half.
What Management Said
Management highlighted that both flagship segments — Credit Ratings and Indices — posted record quarterly results, and that the spin-off was completed with Mobility Global debuting as an independent public company on July 1.
Executives stressed that the company will focus on four core segments following the spin-off, and that the adoption and expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions will be a tailwind for long-term growth.
The management message can be summed up in two words: "simpler company" and "artificial intelligence." Having carved out Mobility, the remaining organization has been organized into four segments, with the Market Intelligence segment restructured and supply-chain-related products grouped into the Energy segment. Rather than expanding the portfolio, the direction is to clean up overlap and concentrate resources on areas of strength.
The tone of the guidance leans toward confidence. Setting an initial full-year revenue growth rate and adjusted EPS range on the new basis while raising the buyback plan to more than $7 billion reflects management's conviction in the cash the business is generating. That said, paired with the conservative margin improvement guidance, the read-through is that growth will continue, but capital will be directed toward investments related to artificial intelligence.
Market Reaction and What to Watch Next
How the market digests this print depends on which yardstick is applied. On revenue and earnings growth, margin improvement, and the expanded buyback alone, this is a quarter that is hard to fault. However, whether adjusted EPS beat consensus depends on how each aggregator treats the Mobility spin-off, and the print registers as both a beat and a miss depending on the basis — making any single verdict premature. The first signal will come from the immediate stock reaction after the release, but at the time of writing no confirmed price move is available, so no directional call is warranted.
Over a medium- to longer-term horizon, what matters more is the structure of this company's earnings, which are tied to market activity. The more companies issue bonds, the higher credit rating fee revenue; the more capital tracks its indices, the higher licensing fee revenue. The direction of interest rates and the temperature of the funding market are likely to be the biggest swing factors for next quarter's results.
▸ Whether Credit Ratings segment revenue holds at record levels in the second half or rolls over as bond issuance cools
▸ Whether the adjusted operating margin lands at the upper end of the company's full-year improvement range or moderates in line with the more conservative guide
▸ Whether AI-related products translate into actual subscription revenue growth, and whether management backs that up with quantified disclosure
▸ Whether the full-year $7 billion buyback plan continues to show up as actual quarterly execution in the back half
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