msci inc. - MSCI

MSCI

Close Chg Chg %
545.77 -4.99 -0.91%

Closed Market

540.78

-4.99 (0.91%)

Volume: 816.25K

Last Updated:

Dec 4, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: msci inc. - MSCI

MSCI Key Data

Open

$545.61

Day Range

538.42 - 550.00

52 Week Range

486.86 - 642.45

Market Cap

$40.99B

Shares Outstanding

75.14M

Public Float

72.56M

Beta

1.32

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

34.69

EPS

$15.81

Yield

131.56%

Dividend

$1.80

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Nov 14, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

618.05K

 

MSCI Performance

1 Week
 
-3.22%
 
1 Month
 
-6.40%
 
3 Months
 
-1.73%
 
1 Year
 
-11.60%
 
5 Years
 
29.37%
 

MSCI Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 22
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 2.86B
Industry Data Processing Services Net Income 1.11B
Sector Technology Services 2024 Sales Growth 12.939%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 6,132
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MSCI Valuation

P/E Current 34.693
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 42.715
Price to Sales Ratio 16.588
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 31.63
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 29.639
Enterprise Value to Sales 18.075
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.09

MSCI Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 465,774.299
Income Per Employee 180,875.408
Receivables Turnover 3.48
Total Asset Turnover 0.521

MSCI Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.847
Quick Ratio 0.847
Cash Ratio 0.258

MSCI Profitability

Gross Margin 75.652
Operating Margin 53.761
Pretax Margin 47.483
Net Margin 38.833
Return on Assets 20.233
Return on Equity N/A
Return on Total Capital 29.841
Return on Invested Capital 29.306

MSCI Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity N/A
Total Debt to Total Capital 125.29
Total Debt to Total Assets 85.518
Long-Term Debt to Equity N/A
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 124.622
  • Income Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Msci Inc. - MSCI

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
2.04B 2.25B 2.53B 2.86B
Sales Growth
+20.54% +10.03% +12.47% +12.94%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
468.18M 522.31M 582.02M 695.40M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
134.13M 142.50M 159.22M 206.28M
Depreciation
53.53M 51.42M 44.79M 42.24M
Amortization of Intangibles
80.59M 91.08M 114.43M 164.04M
COGS Growth
+23.71% +11.56% +11.43% +19.48%
Gross Income
1.58B 1.73B 1.95B 2.16B
Gross Income Growth
+19.62% +9.58% +12.78% +10.98%
Gross Profit Margin
+77.09% +76.77% +76.99% +75.65%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
502.64M 514.59M 559.87M 625.26M
Research & Development
111.56M 107.20M 132.12M 158.65M
Other SG&A
391.08M 407.38M 427.74M 466.61M
SGA Growth
+16.30% +2.38% +8.80% +11.68%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
18.20M 4.06M (140.60M) 8.46M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.05B 1.21B 1.53B 1.53B
Non Operating Income/Expense
(36.77M) 7.77M 28.10M 14.66M
Non-Operating Interest Income
1.50M 11.77M 34.48M 21.28M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
159.61M 171.57M 186.68M 185.50M
Interest Expense Growth
+2.10% +7.49% +8.81% -0.63%
Gross Interest Expense
159.61M 171.57M 186.68M 185.50M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
858.14M 1.04B 1.37B 1.36B
Pretax Income Growth
+25.05% +21.64% +31.16% -0.94%
Pretax Margin
+41.99% +46.42% +54.14% +47.48%
Income Tax
132.15M 173.27M 220.47M 247.04M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
182.76M 68.82M 134.04M 132.55M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
60.77M 68.02M 101.69M 98.58M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(105.79M) 40.51M (2.54M) 17.51M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(5.58M) (4.08M) (12.71M) (1.59M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
725.98M 870.57M 1.15B 1.11B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
725.98M 870.57M 1.15B 1.11B
Net Income Growth
+20.63% +19.92% +31.94% -3.44%
Net Margin Growth
+35.53% +38.72% +45.42% +38.83%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
725.98M 870.57M 1.15B 1.11B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
725.98M 870.57M 1.15B 1.11B
EPS (Basic)
8.7989 10.7816 14.4546 14.0913
EPS (Basic) Growth
+22.40% +22.53% +34.07% -2.51%
Basic Shares Outstanding
82.51M 80.75M 79.46M 78.71M
EPS (Diluted)
8.6966 10.7194 14.3856 14.0467
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+22.13% +23.26% +34.20% -2.36%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
83.48M 81.22M 79.84M 78.96M
EBITDA
1.21B 1.35B 1.55B 1.74B
EBITDA Growth
+21.22% +12.21% +14.18% +12.64%
EBITDA Margin
+59.06% +60.22% +61.14% +60.98%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 653.412
Number of Ratings 22 Current Quarters Estimate 4.546
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 17.183
Last Quarter’s Earnings 4.47 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 15.20 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 19.373
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 15 14 19 19
Mean Estimate 4.55 4.52 17.18 19.37
High Estimates 4.74 4.80 17.36 20.23
Low Estimate 4.39 4.13 17.03 18.81
Coefficient of Variance 2.31 4.14 0.59 1.83

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 13 13 13
OVERWEIGHT 4 4 3
HOLD 4 4 5
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Msci Inc. - MSCI

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jul 29, 2025 Henry A. Fernandez Chairman and CEO; Director 332,779 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $535.11 per share 178,073,370.69
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
Jul 29, 2025 Henry A. Fernandez Chairman and CEO; Director 1,279,867 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $544.7 per share 697,143,554.90
May 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 294,053 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $551.11 per share 162,055,548.83
May 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 292,167 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $552.03 per share 161,284,949.01
May 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 290,159 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $553.25 per share 160,530,466.75
May 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 289,787 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $554.82 per share 160,779,623.34
Apr 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 294,793 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $533.09 per share 157,151,200.37
Apr 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 294,787 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $535.49 per share 157,855,490.63
Apr 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 295,359 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $529.32 per share 156,339,425.88
Apr 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 295,609 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $528.02 per share 156,087,464.18
Apr 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 295,709 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $526.12 per share 155,578,419.08
Apr 8, 2025 Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit President & COO; Director 295,944 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $524.6 per share 155,252,222.40
Mar 12, 2025 Andrew C. Wiechmann Chief Financial Officer 21,075 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $582.43 per share 12,274,712.25
Jan 30, 2025 Robert J. Gutowski General Counsel 2,484 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 30, 2025 Scott A. Crum Chief Human Resources Officer 3,415 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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