SPGI, MSCI, and Danaher Financial Comparison
Interactive comparison of revenue, profitability, cash generation, leverage, and buyback trends from the extracted metrics file, with obvious outliers filtered to keep the trend view decision-useful.
SPGI
S&P Global
Coverage: 2009–2018
Latest reliable revenue
$6.1B
FY2017
Op margin55.6%FY2017
ROE232.7%FY2018
FCF$2.1BFY2018
Debt / equity0.61xFY2015
Shares258.3MFY2018
Trend context10 FY points
- Excluded FY2018 revenue-derived metrics because revenue was lower than income or free cash flow in the extracted row.
MSCI
MSCI
Coverage: 2010–2018
Latest reliable revenue
$1.1B
FY2018
Op margin64.1%FY2018
ROE56.3%FY2018
FCF$579.6MFY2018
Debt / equity0.51xFY2013
Shares90.1MFY2018
Trend context9 FY points
- Excluded FY2012 shares-outstanding point because it was a scale outlier above 5B shares.
- Excluded FY2015 shares-outstanding point because it was a scale outlier above 5B shares.
DHR
Danaher
Coverage: 2018
Latest reliable revenue
$19.9B
FY2018
Op margin17.1%FY2018
ROE9.4%FY2018
FCF$3.4BFY2018
Debt / equity0.40xFY2018
Shares701.5MFY2018
Trend context1 FY point
- No rule-based exclusions were needed for this company.
Portfolio lens
What stands out across the three names
- Danaher is the scale anchor in the extracted file, with the highest latest reliable revenue at $19.9B.
- MSCI leads on operating efficiency in the latest clean margin observation at 64.1%, while S&P Global posts the highest latest ROE at 232.7%.
- MSCI shows the strongest observable buyback trend, with shares outstanding down 25.5% from its first clean point to its latest clean point.
- Danaher has the lowest latest available debt-to-equity reading among reported points at 0.40x.
Coverage note
How the dashboard handles incomplete or malformed points
- Danaher appears as a point benchmark rather than a full trend because the CSV contains only one fiscal-year observation for DHR.
- S&P Global has one excluded revenue-based row (FY2018), which prevents that anomalous point from distorting revenue and margin charts.
- MSCI has two excluded share-count outliers (FY2012 and FY2015), so the buyback chart reflects the remaining clean series.
Revenue trajectory
Line chart of latest reliable annual revenue by ticker, in billions of dollars.
Revenue growth comparison
Grouped bars show annual top-line growth where the extracted row passed the revenue consistency check.
Operating margin trend
Multi-line comparison of operating efficiency over time.
Net margin trend
Net profitability trend after interest, taxes, and other below-the-line effects.
Free cash flow and FCF margin
Solid lines track free cash flow in billions; dashed lines use the right axis for FCF margin.
Return on equity and leverage
ROE highlights capital efficiency, while debt-to-equity shows the balance-sheet trade-off underneath it.
Shares outstanding (buyback lens)
Lower shares outstanding indicates greater buyback intensity; scale outliers were excluded before plotting.
Latest clean metric snapshot by company
| Company | Coverage | Revenue | Revenue Growth | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | FCF | FCF Margin | Debt / Equity | Shares Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P Global (SPGI) | 2009–2018 | $6.1B FY2017 | 7.1% FY2017 | 55.6% FY2017 | 34.7% FY2017 | 232.7% FY2018 | $2.1B FY2018 | 33.3% FY2017 | 0.61x FY2015 | 258.3M FY2018 |
| MSCI (MSCI) | 2010–2018 | $1.1B FY2018 | -15.8% FY2018 | 64.1% FY2018 | 47.4% FY2018 | 56.3% FY2018 | $579.6M FY2018 | 54.1% FY2018 | 0.51x FY2013 | 90.1M FY2018 |
| Danaher (DHR) | 2018 | $19.9B FY2018 | n/a | 17.1% FY2018 | 13.3% FY2018 | 9.4% FY2018 | $3.4B FY2018 | 16.9% FY2018 | 0.40x FY2018 | 701.5M FY2018 |