Dividend Aristocrat S&P Global (formerly McGraw Hill Financial) (SPGI) will raise its quarterly dividend by 22 percent to $0.50 per share in the first quarter of 2018. This follows a 13.9 percent dividend hike last year.
The company has paid a dividend each year since 1937. The new dividend yield for S&P Global, one of the best performing Dividend Aristocrats in 2017, is 1.1%.
S&P Global Inc., formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., is a provider of ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to the capital and commodity markets. The Company's divisions include S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Global Platts.