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S&P Global Market Intelligence

United States

S&P Global Market Intelligence provides the data backbone and analytics for many M&A and investment workflows, primarily via its Capital IQ Pro platform, covering deal screening, valuation and risk analysis.

Key features

  • Flagship platform: S&P Capital IQ Pro — financial data on 140+ metrics for 19,200+ public companies
  • ownership intelligence (49K+ companies, 35K+ institutions)
  • fixed income (29M+ securities)
  • M&A deal database & transaction comparables
  • 60M+ private companies and 69K+ PE/VC funds (Preqin-supplemented)
  • thousands of screening criteria for M&A and capital raising
  • Excel/Word/PowerPoint add-ins and dashboards
  • ChatIQ, Document Intelligence, and Chart Explainer AI tools. Division also offers credit ratings/risk data, sector intelligence and the S&P Global Marketplace for premium datasets.

AI capabilities

ChatIQ (generative AI natural-language querying), Document Intelligence (AI-powered document analysis/extraction) and Chart Explainer (natural-language chart explanations), all grounded in verified S&P data. On March 12, 2026, S&P Global announced major AI enhancements to Capital IQ Pro: acquisition of Drift AI (formerly Arkifi) for AI-powered Excel modeling automation, and ProntoNLP (acquired 2025) added for NLP sentiment analysis, plus expanded fixed income, biopharma and private markets content.

Integrations

Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint add-ins), Salesforce, Bloomberg Terminal, API/data feeds (Xpressfeed), Snowflake, AWS, portfolio management systems

More information

S&P Global Market Intelligence is one of S&P Global's core divisions, combining proprietary research, news, credit ratings data and technology to power financial decision-making across institutions. Its flagship desktop platform, S&P Capital IQ Pro, is the primary entry point for deal-making professionals — combining corporate, market, transaction and private capital data with screening, modeling and AI tools.

What Makes S&P Global Market Intelligence Different

Key differentiators highlighted by the vendor.

  1. Most comprehensive financial platform globally, integrating public/private company data, transactions, credit ratings and research in one place
  2. Deep private capital integration (Preqin-supplemented PE/VC and fund data) alongside fixed income and risk data
  3. Embedded AI (ChatIQ, Document Intelligence, Chart Explainer) for natural-language querying, grounded in S&P's verified institutional data

Key facts

Year founded
1998
Pricing
Subscription, quote-only
Deal stage
All
Target market
Corporate M&A · M&A Advisory · Private Equity · Venture Capital · Asset Managers · Investment Banking · Corporates · Credit Analysts

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