S&P Global Market Intelligence

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A business division of S&P Global providing financial, market, industry, company, and economic intelligence to professional users worldwide. A global provider of financial data, company intelligence, market research, and analytical software for professionals and institutions.

Last updated October 14, 2026

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Overview

S&P Global Market Intelligence is the data, research, and analytics division of S&P Global Inc. It serves institutional investors, banks, corporations, advisers, governments, and other professional users that need structured information about companies, securities, markets, industries, economies, and supply chains. The division combines financial fundamentals, estimates, ownership information, market data, transaction information, alternative datasets, industry research, and analytical tools in workflow-oriented products. Its best-known offering is Capital IQ Pro, a web-based platform used for company research, financial analysis, market screening, valuation work, deal analysis, competitive intelligence, and investment preparation. The business also provides data feeds, application programming interfaces, desktop and enterprise solutions, and specialized datasets for areas such as private markets, fixed income, credit, energy, commodities, infrastructure, banking, insurance, real estate, and technology. Its products are used across public and private capital markets rather than being limited to one asset class. The brand is part of S&P Global rather than an independently listed company. Its capabilities developed through S&P Global's expansion in financial information and research, including the integration of Capital IQ and other datasets, and were further broadened by S&P Global's combination with IHS Markit in 2022. That transaction added complementary information and analytics in areas including financial markets, commodities, energy, transportation, and private markets. S&P Global Market Intelligence is positioned around the integration of data and analysis into professional workflows. Its competitive value comes from linking information on issuers, securities, transactions, industries, markets, and macroeconomic conditions, allowing users to move from discovery to analysis without assembling every dataset independently. The division operates internationally and is one of the principal operating businesses through which S&P Global commercializes information services beyond its ratings and index franchises.

History

S&P Global Market Intelligence is the modern financial-information and industry-data business within S&P Global. Its present form reflects the consolidation of several information capabilities developed by S&P Global and businesses acquired or integrated by the company over time. A central component was Capital IQ, the company and financial-data platform that became part of S&P Global before the Market Intelligence brand was established as a major operating business. Capital IQ supplied detailed company fundamentals, estimates, transactions, ownership, and screening functionality for investment and corporate users. The business expanded beyond company research by adding and linking data covering public and private markets, credit, fixed income, equities, economics, commodities, energy, infrastructure, supply chains, and industry operations. This broadened its role from a company-information provider into a multi-asset intelligence platform. The division's products were designed to support recurring professional workflows, including investment origination, due diligence, valuation, portfolio monitoring, research production, risk assessment, business development, and strategic planning. The broader corporate identity also changed during this development. McGraw Hill Financial adopted the S&P Global name in 2016, aligning the parent company more closely with the S&P brand family. Market Intelligence operated alongside S&P Global's other major businesses, including Ratings, Indices, and Platts, while retaining a distinct focus on data, research, and analytical software rather than credit ratings or index licensing alone. A significant later turning point was S&P Global's acquisition of IHS Markit. The merger was announced in 2020 and completed in 2022 after regulatory review and other closing conditions. IHS Markit brought additional financial-market, economic, commodity, energy, transportation, and industry datasets. The combination increased the breadth of information available across S&P Global and gave Market Intelligence access to complementary datasets and analytical capabilities. Certain IHS Markit businesses were subsequently subject to divestiture requirements associated with regulatory approval, but the transaction remained a defining element of the division's current scope. On the product side, S&P Global developed Capital IQ Pro as a newer generation of its research and analysis environment. The platform is intended to combine data discovery, company analysis, financial modeling support, market screening, research, and workflow tools in a unified interface. Alongside the platform, the division continues to commercialize data feeds, APIs, enterprise products, and specialized datasets for institutional and corporate customers. Today, S&P Global Market Intelligence is an active global business division rather than a separately listed corporation. Its parent, S&P Global Inc., is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SPGI. The division's identity is based on connecting heterogeneous information: issuer fundamentals can be examined with market data, transactions can be compared with industry conditions, and company research can be combined with macroeconomic, credit, commodity, and supply-chain analysis. This integrated approach supports users across asset management, investment banking, commercial banking, private equity, corporate finance, consulting, insurance, government, and academic research.

