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S&P Global (SPGI) FY2009 results: revenue $5.9 billion, down 7.6% on the year

S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) reported revenue of $5.9 billion for fiscal 2009, the year ended 31 December 2009, down 7.6% on the year before. Net income was $731 million, down 8.6%, and diluted earnings per share $2.33. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 24 February 2010.

Revenue
$5.9 billion
-7.6% on the year
FY2007FY2009
Operating margin
21.4%
21.6% a year earlier
FY2007FY2009
Net income
$731 million
-8.6% on the year
FY2007FY2009
Diluted EPS
$2.33
-7.2% on the year
FY2007FY2009

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2009FY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue5,8706,3556,772-7.6%
Cost of revenue2,3392,5182,528-7.1%
Gross profit3,5313,8374,245-8.0%
Gross margin60.2%60.4%62.7%
Selling, general and administrative2,1132,2842,424-7.5%
Operating income1,2591,3751,677-8.4%
Operating margin21.4%21.6%24.8%
Interest expense76.975.640.6+1.6%
Pre-tax income1,1821,2991,636-9.0%
Income tax429480609-10.5%
Effective tax rate36.3%36.9%37.2%
Net income7317991,014-8.6%
Net margin12.4%12.6%15.0%
Diluted EPS$2.33$2.51$2.94-7.2%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2009FY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow1,3301,1781,717+12.9%
Capital expenditure68.5106230-35.3%
Free cash flow1,2611,0721,487+17.7%
Free cash flow margin21.5%16.9%22.0%
Cash from investing-279-433-570
Cash from financing-335-622-1,121
Depreciation and amortisation450479161-6.0%
Share-based compensation22.0-1.9125
Buybacks0.04472,213
Dividends paid282280278+0.4%
Dividend per share$0.90$0.88$0.82+2.3%
Diluted shares, weighted313m319m345m-1.7%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2009FY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity1,8471,2821,678+44.1%
Non-controlling interest81.970.5n/a+16.1%
Short-term borrowings0.070.0n/a-100.0%
Debt1,1981,198n/a+0.0%
Other liabilities3,3483,460n/a-3.2%
Total liabilities and equity6,4756,080n/a+6.5%
Fixed assets580621n/a-6.6%
Goodwill1,6911,703n/a-0.7%
Intangible assets539n/an/a
Investments24.60.0n/a
Cash and equivalents1,118472396+137.0%
Receivables9701,061n/a-8.6%
Inventory301370n/a-18.5%
Other assets1,2531,854n/a-32.4%
Total assets6,4756,080n/a+6.5%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2009, filed 24 February 2010: the filing.