Earnings per share attributable to the S&P Global Inc. common shareholders:
Basic
8.65
7.80
5.84
8.02
4.26
Diluted
8.60
7.73
5.78
7.94
4.21
Dividends per share
2.28
2.00
1.64
1.44
1.32
Operating statistics:
Return on average equity 7
377.5
%
292.6
%
222.3
%
472.0
%
324.3
%
Income before taxes on income as a percent of revenue from operations
43.7
%
42.8
%
40.6
%
56.3
%
34.2
%
Net income from operations as a percent of revenue from operations
34.4
%
33.9
%
27.0
%
39.4
%
23.9
%
Balance sheet data:
Working capital 8
$
1,619
$
957
$
1,110
$
1,060
$
388
Total assets
11,348
9,441
9,425
8,669
8,183
Total debt 9
3,948
3,662
3,569
3,564
3,611
Redeemable noncontrolling interest
2,268
1,620
1,352
1,080
920
Equity
536
684
766
701
243
Number of employees
22,500
21,200
20,400
20,000
20,400
1
Includes the impact of the following items: a pension related charge of $113 million, costs associated with early repayment of our Senior Notes of $56 million, a $49 million gain on dispositions, employee severance charges of $25 million, Kensho retention related expense of $21 million, lease impairments of $11 million, acquisition-related costs of $4 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $122 million.
2
Includes the impact of the following items: legal settlement expenses of $74 million, Kensho retention related expense of $31 million, restructuring charges related to a business disposition and employee severance charges of $25 million, lease impairments of $11 million, a pension related charge of $5 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $122 million.
3
Includes the impact of the following items: legal settlement expenses of $55 million, employee severance charges of $44 million, a charge to exit leased facilities of $25 million, non-cash acquisition and disposition-related adjustments of $15 million, a pension related charge of $8 million, an asset write-off of $2 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $98 million.
4
Includes the impact of the following items: a $1.1 billion gain from our dispositions, a benefit related to net legal settlement insurance recoveries of $10 million, disposition-related costs of $48 million, a technology-related impairment charge of $24 million, employee severance charges of $6 million, a $3 million disposition-related reserve release, an acquisition-related cost of $1 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $96 million.
5
Includes the impact of the following items: costs related to identified operating efficiencies primarily related to employee severance charges of $56 million, net legal settlement expenses of $54 million, acquisition-related costs of $37 million, an $11 million gain on dispositions and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $67 million.
6
Includes $149 million of tax expense due to U.S. tax reform, primarily associated with the deemed repatriation of foreign earnings, which was partially offset by a $21 million tax benefit related to prior year divestitures.
7
Includes the impact of the $49 million gain on dispositions in 2019 and the $1.1 billion gain on dispositions in 2016.
8
Working capital is calculated as current assets less current liabilities.
9
Includes short-term debt of $399 million and $143 million as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2015, respectively.
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