2022
IHS Markit merger completed
[3]S&P Global completes merger with IHS Markitspglobal.com
S&P Global completed its merger with IHS Markit, materially broadening the information and analytics capabilities available to the combined company.
2020
Capital IQ Pro announced
[4]Capital IQ Prospglobal.com
S&P Global introduced Capital IQ Pro as a next-generation platform for financial research, data discovery, screening, and analysis.
2016
Parent company adopted the S&P Global name
[2]S&P Global historyspglobal.com
McGraw Hill Financial changed its corporate name to S&P Global, strengthening the common identity of its ratings, indices, market-intelligence, and commodity-information businesses.
2012
Market Intelligence becomes a major S&P operating business
[7]S&P acquires Capital IQspglobal.com
S&P organized its financial-data, research, and analytical capabilities under the Market Intelligence business, linking Capital IQ with broader market and industry information.
2011
Capital IQ joined McGraw-Hill Companies
[1]S&P Global Market Intelligencespglobal.com
McGraw-Hill Companies acquired Capital IQ, adding its financial-data and analytical workflow capabilities to the group.
2004
S&P acquires Capital IQ
[7]S&P acquires Capital IQspglobal.com
S&P acquired Capital IQ, adding a company and financial-information platform that became an important foundation for the later Market Intelligence business.
1999
Capital IQ was established
[1]S&P Global Market Intelligencespglobal.com
Capital IQ emerged as a financial-data and research platform serving professional investors and corporate users.

Products and positioning

Professional financial and industry intelligence provider focused on connecting company, market, transaction, macroeconomic, and alternative data for investment, risk, strategy, and corporate-finance workflows. Professional, institution-focused financial intelligence combining broad datasets, standardized company information, specialist research, and analytical workflow software.

Financial research and workflow platform · 2020
Capital IQ Pro
Capital IQ Pro is S&P Global Market Intelligence's principal web-based research and analysis environment. It provides access to company fundamentals, estimates, ownership, transactions, market data, screening, research, and analytical tools. The platform is designed for investment professionals, corporate-finance teams, advisers, and researchers conducting company analysis, valuation, comparable-company work, due diligence, and market monitoring.
Company financial database
Compustat
Compustat is a structured financial database containing standardized company information and historical financial data used in quantitative research, financial modeling, benchmarking, screening, and academic analysis. It is particularly associated with consistent treatment of corporate financial statements and securities information across large populations of public companies. Coverage and delivery formats support institutional researchers and data users who require normalized fundamentals over long time periods. A standardized historical database of company financial information used for quantitative research, empirical analysis, benchmarking, screening, and financial modeling. Coverage and delivery formats support institutional researchers and data users who require normalized fundamentals over long time periods.
Company and capital-markets intelligence
S&P Capital IQ Pro
S&P Capital IQ provides company, market, transaction, ownership, and financial information for public and private businesses. Its tools support screening, valuation, comparable-company analysis, investment banking research, corporate development, private-equity diligence, and business development. Many of its capabilities are delivered through the broader Capital IQ Pro environment. A professional research platform combining company data, financial statements, estimates, transactions, ownership information, market data, screening, charting, valuation tools, and research content. It is used by investment, banking, corporate-development, consulting, and academic customers for analysis and due diligence.
Enterprise data services
Data feeds and APIs
S&P Global Market Intelligence distributes datasets through feeds, APIs, and enterprise delivery options. These services allow financial institutions and corporations to integrate company, market, reference, transaction, credit, industry, and other data into internal applications, models, research systems, and operational workflows.
Leveraged-finance intelligence
LCD
A specialist information service covering leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, private credit, structured financing, transactions, pricing, market commentary, and related analysis. It is used by lenders, investors, advisers, and other participants in leveraged-finance markets.
Technology research
451 Research
A technology research and advisory offering providing analysis of enterprise technology markets, innovation, digital transformation, and vendor strategies. Its research supports technology suppliers, investors, corporate decision-makers, and professional-services firms.
Enterprise data solutions
S&P Global Market Intelligence data feeds and APIs
Programmatic and enterprise delivery options that allow customers to integrate financial, market, company, transaction, economic, and industry datasets into internal research systems, models, applications, and operational workflows.

