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NYSE:MSCI

MSCI (MSCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$552.89 +11.19 (+2.07%)
As of 02:00 PM Eastern

About MSCI Stock (NYSE:MSCI)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$547.74
$555.23
50-Day Range
$505.35
$590.15
52-Week Range
$439.95
$642.45
Volume
115,070 shs
Average Volume
568,210 shs
Market Capitalization
$42.93 billion
P/E Ratio
39.32
Dividend Yield
1.30%
Price Target
$646.58
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

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. The Analytics segment offers risk management, performance attribution and portfolio management content, application, an integrated view of risk and return service, and an analysis of market, credit, liquidity, counterparty, and climate risk across asset classes; managed services, including consolidation of client portfolio data, review and reconciliation of input data and results, and customized reporting; and HedgePlatform to measure, evaluate, and monitor the risk of hedge fund investments. The ESG and Climate segment provides products and services that help institutional investors understand how ESG impacts the long-term risk and return of their portfolio and individual security-level investments; and data, ratings, research, and tools to help investors navigate increasing regulation. The All Other Private Assets segment includes real estate and infrastructure data, benchmarks, return-analytics, climate assessments and market insights; business intelligence to real estate owners, managers, developers, and brokers; and offers investment decision support tools for private capital. The Private Capital Solutions segment offers tools to help private asset investors across mission-critical workflows, such as sourcing terms and conditions, evaluating operating performance, managing risk and other activities supporting private capital investing. MSCI Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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MSCI Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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95th Percentile Overall Score

MSCI MarketRank™: 

MSCI scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 108th out of 951 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    MSCI has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.79, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    MSCI has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about MSCI's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for MSCI are expected to grow by 12.93% in the coming year, from $16.86 to $19.04 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of MSCI is 39.13, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.15.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of MSCI is 39.13, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.54.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    MSCI has a PEG Ratio of 2.61. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Read more about MSCI's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.37% of the float of MSCI has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    MSCI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in MSCI has recently increased by 8.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    MSCI pays a meaningful dividend of 1.36%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    MSCI has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of MSCI is 51.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, MSCI will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.82% next year. This indicates that MSCI will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about MSCI's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.37% of the float of MSCI has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    MSCI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in MSCI has recently increased by 8.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    MSCI has a news sentiment score of 1.01. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 44 news articles for MSCI this week, compared to 24 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 2 people have searched for MSCI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -83% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    6 people have added MSCI to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, MSCI insiders have bought 16.16% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $3,044,903.00 in company stock and sold $2,621,250.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 3.31% of the stock of MSCI is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    89.97% of the stock of MSCI is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about MSCI's insider trading history.
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MSCI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

MSCI's stock was trading at $600.01 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MSCI shares have decreased by 8.3% and is now trading at $550.17.
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MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The technology company reported $4.18 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.22. MSCI had a net margin of 38.83% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 156.08%.
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MSCI's top institutional investors include GAMMA Investing LLC (0.65%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.20%), Czech National Bank (0.02%) and Threadgill Financial LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Henry A Fernandez, Cd Baer Pettit, Andrew C Wiechmann, Robert J Gutowski, Scott A Crum and Jennifer H Mak.
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Shares of MSCI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that MSCI investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Humana (HUM), Meta Platforms (META), Invesco QQQ (QQQ), American Water Works (AWK), Broadcom (AVGO) and Salesforce (CRM).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
1/29/2025
Record date for 2/28 Dividend
2/14/2025
Ex-Dividend for 2/28 Dividend
2/14/2025
Dividend Payable
2/28/2025
Today
4/14/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/22/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Business services, not elsewhere classified
Sub-Industry
Specialized Finance
Current Symbol
NYSE:MSCI
Employees
4,760
Year Founded
1969

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$646.58
High Stock Price Target
$723.00
Low Stock Price Target
$532.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+17.6%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.79
Research Coverage
14 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
39.11
Forward P/E Ratio
32.62
P/E Growth
2.61
Net Income
$1.11 billion
Pretax Margin
47.48%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.86 billion
Cash Flow
$17.24 per share
Price / Cash Flow
31.89
Book Value
($12.10) per share
Price / Book
-45.45

Miscellaneous

Free Float
75,167,000
Market Cap
$42.70 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.30

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This page (NYSE:MSCI) was last updated on 4/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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