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MD&A 366 words changed in this paragraph; it is 35% similar to last year's version.
Revenue increased 14% 8% driven by increases at all of our reportable segments, partially offset by a decrease at Engineering Solutions due to its sale on May 2, 2023. segments. The increase at Ratings was driven by growth in both non-transaction and transaction revenue and non-transaction revenue. Transaction Non-transaction revenue increased primarily due to growth in corporate bond ratings revenue and bank loan ratings revenue driven by increased issuance volumes due to higher refinancing activity. Non-transaction revenue increased due to an increase in surveillance revenue and an increase in new entity credit revenue at our Crisil subsidiary. Transaction revenue increased due to higher corporate bond ratings revenue, partially offset by lower bank loan ratings revenue. An increase in structured finance revenue driven by increased collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) issuance also contributed to transaction revenue growth. The increase at Market Intelligence was primarily due to subscription revenue growth for work flow solutions at Enterprise Solutions, data feed products within Data and Advisory Solutions, RatingsXpress®, RatingsDirect® and Credit in Data, Analytics within Credit & Risk Solutions and Market Intelligence Desktop products. Revenue growth at Commodity Insights was primarily due to continued demand for market data and market insights products. The increase at Indices was primarily due to higher asset-linked fees revenue, higher over-the-counter derivatives revenue, higher exchange-traded derivative revenue and higher data subscription revenue. The increase at Mobility was primarily due to new business growth within the Dealer business and strong underwriting volumes within the Financial business. Revenue at Market Intelligence which was favorably impacted by the acquisition of Visible Alpha in May of 2024 and unfavorably impacted With Intelligence in November of 2025, growth for work flow solutions in Enterprise Solutions and growth in RatingsXpress® and RatingsDirect®, partially offset by the divestitures unfavorable impact of the sale of Fincentric and the PrimeOne business in August of 2024 2024. The increase at Indices was primarily due to higher asset-linked fees revenue, higher exchange-traded derivative revenue and November of 2024, respectively. Revenue higher data subscription revenue. The increase at Commodity Insights Energy was favorably impacted primarily due to continued demand for market data and market insights products driven by the acquisition of World Hydrogen Leaders expanded product offerings to our existing customers under enterprise use contracts, an increase in May of 2024. Revenue sales usage-based royalties revenue and an increase in conference revenue driven by increased attendance at CERAWeek in 2025. The increase at Mobility was favorably impacted primarily due to growth within the Dealer and Financial businesses driven by continued new business growth within the acquisition Dealer business, strong underwriting volumes and market share growth within the Financial business and the favorable impact of Market Scan in February of 2023. improved contract terms. Foreign exchange rates had a favorable impact of less than 1 percentage point.
Source: Item 7, 10-K 0000064040-26-000013 vs Item 7, 10-K 0000064040-25-000052
Risk Factors 268 words changed in this paragraph; it is 34% similar to last year's version.
AI is an emerging a rapidly evolving technology that is fundamentally changing the way data is gathered, produced, protected, licensed, processed, and consumed. Given the importance of data to our products and services, AI continues to be an increasingly important part of our business and industry. We While we have established a Company-wide AI strategy to drive our approach to data protection, licensing and AI integration in our processes, products and services. We have made significant investments in various services, AI initiatives. However, the AI landscape is complex creates a number of evolving risks and rapidly evolving, opportunities and new and enhanced laws and regulations (or inadequate laws or regulations), governmental or regulatory scrutiny, competition from established or emerging companies, litigation, ethical concerns, cybersecurity concerns, intellectual property concerns, or can exacerbate other complications could materially and adversely impact our ability to protect our data and intellectual property, to develop and offer products and services that effectively use AI, to compete with other AI products or services, to improve efficiency of existing products or services through the effective use of AI to remain competitive, or to incorporate AI in our internal operations, or could materially increase our burden and cost of research, development and regulatory compliance. As discussed in the risk factor entitled “The markets in which we operate continuously change to adapt to customer needs. Our inability to innovate and compete with new or enhanced products and services of our competitors could impact our profitability,” competitors are deploying AI in ways that could materially reduce demand for our products and services. Additionally, we may be unable to protect our data from unintended use or access by third-party AI systems. For additional risks related to intellectual property rights, see the risk factor entitled “Our ability to protect our intellectual property rights could impact our competitive position.” The development, testing and deployment of AI systems requires continued investment and may materially increase the cost profile of our offerings due to the nature of the risks, including those described herein:
Source: Item 1A, 10-K 0000064040-26-000013 vs Item 1A, 10-K 0000064040-25-000052
Legal Proceedings 205 words changed in this paragraph; it is 32% similar to last year's version.
Moreover, various government and self-regulatory agencies frequently make inquiries and conduct investigations into our compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including those related to our regulated products and services, antitrust matters and other matters, such as ESG. For example, as a nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("NRSRO") registered with the SEC under Section 15E of the Exchange Act, S&P Global Ratings is in ongoing communication with the staff of the SEC regarding compliance with its extensive obligations under the federal securities laws. On September 3, 2024, as part of an industry-wide investigation into off-channel communications by the SEC, S&P Global Ratings, and certain other NRSROs, reached a settlement to resolve violations of recordkeeping rules. This matter was previously disclosed by S&P Global. In the SEC’s order, the SEC recognized S&P Global Ratings’ remedial acts and its cooperation with the SEC staff. As part of the resolution, S&P Global Ratings paid a penalty of $20 million. S&P Global previously accrued that amount in its consolidated financial statements for the second quarter of 2024. Although S&P Global seeks to promptly address any compliance issues that it detects or that the staff of the SEC or another regulator raises, there can be no assurance that the SEC or another regulator will not seek remedies against S&P Global for one or more compliance deficiencies. Any of these proceedings, investigations or inquiries could ultimately result in adverse judgments, damages, fines, penalties or activity restrictions, which could adversely impact our consolidated financial condition, cash flows, business or competitive position.
Source: Item 3, via Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies, 10-K 0000064040-26-000013 vs Item 3, via Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies, 10-K 0000064040-25-000052
Accounting Policies 122 words changed in this paragraph; it is 35% similar to last year's version.
In November of 2023, 2024, the FASB issued accounting guidance which requires that expands reportable segment disclosure requirements primarily through enhanced disclosures an entity disclose, in the notes to financial statements, additional information about significant segment expenses. specific expense categories. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2023, 2026, and for interim reporting periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. 2027. We adopted are currently evaluating the impact of this guidance and on the amendments have been applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. As a result of the adoption of this guidance, we enhanced our disclosures about significant expenses regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included in the segment’s measure of profit or loss to assess segment performance and allocate resources. See Note 12 – Segment and Geographic Information for additional information. Company’s disclosures.
Source: Item 8, Note 1 – Accounting Policies, 10-K 0000064040-26-000013 vs Item 8, Note 1 – Accounting Policies, 10-K 0000064040-25-000052