Tudor Investment Corp ET AL Acquires 11,835 Shares of MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI)

Tudor Investment Corp ET AL grew its position in shares of MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI - Free Report) by 30.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 50,271 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 11,835 shares during the period. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL owned about 0.06% of MSCI worth $30,163,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its position in MSCI by 30.9% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 174,982 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $104,991,000 after acquiring an additional 41,346 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in MSCI by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 536,211 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $312,574,000 after acquiring an additional 23,050 shares during the period. Nvwm LLC increased its position in MSCI by 3,581.3% in the 4th quarter. Nvwm LLC now owns 1,767 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,060,000 after acquiring an additional 1,719 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC increased its position in MSCI by 76.3% in the 4th quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 2,992 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,795,000 after acquiring an additional 1,295 shares during the period. Finally, Threadgill Financial LLC increased its position in MSCI by 255.4% in the 4th quarter. Threadgill Financial LLC now owns 1,283 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $770,000 after acquiring an additional 922 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 89.97% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on MSCI. Bank of America began coverage on MSCI in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. They set a "neutral" rating and a $585.00 price target on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on MSCI from $532.00 to $530.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Barclays lowered their price target on MSCI from $675.00 to $650.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 4th. Oppenheimer reiterated a "market perform" rating on shares of MSCI in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on MSCI from $680.00 to $650.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $645.36.

MSCI Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of MSCI traded up $1.46 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $546.57. The company's stock had a trading volume of 430,385 shares, compared to its average volume of 537,475. The firm has a market cap of $42.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.87, a P/E/G ratio of 2.61 and a beta of 1.30. MSCI Inc. has a 1-year low of $458.69 and a 1-year high of $642.45. The company has a 50 day moving average of $552.93 and a two-hundred day moving average of $582.50.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The technology company reported $4.00 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.88 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $745.83 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.45 million. MSCI had a negative return on equity of 156.08% and a net margin of 38.83%. As a group, analysts forecast that MSCI Inc. will post 16.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MSCI Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Investors of record on Friday, May 16th will be issued a $1.80 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 16th. This represents a $7.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.32%. MSCI's dividend payout ratio is currently 49.48%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Henry A. Fernandez bought 5,300 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $574.51 per share, with a total value of $3,044,903.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,269,951 shares of the company's stock, valued at $729,599,549.01. This trade represents a 0.42 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, COO Cd Baer Pettit sold 5,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $524.25, for a total value of $2,621,250.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 294,787 shares of the company's stock, valued at $154,542,084.75. The trade was a 1.67 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 3.31% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About MSCI

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.