MSCI - MSCI Stock Forecast, Price & News

MSCI Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides investment decision support tools for the clients to manage their investment processes worldwide. It operates through four segments: Index, Analytics, ESG and Climate, and All Other - Private Assets. The Index segment provides indexes for use in various areas of the investment process, including indexed product creation, such as ETFs, mutual funds, annuities, futures, options, structured products, over-the-counter derivatives; performance benchmarking; portfolio construction and rebalancing; and asset allocation, as well as licenses GICS and GICS Direct. The Analytics segment offers risk management, performance attribution and portfolio management content, application, and service that provides an integrated view of risk and return, and an analysis of market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risk across asset classes; managed services, including consolidation of client portfolio data from various sources, review and reconciliation of input data and results, and customized reporting; and HedgePlatform to measure, evaluate, and monitor the risk of hedge fund investments. The ESG and Climate segment provides products and services that help institutional investors understand how ESG factors impact the long-term risk and return of their portfolio and individual security-level investments; and data, ratings, research, and tools to help investors navigate increasing regulation. The All Other - Private Assets segment includes real estate market and transaction data, benchmarks, return-analytics, climate assessments and market insights for funds, investors, and managers; business intelligence to real estate owners, managers, developers, and brokers; and offers investment decision support tools for private capital. It serves asset owners and managers, financial intermediaries, wealth managers, real estate professionals, and corporates. MSCI Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

MSCI Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:MSCI opened at $501.12 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $435.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $464.79. The stock has a market cap of $40.34 billion, a PE ratio of 51.56 and a beta of 1.09. MSCI has a 1 year low of $376.41 and a 1 year high of $679.85.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI - Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 26th. The technology company reported $2.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.71 by $0.07. MSCI had a net margin of 36.85% and a negative return on equity of 151.89%. The firm had revenue of $551.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $560.24 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.45 EPS. The business's revenue was up 10.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that MSCI will post 11.38 EPS for the current year.

MSCI Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $1.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 11th. This represents a $5.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.00%. This is an increase from MSCI's previous quarterly dividend of $1.04. MSCI's dividend payout ratio is currently 42.80%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSCI has been the topic of several research reports. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on MSCI from $600.00 to $520.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, June 28th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of MSCI from $514.00 to $546.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, July 29th. Redburn Partners initiated coverage on MSCI in a report on Tuesday, May 17th. They issued a "buy" rating for the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on MSCI from $478.00 to $513.00 in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price objective on shares of MSCI to $507.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $513.75.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Scott A. Crum sold 5,000 shares of MSCI stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $501.46, for a total transaction of $2,507,300.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 27,408 shares in the company, valued at $13,744,015.68. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 3.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.