MSCI Stock Forecast, Price & News

MSCI's stock was trading at $262.58 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MSCI stock has increased by 49.8% and is now trading at $393.34.
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9 Wall Street equities research 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. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MSCI stock.
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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.

MSCI is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 28th 2021.
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MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 27th. The technology company reported $2.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.37. The technology company earned $425.33 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $424.48 million. MSCI had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 226.94% and a net margin of 34.28%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.68 EPS.
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MSCI declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, November 30th. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 12th.
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MSCI pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.77%. MSCI has been increasing its dividend for 5 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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9 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for MSCI's stock. Their forecasts range from $324.00 to $501.00. On average, they anticipate MSCI's stock price to reach $400.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.8% from the stock's current price.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MSCI investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Mastercard (MA), Alibaba Group (BABA), salesforce.com (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Visa (V), PayPal (PYPL), Netflix (NFLX), Intel (INTC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

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

MSCI's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (0.32%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.18%), Strs Ohio (0.16%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.14%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.07%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Strs Ohio, Artemis Investment Management LLP, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Inverness Counsel LLC NY, and FUKOKU MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co. 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 Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Polaris Wealth Advisory Group LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Sarasin & Partners LLP, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Pendal Group Limited, and James Investment Research Inc..
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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.

One share of MSCI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $393.34.

MSCI has a market capitalization of $32.61 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.

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]