Outlet profile

S&P Global Commodity Insights

U.S. market-neutral, industry-focused

Owned byDivision of S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), a publicly traded U.S. corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York

FundingPrimarily subscription revenue (~87–91% of total) from market data, price assessments, analytics, and software licenses; supplemented by licensing royalties paid by commodity exchanges and non-subscription revenue from conferences, consulting, and events

On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

The division traces its roots to 1909, when Warren C. Platt founded the trade magazine National Petroleum News in Cleveland, Ohio. Platt expanded with the Platts Oilgram newsletter in 1923, which became a globally cited source for petroleum price data. His companies were acquired by McGraw-Hill in 1953, placing the business within one of the United States' largest publishing and financial data conglomerates. In 2001, the division acquired FT Energy from the Financial Times group, broadening its international reach and adding the Platts Global Energy Awards. When McGraw-Hill Financial rebranded as S&P Global in 2016, the unit became S&P Global Platts. In February 2022, S&P Global completed a roughly $140 billion merger with IHS Markit, combining S&P Global Platts with IHS Markit's energy and resources unit to create S&P Global Commodity Insights under its current name. The outlet is widely regarded as a market-data authority rather than an advocacy publication; its client base of energy companies, financial institutions, and governments shapes its editorial focus toward data accuracy and market-impact analysis. Independent bias assessors have rated it as essentially centrist, reflecting its B2B, data-first orientation.

Sources

Profile compiled 2026-07-12; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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