S&P Global Ratings

Overview

• Industryfinancial services¹
• HeadquartersNew York City¹
• Websitewww.spglobal.com/ratings
• Legal formpublic company¹
• Listed onNew York Stock Exchange¹
• Incorporated inDE⁵
• Business address55 Water Street, New York, Ny 10041-0003⁵

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S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes credit ratings on debt issued by companies, governments and structured finance vehicles. S&P is considered the largest of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, which also include Moody's Ratings and Fitch Ratings. Its former equity and fund research business was sold to CFRA in 2016 equity-index products sit with S&P Dow Jones Indices.³

The story

Founded by Henry Varnum Poor and Henry William Poor in 1941.¹

Leadership

Who has led S&P Global Ratings, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderHenry Varnum Poor¹
• FounderHenry William Poor¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• S&P Global

Owners

• S&P Global

Subsidiaries

• S&P Capital IQ
• S&P Global Ratings Japan
• S&P Global SF Japan

From Wikidata.¹

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

• 2016$5.7B¹

Former names

• Standard & Poor's Ratings ServicesMar 25, 2016 to Apr 29, 2016⁵

Timeline

1. 1941Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitewww.spglobal.com/ratings¹
• WikipediaS&P Global Ratings
• WikidataQ106158
• SEC EDGARCIK 1650548