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, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 18th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Thursday, August 31st. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 16th. This is a positive change from MSCI's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. View MSCI's Dividend History.

MSCI Inc (NYSE:MSCI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $316.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $314.03 million. MSCI had a net margin of 24.01% and a return on equity of 87.11%. The company's revenue was up 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.77 earnings per share. View MSCI's Earnings History.

MSCI is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 26th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for MSCI.

5 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for MSCI's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $125.00. On average, they anticipate MSCI's share price to reach $100.80 in the next twelve months. 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 during 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 trading volume, of 464,790 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's shares are sold short.

Some companies that are related to MSCI include Agilent Technologies (A), Weibo Corporation (WB), Level 3 Communications (LVLT), TeliaSonera AB (TLSNY), Ericsson (ERIC), Microchip Technology Incorporated (MCHP), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Sse Plc (SSEZY), ServiceNow (NOW), Red Hat (RHT), Snap (SNAP), Symantec Corporation (SYMC), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), SBA Communications Corporation (SBAC), Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (FUJIY), SK Telecom Co. (SKM), Xilinx (XLNX) 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 FMR LLC (10.33%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.71%), BlackRock Inc. (9.09%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.21%), Fiera Capital Corp (4.16%) and State Street Corp (3.26%). 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 American Century Companies Inc., FMR LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., Jackson Square Partners LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Lazard Asset Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Renaissance Technologies 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Fiera Capital Corp, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Nationwide Fund Advisors, Capital Fund Management S.A., Marshall Wace North America L.P. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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 $112.22.