--- title: "Weekly Recap | S&P Global +0.14%, most brokers rate it buy" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298102914.md" description: "S&P Global (SPGI) gained 0.14% this week to close at $443.51, edging the S&P 500’s 0.09% advance by roughly 0.05 percentage points. The week was choppy: Monday opened at $440.00 and slid to $435.44, Tuesday touched a weekly low of $428.145 before rebounding sharply with intraday amplitude above 6%, Wednesday pulled back to $431.71, Thursday climbed back to $450.58, and Friday eased to $443.51. Trading activity was above average, with daily volume around 2." datetime: "2026-09-05T08:13:53.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298102914.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298102914.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298102914.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | S&P Global +0.14%, most brokers rate it buy ## The Week S&P Global (SPGI) gained 0.14% this week to close at $443.51, edging the S&P 500’s 0.09% advance by roughly 0.05 percentage points. The week was choppy: Monday opened at $440.00 and slid to $435.44, Tuesday touched a weekly low of $428.145 before rebounding sharply with intraday amplitude above 6%, Wednesday pulled back to $431.71, Thursday climbed back to $450.58, and Friday eased to $443.51. Trading activity was above average, with daily volume around 2.29m shares, about 22% higher than the 60-day median. ## Key Events The week was dominated by portfolio reshaping and index expansion. On 1 September, S&P Global completed the sale of its upstream energy software portfolio to SLB and the acquisition of datacenterHawk, a data-centre research platform; the same day, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced a partnership with digital-asset data provider Kaiko to launch S&P Kaiko Digital Asset Indices. On 2 September, reports said the company was weighing a multibillion-dollar spinout of its Capital IQ Pro platform, sending the stock up about 3% intraday; the discussion carried through the rest of the week. On the macro side, S&P Global’s August euro-zone manufacturing PMI hit a more-than-four-year high, and US PMI surveys pointed to a growth rebound in the third quarter. Toward week-end, the company warned that credit ratings in China’s bond market are too lenient, and several index reshuffle announcements showed Bloom Energy, Illumina and Everpure set to join the S&P 500. ## Analyst Ratings Twenty-four institutions cover the stock: 17 rate it buy, 6 rate it overweight, 1 rate it hold, and none rate it underweight or sell. The consensus rating is strong buy, with a consensus target of $520.3, implying about 17.3% upside from the week’s close of $443.51. Individual targets range from $485 to $553, a relatively tight spread. Within the 26 names in the financial exchanges and data industry, S&P Global ranks third by analyst rating. ## The Week Ahead No company earnings are scheduled next week, so attention shifts to macro data. The US NFIB Small Business Optimism Index lands on 8 September, with a prior reading of 99.8. On 10 September, a batch of US data arrives, including the 10-year Treasury auction’s high yield and bid-to-cover ratio, initial jobless claims, final-demand PPI, and core final-demand PPI, where the consensus forecasts of 4.6% and 0.3% are above prior readings. Existing-home sales and wholesale sales figures are also due that day. Meanwhile, S&P Global management is set to present at Barclays’ 24th Annual Global Financial Services Conference on 14 September, which may offer fresh colour on the potential Capital IQ Pro spinout. ## In Short This week’s news pointed to a further sharpening of S&P Global’s portfolio, with index expansion and spinout talk providing upward momentum, while sell-side coverage stayed firmly constructive with targets well above spot. Yet the latest session’s fund-flow snapshot showed large-lot money turning net seller, and the direction of turnover has not confirmed a one-way move. Valuation sits at roughly 27.3x P/E and 4.27x P/B, on the higher side for the sector. The next thing to watch is whether macro data keeps the third-quarter rebound on track, and whether the spinout discussion firms up into a concrete corporate decision. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [SPGI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPGI.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [S&P Global Declares Second Quarter Dividend | SPGI Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286969622.md) - [Why S&P Global stock topped the market today](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286829085.md) - [S&P Global Announces New Strategic Direction for Upstream Energy Business | SPGI Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/283984782.md) - [BUZZ-S&P Global gains after report firm weighing carving out Capital IQ Pro platform](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297685084.md) - [Intel (INTC) Stock Looks Above Fair Value After Its 256% Run](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299431661.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**