S&P Global misses profit estimates as commodity insights, indices units struggle

The S&P Global logo is displayed on its offices in the financial district in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2018/File Photomissed profit estimates for the second quarter on Thursday, as weakness in rating agency's commodity insights and indices units offset gains from its market intelligence business.On an adjusted basis, its profit of $3.12 per share missed analysts' average estimate of $3.14 per share, as per Refinitiv IBES data.

Growth in revenues from the company's commodity insights and indices segments could not meet Street expectations as demand for data on valuations, benchmarks and energy markets prices wilt away in an uncertain economic environment. However, credit rating agencies have seen strong market for analytics solutions as historically high borrowing cost spurred demand for their products to assess the risk of corporate defaults.

S&P's market intelligence segment, from which the company makes most of its revenue, posted a 5% rise in sales, taking the firm's total revenue up 4% to $3.1 billion in the quarter through June. S&P Global, which provides essential market intelligence to governments, corporates and institutional investors, completed the divestiture of its engineering solutions unit to global investment firm KKR Inc

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