MSCI Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MSCI in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MSCI stock.
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MSCI saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 545,500 shares, a decline of 19.3% from the June 30th total of 676,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 336,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's stock are short sold.
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MSCI is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 26th 2021.
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MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 27th. The technology company reported $2.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.31 by $0.14. The technology company had revenue of $498.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $490.25 million. MSCI had a net margin of 37.02% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 173.63%. MSCI's revenue was up 21.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.77 earnings per share.
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MSCI's stock was trading at $262.58 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSCI stock has increased by 125.4% and is now trading at $591.84.
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MSCI announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 27th. Investors of record on Friday, August 13th will be paid a dividend of $1.04 per share on Tuesday, August 31st. This represents a $4.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 12th. This is a positive change from MSCI's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78.
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MSCI pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.53%. MSCI has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of MSCI is 39.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSCI will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.70% next year. This indicates that MSCI will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for MSCI's stock. Their forecasts range from $463.00 to $700.00. On average, they anticipate MSCI's share price to reach $585.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.1%.
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422 employees have rated MSCI CEO Henry A. Fernandez on Glassdoor.com. Henry A. Fernandez has an approval rating of 94% among MSCI's employees. This puts Henry A. Fernandez in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

MSCI's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include TCW Group Inc. (0.04%), Vancity Investment Management Ltd (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.01%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%) and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.01%). Company insiders that own MSCI stock include Benjamin F Dupont, Cd Baer Pettit, Henry A Fernandez, Laurent Seyer and Scott A Crum.
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MSCI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Tectonic Advisors LLC, and Raymond James Trust N.A.. Company insiders that have sold MSCI company stock in the last year include Cd Baer Pettit, and Scott A Crum.
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MSCI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TCW Group Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Vancity Investment Management Ltd, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Welch & Forbes LLC, Wealth Advisory Solutions LLC, and Veracity Capital LLC.
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Shares of MSCI 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 $591.84.

MSCI has a market capitalization of $48.78 billion and generates $1.70 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $601.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.83 on an earnings per share basis.

MSCI employs 3,633 workers across the globe.

MSCI was founded in 1969.

The official website for MSCI is www.msci.com.

MSCI is headquartered at 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER 250 GREENWICH STREET 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10007.

MSCI's mailing address is 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER 250 GREENWICH STREET 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10007. The technology company can be reached via phone at (212) 804-3900 or via email at [email protected]