One Wealth Capital Management LLC Invests $774,000 in MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI)

One Wealth Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 1,290 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $774,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Westwind Capital lifted its position in shares of MSCI by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Westwind Capital now owns 22,143 shares of the technology company's stock worth $13,286,000 after purchasing an additional 187 shares during the last quarter. Diversified Trust Co increased its position in MSCI by 7.6% in the 4th quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 3,109 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,865,000 after buying an additional 220 shares during the period. CWA Asset Management Group LLC boosted its position in shares of MSCI by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 418 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $251,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of MSCI by 98.8% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 825 shares of the technology company's stock worth $495,000 after acquiring an additional 410 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in MSCI by 4.5% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 536,211 shares of the technology company's stock worth $312,574,000 after acquiring an additional 23,050 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 89.97% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently commented on MSCI shares. Wolfe Research raised shares of MSCI from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Redburn Atlantic upgraded MSCI from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $680.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a $638.00 price objective on shares of MSCI in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. UBS Group cut their target price on MSCI from $695.00 to $680.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of MSCI from $650.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $645.67.

MSCI Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:MSCI traded down $5.53 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $591.13. The stock had a trading volume of 445,394 shares, compared to its average volume of 359,724. The stock has a market capitalization of $46.33 billion, a PE ratio of 38.81, a P/E/G ratio of 3.21 and a beta of 1.11. MSCI Inc. has a 52 week low of $439.95 and a 52 week high of $642.45. The business's 50-day moving average price is $601.07 and its 200 day moving average price is $568.33.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $3.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.77 by $0.09. MSCI had a negative return on equity of 162.06% and a net margin of 43.06%. The firm had revenue of $724.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $716.15 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.45 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that MSCI Inc. will post 14.98 EPS for the current year.

MSCI Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th were given a $1.60 dividend. This represents a $6.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 15th. MSCI's payout ratio is presently 42.02%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other MSCI news, CEO Henry A. Fernandez purchased 2,900 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $612.80 per share, with a total value of $1,777,120.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer now directly owns 330,379 shares in the company, valued at approximately $202,456,251.20. This represents a 0.89 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 3.20% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

MSCI Company Profile

MSCI Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides critical decision support tools and solutions for the investment community to manage investment processes worldwide. The Index segment provides indexes for use in various areas of the investment process, including indexed financial product, such as ETFs, mutual funds, annuities, futures, options, structured products, and over-the-counter derivatives; performance benchmarking; portfolio construction and rebalancing; and asset allocation, as well as licenses GICS and GICS Direct.