Brand decisions

2022
Completion of the IHS Markit mergerM&A
Background
S&P Global pursued a large-scale combination to broaden its information, analytics, and workflow capabilities across financial and industrial markets.
Action taken
S&P Global completed the merger after obtaining required approvals and satisfying closing conditions. S&P Global completed its acquisition of IHS Markit and began integrating the enlarged portfolio.
Aftermath
The combined group gained complementary datasets and capabilities in financial markets, commodities, energy, transportation, economics, and industry intelligence, subject to required divestitures. The transaction expanded the data and research assets available across S&P Global, including capabilities relevant to Market Intelligence customers.
Source
2020
Launch of Capital IQ ProProduct launch
Background
S&P Global sought to modernize and unify its financial research and analytical experience as professional users increasingly expected browser-based, integrated workflows.
Action taken
The company introduced Capital IQ Pro as a next-generation platform combining data access, research, screening, and analysis.
Aftermath
Capital IQ Pro became a principal platform associated with S&P Global Market Intelligence's company and market-intelligence offering.
Source
2016
Corporate rebranding as S&P GlobalStrategy
Background
McGraw Hill Financial reorganized its corporate identity around the S&P Global name.
Action taken
The parent company adopted the S&P Global name, under which Market Intelligence operates as a principal business.
Aftermath
The rebrand unified the company's external identity while preserving distinct product and business brands.
Source
2011
Acquisition of Capital IQM&A
Background
McGraw-Hill Companies sought to expand its professional financial-information and analytical-software capabilities.
Action taken
The company acquired Capital IQ and incorporated its financial-data and research platform into the broader group.
Aftermath
Capital IQ became a major product identity within the later S&P Global Market Intelligence portfolio.
Source

Recent events

2024
S&P Global to acquire Visible Alpha[8]标普全球将收购Visible Alphaspglobal.com
M&A
S&P Global announced an agreement to acquire Visible Alpha, a provider of analyst-model and consensus-estimate data. The transaction was intended to expand investment-research and financial-model workflow capabilities within S&P Global Market Intelligence.
2022
S&P Global completed the acquisition of IHS Markit[9]标普全球完成对IHS Markit的收购spglobal.com
M&A
S&P Global completed its combination with IHS Markit, adding extensive financial, market, industry, and economic information assets to the enlarged company. The transaction affected the broader S&P Global portfolio and expanded the data capabilities available across its businesses.
2020
S&P Global rebrands its Market Intelligence platform as Capital IQ Pro[4]Capital IQ Prospglobal.com
Product launch · Product generation
S&P Global introduced Capital IQ Pro as a new generation of its financial research and workflow platform, bringing together company, market, research, and analytical capabilities in a redesigned user experience.
2016
McGraw Hill Financial became S&P Global[5]S&P Global corporate historyspglobal.com
Other
The parent company changed its corporate name from McGraw Hill Financial to S&P Global. The rebranding provided the corporate framework under which the Market Intelligence business operates today.
2011
McGraw-Hill Companies acquired Capital IQ[1]S&P Global Market Intelligencespglobal.com
M&A
McGraw-Hill Companies announced the acquisition of Capital IQ, bringing a financial-data and research platform into the group that later became S&P Global. Capital IQ subsequently became one of the principal product identities associated with the Market Intelligence business.

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