S&P Global reportedly considers multibillion-dollar spinout of Capital IQ platform

S&P Global is reportedly exploring a potential multibillion-dollar spinout of Capital IQ, its widely used financial data and analytics platform. Capital IQ, commonly referred to as CapIQ, is a core product within S&P Global’s Market Intelligence segment, sitting alongside tools like Visible Alpha and integrated datasets from With Intelligence. A company already in restructuring mode S&P Global completed the spin-off of its Mobility division into an independent publicly traded entity, Mobility Global Inc. (NYSE: MBGL), on July 1, 2026. In that transaction, each S&P Global shareholder received one share of MBGL for every share of SPGI they held as of June 15, 2026. That separation prompted S&P Global to recast its financial reporting and release updated segment information on July 6, 2026, followed by Q2 2026 results on July 28, 2026. Recent moves suggest deepening, not divesting On July 29, 2026, the company announced the integration of expanded private markets datasets from With Intelligence into its Capital IQ Pro platform. Leadership changes and new operating models within the Market Intelligence segment have also been oriented toward innovation and internal r...