S&P Global Partners with Google Cloud to Enhance Data Distribution and AI Capabilities
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
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- Strategic Partnership Upgrade: S&P Global has entered a multi-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud aimed at accelerating enterprise transformation, integrating Google Cloud's advanced capabilities with S&P's market expertise to enhance data distribution and AI capabilities, thereby improving client service agility and precision.
- Data Integration Innovation: This collaboration will unify S&P Global's proprietary data on Google Cloud's BigQuery platform, enabling more efficient data sharing that provides faster, deeper AI-ready insights, significantly enhancing the speed and quality of client decision-making.
- Employee Empowerment Initiative: S&P Global will leverage Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise platform and other AI tools to boost employee productivity and efficiency, developing data agents that integrate S&P data into client workflows, thus driving internal operational efficiency improvements.
- Commitment to Multi-Cloud Strategy: This partnership not only underscores S&P Global's commitment to a multi-cloud strategy but also highlights Google Cloud's pivotal role in the digital transformation of financial services, indicating enhanced flexibility and readiness for future growth.
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Analyst Views on SPGI
Wall Street analysts forecast SPGI stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SPGI is 611.40 USD with a low forecast of 540.00 USD and a high forecast of 661.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
Wall Street analysts forecast SPGI stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SPGI is 611.40 USD with a low forecast of 540.00 USD and a high forecast of 661.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
Current: 490.730

Current: 490.730

Outperform
maintain
$538 -> $546
Reason
BMO Capital raised the firm's price target on S&P Global to $546 from $538 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares after the company's Investor Day. High-level guidance was relatively similar to prior Investor Day, although a bit more conservative in Market Intelligence and Energy while reaffirmed in Ratings and slightly higher in Indices segments, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The event also focused on Chief Client Office, which may help S&P Global operate in a less siloed approach and potentially benefit from upsell/cross-sell and vendor consolidation, the firm added.
NULL -> Overweight
maintain
$635 -> $615
Reason
JPMorgan lowered the firm's price target on S&P Global to $615 from $635 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The company reported a Q3 earnings beat and 2025 guidance raise, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
Outperform
maintain
$619 -> $629
Reason
Evercore ISI raised the firm's price target on S&P Global to $629 from $619 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The company posted a solid quarter with key insights ahead of the upcoming investor day, which will likely be the main focus for investors seeking updates on growth targets and margins, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm added that while the quarter was strong, the spotlight is firmly on the November investor day.
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$557 -> $587
Reason
Clear Street analyst Owen Lau raised the firm's price target on S&P Global to $587 from $557 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares following "a beat-and-raise quarter" in Q3. The upcoming analyst day on November 13 - at which the firm expects management to update on medium/long term financial guidance, strategy and growth drivers, and further simplification of business models - will be an catalyst, the analyst tells investors.
About SPGI
S&P Global Inc. provides essential intelligence. Its operations consist of five businesses: S&P Global Market Intelligence (Market Intelligence), S&P Global Ratings (Ratings), S&P Global Commodity Insights (Commodity Insights), S&P Global Mobility (Mobility) and S&P Dow Jones Indices (Indices). Market Intelligence is a global provider of multi-asset-class data and analytics integrated with purpose-built workflow solutions. Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research, and analytics, offering investors and other market participants information, ratings and benchmarks. Commodity Insights is an independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodity and energy markets. Mobility is a provider of solutions serving the full automotive value chain, including vehicle manufacturers and retailers. Indices is a global index provider that maintains a variety of valuation and index benchmarks for investment advisors, wealth managers and institutional investors.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.