Key Takeaways

  • S&P Global ($SPGI) is one of the “big three” rating agencies and is an established and leading provider of financial data solutions.
  • US Regulators have just conditionally approved a merger with IHS Markit. We believe this is a bullish catalyst, and savings from synergies may be underestimated by consensus.
  • The company has four divisions and multiple opportunities for growth. Notably, the management and firm have a solid track record of delivering to shareholders over the past years.
  • We believe it is reasonable to think that growth will be higher as management takes advantage of enhanced scale and synergy. Execution risk is always present in a merger this size.
  • We believe the company has ample opportunities for growth and think recent product launches show that the company is positively enmeshing itself with long-term trends. It is, for example, an emerging leader in ESG data.

“Without big data analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the web like deer on a freeway.”- Geoffrey Moore

This week’s company is one of the very lynchpins of the global financial system. It is part of a triumvirate of companies that, in a way, set the tempo for the rest of the tremendous financial ensemble by rating and analyzing the risk of ...

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