MSCI Company Profile (NYSE:MSCI)

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

MSCI announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. Investors of record on Friday, May 19th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, May 31st. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 17th. View MSCI's Dividend History.

MSCI Inc (NYSE:MSCI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 4th. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $301.21 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $303.88 million. MSCI had a net margin of 23.31% and a return on equity of 72.33%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.68 earnings per share. View MSCI's Earnings History.

5 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for MSCI's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect MSCI's stock price to reach $95.20 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for MSCI.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about MSCI stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to investment institutions worldwide. MSCI Inc. products include indices and portfolio analytics for use in managing equity, fixed income and multi-asset class portfolios. " (7/6/2017)
• 2. Cantor Fitzgerald analysts commented, "Foresi’s NTKs. Indexing recorded a strong performance driven by healthy AuM. New solutions are ramping helping to drive results with nascent offerings like factor investing growing above company average, with the trade off being slightly lower pricing (3.08 BPS on AuM in 1Q17 vs. 3.24 in 1Q16). MSCI continues to work to improve the results and competitive positioning of analytics." (5/5/2017)

MSCI saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 14th, there was short interest totalling 481,925 shares, a decline of 30.3% from the June 30th total of 691,536 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 464,790 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to MSCI include Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Sse Plc (SSEZY), Agilent Technologies (A), Symantec Corporation (SYMC), Microchip Technology Incorporated (MCHP), ServiceNow (NOW), Red Hat (RHT), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), SK Telecom Co. (SKM), Chipmos Technologies (IMOS), SBA Communications Corporation (SBAC), Xilinx (XLNX), Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (FUJIY), CGI Group (GIB), Weibo Corporation (WB), KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC), Snap (SNAP) and Mettler-Toledo International (MTD).

MSCI's management team includes the folowing people:

• Henry A. Fernandez, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
• Kathleen A. Winters, Chief Financial Officer
• Carroll D Baer Pettit, Chief Operating Officer
• Scott A. Crum, Chief Human Resources Officer
• Richard J. Napolitano, Principal Accounting Officer, Global Controller
• Arun Sinha, Chief Marketing Officer
• Remy Briand, Head - ESG and Real Estate
• Jorge Mina, Head - Analytics
• Laurent Seyer, Chief Client Officer
• Diana H. Tidd, Head - Index

MSCI's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.94%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.22%), First Quadrant L P CA (0.20%), YCG LLC (0.20%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.15%) and Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.11%). Company insiders that own MSCI stock include Benjamin F Dupont, Cd Baer Pettit, Diana H Tidd, Holdings LP Valueact, Patrick Tierney, Richard J Napolitano, Rodolphe M Vallee, Scott A Crum and Valueact Capital Master Fund,. View Institutional Ownership Trends for MSCI.

MSCI's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, First Quadrant L P CA, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Eqis Capital Management Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company LTD, Sapphire Star Partners LP and YCG LLC. Company insiders that have sold MSCI stock in the last year include Benjamin F Dupont, Cd Baer Pettit, Diana H Tidd, Holdings LP Valueact, Patrick Tierney, Rodolphe M Vallee, Scott A Crum and Valueact Capital Master Fund,. View Insider Buying and Selling for MSCI.

MSCI's stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Boston Advisors LLC, Copeland Capital Management LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd., Fox Run Management L.L.C., Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., ING Groep NV and Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds Voor DE Media PNO. View Insider Buying and Selling for MSCI.

Shares of MSCI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSCI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.35.