NYSE:MSCIMsci Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 (WHO). Since then, MSCI stock has increased by 22.9% and is now trading at $322.68. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Msci in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Msci.

Msci is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Msci.

Msci Inc (NYSE:MSCI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 28th. The technology company reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.22. The technology company had revenue of $416.78 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $406.36 million. Msci had a net margin of 33.28% and a negative return on equity of 286.63%. Msci's revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.55 earnings per share. View Msci's earnings history.

Msci announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View Msci's dividend history.

9 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Msci's stock. Their forecasts range from $218.00 to $346.00. On average, they anticipate Msci's share price to reach $304.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.7%. View analysts' price targets for Msci.

Media headlines about MSCI stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Msci earned a coverage optimism score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutMsci.

Msci saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,200,000 shares, a decline of 18.4% from the April 30th total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 835,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Msci's Current Options Chain.

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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.62%), State Street Corp (4.49%), Fiera Capital Corp (4.00%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.05%), Polen Capital Management LLC (2.59%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.90%). Company insiders that own Msci stock include Benjamin F Dupont, Cd Baer Pettit, Henry A Fernandez, Laurent Seyer and Scott A Crum. View institutional ownership trends for Msci.

MSCI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, 1832 Asset Management L.P., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Fiera Capital Corp. Company insiders that have sold Msci company stock in the last year include Benjamin F Dupont, Cd Baer Pettit, Henry A Fernandez, and Laurent Seyer. View insider buying and selling activity for Msci.

MSCI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FDx Advisors Inc., 1832 Asset Management L.P., WCM Investment Management LLC, Capital International Investors, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Ardevora Asset Management LLP, and Deutsche Bank AG. View insider buying and selling activity for Msci.

Shares of MSCI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSCI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $322.68.

Msci has a market capitalization of $26.97 billion and generates $1.56 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $563.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.44 on an earnings per share basis. Msci employs 3,396 workers across the globe.

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

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]