# S&P Global

> S&P Global supplies credit ratings, financial and commodity data, investment indices, research and enterprise software. Banks, investors, companies and governments use its products to compare investments, assess borrowers, price commodities and manage risk.

- **Founded:** 1860
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Henry Varnum Poor (Originator of the 1860 railroad publication from which S&P traces its heritage), Luther Lee Blake (Founder of predecessor Standard Statistics Bureau, 1906)
- **Products:** S&P Global Ratings, S&P Capital IQ Pro, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts price assessments, Compustat
- **Notable:** S&P 500 introduced in 1957., Compustat introduced in 1964., Completed the IHS Markit combination on February 28, 2022.

## Products & services

- **S&P Global Ratings** — Credit opinions, research and surveillance for issuers and debt instruments.
- **S&P Capital IQ Pro** — Company research, screening, financial modeling, documents and market data with Excel integration.
- **S&P Dow Jones Indices** — Index design, calculation and licensing, including the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- **Platts price assessments** — Commodity benchmarks and market reporting, including Dated Brent.
- **Compustat** — Standardized historical company financial data.
- **With Intelligence** — Private-market and alternative-investment data and workflows; acquired in November 2025.
- **ChatIQ** — Conversational research in Capital IQ Pro; October 2026 updates include spreadsheet assistance and presentation tools in Labs.
- **S&P Global AI Data Portal** — Access to licensed datasets from compatible AI applications; added Visible Alpha data in October 2026.
- **Enterprise Solutions** — Financial software, pricing and reference data, and workflow infrastructure.

## Achievements

- S&P 500 introduced in 1957.
- Compustat introduced in 1964.
- Completed the IHS Markit combination on February 28, 2022.
- Completed a $1.8 billion acquisition of With Intelligence on November 25, 2025.
- Completed the Mobility Global spin-off on July 1, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 15: added Visible Alpha consensus and model data to its AI Data Portal; Adaptive Retrieval support for that dataset remained expected later in 2026.
- **2026-10** — October 6: expanded ChatIQ, spreadsheet modeling tools and presentation capabilities in Capital IQ Pro; Presentations is in Labs and Portfolio Insights is in beta.
- **2026-08** — August 12: announced expanded Microsoft 365 Copilot collaboration.
- **2026-07** — July 6: announced Market Intelligence reorganization into Kensho Data & Platforms and Enterprise Solutions.
- **2026-07** — July 1: completed separation of Mobility Global as an independent public company.

## Links

- Website: https://www.spglobal.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spglobal
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SPGlobal
- GitHub: https://github.com/spgi-ci
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spglobalproud
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sp_global/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandpglobal

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Last updated: 2026-10-22