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S&P Global shares outstanding SPGI

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
295.5M
On a year earlier
−3.5%
fewer shares

S&P Global had 295.5M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 3.5% fewer than a year earlier, so each share owns a little more of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025302.1M−2%
FY2024308.9M−2%
FY2023315.9M−3%
FY2022325.2M+34%
FY2021242.1M+0%
FY2020241.5M−2%
FY2019245.4M−3%
FY2018251.7M−2%
FY2017257.1M−2%
FY2016261.6M−4%
FY2015272.2M+0%
FY2014271.8M−2%
FY2013278M+0%
FY2012278M−5%
FY2011294M−5%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY26295.5M−3%
Q1 FY26297.6M−3%
Q4 FY25302.1M−2%
Q3 FY25304.5M−2%
Q2 FY25306.1M−2%
Q1 FY25307.7M−2%
Q4 FY24308.9M−2%
Q3 FY24311.5M−2%
Q2 FY24313.2M−2%
Q1 FY24314M−3%
Q4 FY23315.9M−3%
Q3 FY23318M−4%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.