MSCI Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MSCI in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" MSCI stock.
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MSCI saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 990,800 shares, an increase of 53.1% from the January 28th total of 647,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 449,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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MSCI is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 28th. The technology company reported $1.96 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.98 by $0.02. The technology company earned $443.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $434.64 million. MSCI had a net margin of 34.28% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 226.94%. The business's revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.67 EPS.
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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 (WHO). Since then, MSCI shares have increased by 57.9% and is now trading at $414.72.
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MSCI announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 19th will be given a dividend of $0.78 per share on Friday, February 26th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 18th.
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MSCI pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.76%. 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 48.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSCI will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.32% 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 12-month price objectives for MSCI's shares. Their forecasts range from $416.00 to $501.00. On average, they anticipate MSCI's stock price to reach $463.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.8% from the stock's current price.
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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.73%), FMR LLC (4.46%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.58%), Fiera Capital Corp (3.31%), Bamco Inc. NY (2.69%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.20%). 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, BlackRock Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Fiera Capital Corp, Winslow Capital Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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 Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Swedbank, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Baird Financial Group Inc., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, and WCM Investment Management 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 $414.72.

MSCI has a market capitalization of $34.25 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 3,545 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]