S&P Global (SPGI) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $4.58
- Estimate
- $4.42
- Surprise
- +3.7%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.7/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
S&P Global (SPGI) beat the $4.42 estimate with adjusted EPS of $4.58 — a clear 3.7% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Sell (5.7/10) to Hold at 5.7/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on S&P Global, Raises Price Target to $515 — benzinga, 2026-10-28
- JPMorgan and Citigroup Adjust Price Targets for S&P Global — fiscal.ai, 2026-10-28
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates SPGI Hold at 5.7/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.7% surprise compares with a +0.8% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.5 in RISK_OFF)
- Sector modifier (Financial Services): +1.0
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 3.8%
- Consecutive earnings misses (2)
- Overbought (RSI 87)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $448.93
- Price target
- $466.02
- Stop
- $427.19
- Upside to target
- +3.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.3:1
The stock trades at 26.8× trailing but 22.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 87 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-28 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
SPGI at TrendMatrix's latest read
For financials, the EPS print is only half the story: credit costs, reserve builds, and rate sensitivity decide how a quarter actually lands.
- Industry
- Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
- Market cap
- $132.34B
- P/E (fwd)
- 22.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 26.8
- 52-week range
- $361.03–$522.47
- Off 52-week high
- 14.1%
- RSI (14)
- 87
- Volume vs avg
- 1.80×
- Score today
- 5.7/10