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S&P Global (SPGI)

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S&P Global is the essential intelligence company providing the credit ratings, benchmarks, and data that underpin the global capital and commodity markets.

What S&P Global does

S&P Global is a leading provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics, and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide. The company's services are essential to global financial markets, offering credit ratings, market intelligence, indices, and workflow solutions that support decision-making for investors, companies, and governments.

Themes: financial data analytics, credit ratings, market intelligence, indexing & benchmarks, ESG data & insights, commodity markets intelligence

Fundamentals

  • Price$402.73 as of 2026-10-08 close
  • Market cap$119.2B as of 2026-04-24 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
  • 1-year return-11.8% 2025-10-08 close $456.41 → 2026-10-08 close $402.73
  • P/E24.52 as of 2026-10-08
  • Net margin+29.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • ROE+14.3% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • Debt / equity0.48 as of 2026-09-02
  • Revenue growth (YoY)+9.7% as of 2026-09-02
  • Revenue CAGR (3y)+11.1% SEC XBRL
  • Beta0.67 as of 2026-09-02
  • Last reported earnings2026-07-28 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)

Dividend: yield +1.0%; at least 19 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.

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How SPGI compares in its sector

  • price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 513 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-10-08
  • net profit marginmiddle range 344 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • operating margintop 25% 122 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • return on equitytop 25% 559 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 347 covered Financials peers
  • indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 468 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 430 covered Financials peers, as of FY2025

Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.

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Top 10 scores & list membership

SPGI is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.

Top 10 score

58.1 #303 of 1,379 scored · #107 of 220 in Financials

  • Profitability78.0
  • Growth59.4
  • Financial health74.8
  • Valuation30.5
  • Capital return85.9
  • Trend31.4

Capital return 86th (consecutive years of dividend increases 19 years, net share count bought back over the year 2.2) and profitability 78th (operating margin 42.2%, return on equity 14.3%); weakest is valuation (31st, price to earnings 24.5, price to book 3.8).

Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.

Dividend coverage (FY2025)

Covered by reported results. In FY2025, SPGI's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 26%, free-cash-flow payout 21%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.

  • Earnings payout26% dividends / net income
  • Free-cash-flow payout21% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)

Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.

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How S&P Global looks technically

S&P Global (SPGI) is trading 5.2% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 163 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago. It is 22.9% below its highest point of the past year.

Trend

8
Distance from the 200-dayit is trading 5.2% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend-5.2%
50-day moving averageits average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $414.65$414.65
200-day moving averageits average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $424.65$424.65
Swing structureits recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swingsmixed — one of the two is not confirming
Last swing turnits last significant turn was a swing high 37 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on37 sessions
Wave structureits recent swings can be read as a completed three-part upward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes above 454.92. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next.possible three-wave upward correction, complete (atypical proportions)
Since the 50/200 crossits 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 163 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal163 sessions
Trend strength (14-day ADX)there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend)19.3

Momentum

3
14-day RSImomentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30)48.0
Position in its 14-day rangeit is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($382.21 to $410.99) — its "stochastic" reading is 71 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions.71.3
Since the MACD crossed zeroMACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive)1 session

Range

12
52-week highits highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $522.47$522.47
From the 52-week highit is 22.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year)-22.9%
Above the 52-week lowit is 11.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year)+11.6%
Below the 52-week highit is 22.9% below its highest point of the past year22.9%
Since a 20-day breakoutit made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago5 sessions
Since a 55-day breakoutit made a new 55-day low about 5 trading days ago5 sessions
All-time highits highest closing price on record is $547.82 (set on 2025-08-14)$547.82
Given back of the 52-week moveover the past year its closes ranged ($369.69 to $516.89), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 22% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $460.66 to $465.37. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. Worth noting that the whole move happened in 26 days, so it is a narrow thing to be measuring a retracement against.22.4%
From the all-time highit is 26.5% below its all-time high-26.5%
Nearest price levelit is trading 0.6% below a resistance level at $405.08 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-04-07, most recently on 2026-08-06. Since 2024-10-08 it has 2 such levels below the current price and 9 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go.+0.6%
All-time lowits lowest closing price on record is $9.11 (set on 1996-07-30)$9.11
Above the all-time lowit is 4322.7% above its all-time low+4,323%

