msci inc. - MSCI

MSCI

Close Chg Chg %
588.34 -2.98 -0.51%

Closed Market

585.36

-2.98 (0.51%)

Volume: 625.17K

Last Updated:

May 8, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: msci inc. - MSCI

MSCI Key Data

Open

$587.73

Day Range

577.45 - 589.02

52 Week Range

501.08 - 626.28

Market Cap

$42.83B

Shares Outstanding

72.80M

Public Float

70.19M

Beta

1.23

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

33.60

EPS

$17.54

Yield

126.62%

Dividend

$2.05

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

May 15, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

623.83K

 

MSCI Performance

1 Week
 
-0.58%
 
1 Month
 
9.12%
 
3 Months
 
11.28%
 
1 Year
 
5.19%
 
5 Years
 
21.38%
 

MSCI Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 21
Full Ratings ➔

About msci inc. - MSCI

MSCI, Inc. engages in the provision of investment decision support tools including indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics and corporate governance products and services. It operates through the following segments: Index, Analytics, ESG and Climate, and All Other-Private Assets. The Index segment focuses on the investment process, including developing indexed financial products. The Analytics segment offers risk management, performance attribution and portfolio management content, applications, and services. The ESG and Climate segment includes providing data, ratings, research, and tools to help investors navigate increasing regulation, meet new client demands and better integrate ESG and climate elements into their investment processes. The All Other-Private Assets segment refers to the business intelligence products to real estate owners, managers, developers, and brokers. The company was founded by Andrew Thomas Rudd in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MSCI At a Glance

MSCI, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
New York, New York 10007
Phone 1-212-804-3900 Revenue 3.13B
Industry Financial Publishing/Services Net Income 1.20B
Sector Commercial Services 2025 Sales Growth 9.745%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 6,268
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MSCI Valuation

P/E Current 33.603
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 36.57
Price to Sales Ratio 14.027
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 28.03
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 25.77
Enterprise Value to Sales 15.885
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.127

MSCI Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 500,073.229
Income Per Employee 191,816.369
Receivables Turnover 3.177
Total Asset Turnover 0.562

MSCI Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.899
Quick Ratio 0.899
Cash Ratio 0.282

MSCI Profitability

Gross Margin 76.288
Operating Margin 54.669
Pretax Margin 47.672
Net Margin 38.358
Return on Assets 21.57
Return on Equity N/A
Return on Total Capital 32.637
Return on Invested Capital 32.728

MSCI Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity N/A
Total Debt to Total Capital 172.059
Total Debt to Total Assets 111.152
Long-Term Debt to Equity N/A
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 171.282
  • Income Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Msci Inc. - MSCI

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
2.25B 2.53B 2.86B 3.13B
Sales Growth
+10.03% +12.47% +12.94% +9.75%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
522.31M 582.02M 695.40M 743.25M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
142.50M 159.22M 206.28M 218.57M
Depreciation
51.42M 44.79M 42.24M 49.09M
Amortization of Intangibles
91.08M 114.43M 164.04M 169.48M
COGS Growth
+11.56% +11.43% +19.48% +6.88%
Gross Income
1.73B 1.95B 2.16B 2.39B
Gross Income Growth
+9.58% +12.78% +10.98% +10.67%
Gross Profit Margin
+76.77% +76.99% +75.65% +76.29%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
514.59M 559.87M 625.26M 677.64M
Research & Development
107.20M 132.12M 158.65M 177.60M
Other SG&A
407.38M 427.74M 466.61M 500.05M
SGA Growth
+2.38% +8.80% +11.68% +8.38%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
4.06M (140.60M) 8.46M 11.77M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.21B 1.53B 1.53B 1.70B
Non Operating Income/Expense
7.77M 28.10M 14.66M 2.35M
Non-Operating Interest Income
11.77M 34.48M 21.28M 16.01M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
171.57M 186.68M 185.50M 209.89M
Interest Expense Growth
+7.49% +8.81% -0.63% +13.15%
Gross Interest Expense
171.57M 186.68M 185.50M 209.89M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.04B 1.37B 1.36B 1.49B
Pretax Income Growth
+21.64% +31.16% -0.94% +10.18%
Pretax Margin
+46.42% +54.14% +47.48% +47.67%
Income Tax
173.27M 220.47M 247.04M 291.95M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
68.82M 134.04M 132.55M 110.08M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
68.02M 101.69M 98.58M 135.19M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
40.51M (2.54M) 17.51M 51.21M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(4.08M) (12.71M) (1.59M) (4.54M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
870.57M 1.15B 1.11B 1.20B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
870.57M 1.15B 1.11B 1.20B
Net Income Growth
+19.92% +31.94% -3.44% +8.40%
Net Margin Growth
+38.72% +45.42% +38.83% +38.36%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
870.57M 1.15B 1.11B 1.20B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
870.57M 1.15B 1.11B 1.20B
EPS (Basic)
10.7816 14.4546 14.0913 15.7156
EPS (Basic) Growth
+22.53% +34.07% -2.51% +11.53%
Basic Shares Outstanding
80.75M 79.46M 78.71M 76.50M
EPS (Diluted)
10.7194 14.3856 14.0467 15.6885
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+23.26% +34.20% -2.36% +11.69%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
81.22M 79.84M 78.96M 76.64M
EBITDA
1.35B 1.55B 1.74B 1.93B
EBITDA Growth
+12.21% +14.18% +12.64% +10.93%
EBITDA Margin
+60.22% +61.14% +60.98% +61.64%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 688.941
Number of Ratings 21 Current Quarters Estimate 4.851
FY Report Date 06 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 19.627
Last Quarter’s Earnings 4.55 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 17.28 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 22.454
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 14 14 18 18
Mean Estimate 4.85 5.05 19.63 22.45
High Estimates 5.04 5.30 20.37 23.21
Low Estimate 4.57 4.83 19.00 21.55
Coefficient of Variance 2.39 2.39 1.57 1.97

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 14 14 13
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 4
HOLD 4 4 3
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Msci Inc. - MSCI

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
May 6, 2026 Robert G. Ashe Director 966 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Paula J. Volent Director 4,245 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Robin L. Matlock Director 2,025 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Michelle Renae Seitz Director 1,059 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Rajat Taneja Director 3,576 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Rajat Taneja Director 3,399 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Sandy Campbell Rattray Director 2,805 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Sandy Campbell Rattray Director 2,417 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 6, 2026 June Yang Director 902 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Linda H. Riefler Director 20,983 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Jacques Pierre Perold Director 6,272 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Robert G. Ashe Director 1,168 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 6, 2026 Marcus L. Smith Director 5,444 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 29, 2026 Alvise J. Munari Chief Product Officer 23,588 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $592.03 per share 13,964,803.64
Apr 29, 2026 Alvise J. Munari Chief Product Officer 23,548 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $593.31 per share 13,971,263.88
Jan 29, 2026 Henry A. Fernandez Chairman and CEO; Director 42,193 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 29, 2026 Andrew C. Wiechmann Chief Financial Officer 5,639 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 29, 2025 Henry A. Fernandez Chairman and CEO; Director 1,279,951 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $550.41 per share 704,497,829.91
Jul 29, 2025 Henry A. Fernandez Chairman and CEO; Director 1,279,908 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $547.49 per share 700,736,830.92
Jul 29, 2025 Henry A. Fernandez Chairman and CEO; Director 1,279,890 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $546.4 per share 699,331,896.00

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