Insider trade

CEO purchased ~$998K of SPGI shares in the open market

Traded Apr 29, 2026 · Filed May 1, 2026

~$998K
Reported value · 2,322 sh @ $429.93: 28K
Holds after · shares reported: -10.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +7.4%, $433.19 → $388.16 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of S&P Global spent $998K of their very own money to buy S&P Global shares. 2 other people at S&P Global bought some too, in the same month. Their pile of S&P Global shares grew by 9%.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Apr 29, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 1, 2026

CEO$500K–$1MHoldings +9%3 insiders bought in 30d

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$998,297

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

$500K–$1M

Ownership change

+9.2%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

Not enough history to judge

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Cluster activity

3 distinct insiders in 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Size vs CEO pay

This purchase equals about 7.8% of the CEO's reported total pay for fiscal 2025 ($12.8M)

Purchase value ÷ the CEO's total from the Summary Compensation Table, as tagged in the pay versus performance table of the company's proxy statement (DEF 14A), filed 2026-03-31. The proxy names Martina Cheung as CEO for that year. A size comparison, not a judgement

Timing vs results

1 day after results of Apr 28, 2026, 90 days before results of Jul 28, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $433.19 on Apr 29, 2026, 11% above its 52-week low and 23% below its high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $390.76 (Feb 11, 2026) to $564.15 (Aug 14, 2025), 24% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $432.94 on Mar 17, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-0.9%	+3.0%	-3.9%
30 days	-2.9%	+5.0%	-8.0%
90 days	-2.0%	+5.5%	-7.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001657890-26-000008
Filed / recorded: May 1, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: S&P Global Inc.
Issuer CIK: 64040
Ticker: SPGI
Reporting person: Martina Cheung
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: CEO & President
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Apr 29, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 2,322
Price per share: $429.93
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 27,518
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $429.92 to $430.25, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to S&P Global Inc., any security holder of S&P Global Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in footnote (1) to this Form 4.

Around the same time

5mo ago

4,115Derivative units

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

5mo ago

2,743Derivative units

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

Director bought5mo ago

~$500KReported value · 1,152 sh @ $434.03

0 → 1,152 shares held

3 different insiders bought within a month

A board member of S&P Global spent $500K of their very own money to buy S&P Global shares. 2 other people at S&P Global bought some too, in the same month.

Why it stands out Official record

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

Around the same time

4,115Derivative units

2,743Derivative units

~$500KReported value · 1,152 sh @ $434.03

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