Volatility

5
Band width vs its own 6 monthsday-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 73% of it)27th percentile
Typical daily rangein a typical session it travels about $9.18 between its high and its low — about 2.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was$9.18
Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ)most of its recent trading has stayed between about $384.66 and $417.36 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles$384.66 – $401.01 – $417.36
Typical daily range (% of price)its price moves about 2.3% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price2.3%
Stretch from the 200-day averageit is trading 2.4 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (5.2% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale2.4 daily ranges below its 200-day average

Volume

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Volume vs its 30-day averagetrading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average0.85×

Analyst

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Change in the average price targetanalysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading0.0%
Change in the consensus ratingthe analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior readingunchanged

Candlestick patterns

1
Since a bearish engulfing5 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it5 sessions ago

Price gaps

3
Gap at the openit opened on 2026-10-08 0.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close+0.3%
Open gapit gapped 2.7% below the previous close 23 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 450.58 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed-2.7%
Gap filleda 4.8% gap down opened on 2026-07-28 has been "filled" 29 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 22 sessions to close29 sessions ago

Price streaks

1
Closing streakit closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run1 session up

Relative strength

4
vs market, 1 monthover the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 7.2 percentage points (the stock lost 6.2% while the market gained 1.0%)-7.2%
vs market, 3 monthsover the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 10.3 percentage points (the stock lost 6.5% while the market gained 3.8%)-10.3%
vs market, 6 monthsover the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 19.4 percentage points (the stock lost 1.9% while the market gained 17.5%)-19.4%
vs market, 12 monthsover the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 26.7 percentage points (the stock lost 11.8% while the market gained 15.0%)-26.7%

Signal agreement

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Bullish technical signals1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast1 of 9
Bearish technical signals4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast4 of 9

Trend (Ichimoku cloud)

1
Vs the Ichimoku cloudtrading 3.4% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.3% of the share price.-3.4%

Volume-weighted price

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Vs this year’s average price paidthe price is 3% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $414.84 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 187 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.-2.9%
Vs the average paid since it last reportedthe price is 3% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-28 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $414.90 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 52 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.-2.9%

Double top, bearish — broke down · entry $405.24 · 59 sessions in

Price levels it has turned at before

SPGI last closed at $402.73 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 2 prices below its last close and 9 above; the 2 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.

LevelSideDistanceEvidence
$405.08Resistance0.6% above the last closeturned there three times · 2025-04-07 to 2026-08-06
$393.62Support2.3% below the last closeturned there twice · 2026-03-11 to 2026-05-05
$412.51Resistance2.4% above the last closeturned there twice · 2026-04-06 to 2026-06-16
$382.39Support5.0% below the last closeturned there five times · 2026-02-24 to 2026-06-03
$430.17Resistance6.8% above the last closeturned there twice · 2026-03-06 to 2026-04-22

A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.

Wave structure

Its recent swings can be read as a three-part upward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.

This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $454.92.

It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.

This reading has stood for 22 trading days, since 2026-09-09.

Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.

An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.

Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.

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Analyst consensus

  • Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.33 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 20 analysts
  • Mean price target$520.30 range $485.00 – $553.00; median $525.00

Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-05. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.

Analyst EPS estimate for SPGI

  • Consensus EPS estimate$4.42 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-05
  • Estimate change, 30 days-$0.00125 (-0.0%) from $4.43, on 2026-08-31, 35-day window
  • Readings revised upward25% of 8 comparable readings

The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.

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Key risks (from latest filing)

["Heightened regulatory oversight and legal challenges regarding credit rating methodologies and business practices.","Dependency on global capital market conditions, as economic downturns or volatility can reduce demand for credit ratings and financial data services.","Risks associated with the integration of acquired businesses and the protection of proprietary data and intellectual property."]

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What changed in the latest 10-Q

AI-assisted comparison of SPGI's 10-Q filed 2026-04-28 against the prior one filed 2025-10-30.

Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)

  • Added:
    • Newer filing describes company as 'global, diversified, and highly differentiated provider of benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions' vs older filing's 'provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions'
    • Newer filing specifies Mobility segment separation company name as 'Mobility Global Inc.' effective day one of separation
    • Newer filing provides expected completion timeline for Mobility separation as 'mid-2026' vs older filing's '12 to 18 months from its announcement'
    • Newer filing includes Q1 2026 key results table with Revenue $4,171M, Operating profit $2,002M, Operating margin 48%, Diluted EPS $4.69
    • Newer filing footnote 2 details 2026 operating profit adjustments including gain on dispositions $175M, disposition-related costs $40M, acquisition-related costs $11M, lease impairments $5M, employee-related costs $2M, and amortization $276M
    • Newer filing includes Strategic section titled 'Our Strategy' with company mission 'Advancing Essential Intelligence' and three key objectives: Advance market leadership, Expand high-growth adjacencies, Amplify enterprise capabilities and AI integration
    • Newer filing references segment name change from 'S&P Global Commodity Insights' to 'S&P Global Energy'
    • Newer filing Energy segment description states 'leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the energy and commodity markets' vs older 'Commodity Insights' description
  • Removed:
    • Older filing covered three and nine months ended September 30, 2025; newer filing covers only three months ended March 31, 2026
    • Older filing reference to Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2024 removed; newer filing references Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2025
    • Older filing's nine-month results table removed in newer filing
    • Older filing's detailed nine-month revenue and operating profit discussion removed in newer filing
    • Older filing Commodity Insights segment description and results discussion replaced with Energy segment discussion in newer filing
    • Older filing footnote 2 details regarding 2024 operating profit adjustments (IHS Markit merger costs, statutorily required bonus accrual, asset write-off) not present in newer filing
  • Reworded:
    • Company description expanded from 'capital, commodity and automotive markets' to 'capital, energy and commodity, and automotive markets' in newer filing
    • Ratings segment description shortened from 'offering investors and other market participants information, ratings and benchmarks' to simply 'research, and analytics' in newer filing
    • Older filing states Mobility separation 'is expected to be tax-free' while newer filing maintains same language
    • Operating profit discussion in newer filing attributes 27% increase with 14 percentage points from gain on dispositions, vs older filing's 17% increase attributed to revenue growth and decreased incentives
    • Newer filing notes foreign exchange 'favorable impact of less than 1 percentage point' on revenue vs older filing's 'favorable impact of 1 percentage point'
    • Newer filing foreign exchange impact on operating profit stated as 'favorable impact of 2 percentage points' matching older filing's stated impact
  • Notes:
    • The newer filing appears to be truncated at end of Strategy section with incomplete text about 'blockchai' suggesting potential formatting issue in source document
    • Comparison is between different interim periods (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025) so structural and content differences partly reflect period-specific reporting requirements
    • Segment name change from Commodity Insights to Energy represents organizational/naming change rather than substantive operational change

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Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.

  • Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-043 buys ($3M) · 0 sells — 3 buying insiders

Cluster buying: 3 different insiders reported open-market purchases (SEC code P) of SPGI within a 30-day window between 2026-04-29 and 2026-05-01. Disclosed Form 4 activity, not a prediction of performance or a buy signal.

Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-01. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.

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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.

U.S. House trading disclosures

U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 16 matched disclosures for SPGI from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.

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Institutional ownership (13F)

6 institutional 13F filers reported holding SPGI as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).

  • Distinct 13F filers 6
  • Reported shares held 44,560,347
  • Reported value $18,147,646,827

reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 1 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".

Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Short interest (FINRA)

SPGI had 6,576,789 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).

SPGI had 2.22% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.27 days to cover at the same settlement.

  • Reported short interest (shares) 6,576,789
  • Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.22%
  • Prior settlement (shares) 7,001,680
  • Reported change -6.07%
  • Days to cover (reported) 3.27

Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S&P Global (SPGI) do?

S&P Global is a leading provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics, and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide. The company's services are essential to global financial markets, offering credit ratings, market intelligence, indices, and workflow solutions that support decision-making for investors, companies, and governments.

What sector is S&P Global (SPGI) in?

S&P Global (SPGI) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is financial information and ratings services. It trades on NYSE.

Does SPGI pay a dividend?

Yes — S&P Global (SPGI) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.96% and at least 19 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.

Who are S&P Global's (SPGI) competitors?

Notable peers of S&P Global (SPGI) include Moody's, MSCI, Fitch Ratings, Morningstar and FactSet. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.

Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in SPGI?

Yes — we hold 16 matched STOCK Act disclosures for SPGI from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.

Is S&P Global (SPGI) overbought or oversold right now?

S&P Global (SPGI) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.

Where does stocks-llm's data on SPGI come from?

Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.

Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.

Last updated 2026-10-08.

Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.