MSCI (MSCI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MSCI in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MSCI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MSCI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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14 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for MSCI's shares. Their MSCI share price forecasts range from $450.00 to $650.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $565.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.1% from the stock's current price.
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MSCI's stock was trading at $465.17 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MSCI shares have increased by 10.3% and is now trading at $513.18.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 25th. The technology company reported $3.26 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.11 by $0.15. The technology company earned $621.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $602.47 million. MSCI had a net margin of 39.02% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 93.06%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.78 EPS.
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MSCI declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 11th will be paid a dividend of $1.38 per share on Thursday, August 31st. This represents a $5.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 10th.
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MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) pays an annual dividend of $5.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.03%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 48.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSCI will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.07% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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422 employees have rated MSCI Chief Executive Officer Henry A. Fernandez on Glassdoor.com. Henry A. Fernandez has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Henry A. Fernandez in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MSCI investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Mastercard (MA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Visa (V), PayPal (PYPL), Netflix (NFLX), Intel (INTC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

MSCI trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MSCI."

MSCI's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.31%), State Street Corp (4.08%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.22%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.58%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.13%) and Capital International Investors (1.99%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew C Wiechmann, Cd Baer Pettit, Jennifer H Mak, Robert J Gutowski and Scott A Crum.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MSCI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $513.18.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) has a market capitalization of $40.59 billion and generates $2.25 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $870.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.41 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,980 workers across the globe.

MSCI's mailing address is 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER 250 GREENWICH STREET 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10007. The official website for the company is www.msci.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (212) 804-3900, via email at investor.relations@msci.com, or via fax at 212-981-7401.