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$563.57 +3.47 (+0.62%)
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MSCI vs. ICE, CME, MCO, IBKR, NDAQ, MKTX, AROW, PHH, PDD, and MELI

Should you be buying MSCI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSCI include Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), CME Group (CME), Moody's (MCO), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nasdaq (NDAQ), MarketAxess (MKTX), Arrow Financial (AROW), PHH (PHH), PDD (PDD), and MercadoLibre (MELI).

MSCI vs.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) and MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

89.3% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of MSCI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Intercontinental Exchange shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of MSCI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, MSCI had 8 more articles in the media than Intercontinental Exchange. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for MSCI and 41 mentions for Intercontinental Exchange. Intercontinental Exchange's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat MSCI's score of 1.09 indicating that Intercontinental Exchange is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intercontinental Exchange
36 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MSCI
33 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Intercontinental Exchange received 298 more outperform votes than MSCI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.07% of users gave Intercontinental Exchange an outperform vote while only 65.99% of users gave MSCI an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Intercontinental ExchangeOutperform Votes
849
72.07%
Underperform Votes
329
27.93%
MSCIOutperform Votes
551
65.99%
Underperform Votes
284
34.01%

MSCI has a net margin of 38.83% compared to Intercontinental Exchange's net margin of 23.42%. Intercontinental Exchange's return on equity of 12.95% beat MSCI's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intercontinental Exchange23.42% 12.95% 2.57%
MSCI 38.83%-156.08%22.03%

Intercontinental Exchange has higher revenue and earnings than MSCI. Intercontinental Exchange is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSCI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intercontinental Exchange$12.19B8.18$2.75B$4.8336.01
MSCI$2.92B14.92$1.11B$14.5538.73

Intercontinental Exchange has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSCI has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Intercontinental Exchange pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MSCI pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Intercontinental Exchange pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSCI pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Intercontinental Exchange has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and MSCI has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. MSCI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Intercontinental Exchange currently has a consensus price target of $188.46, indicating a potential upside of 8.37%. MSCI has a consensus price target of $645.36, indicating a potential upside of 14.51%. Given MSCI's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MSCI is more favorable than Intercontinental Exchange.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intercontinental Exchange
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
MSCI
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Summary

MSCI beats Intercontinental Exchange on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MSCI vs. The Competition

MetricMSCIBusiness services IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$43.60B$21.55B$11.48B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.25%2.62%5.44%3.84%
P/E Ratio40.0837.7122.4334.53
Price / Sales14.9214.2127.5234.83
Price / Cash31.8932.3017.6217.51
Price / Book-46.585.862.774.69
Net Income$1.11B$692.23M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.06%-0.97%-0.30%-1.74%
1 Month Performance4.56%27.17%6.04%7.51%
1 Year Performance11.86%36.19%536.40%4.15%

MSCI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSCI
MSCI
4.9296 of 5 stars
$563.57
+0.6%
$645.36
+14.5%
+10.7%$43.60B$2.92B40.084,760Trending News
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange
4.038 of 5 stars
$176.61
+0.2%
$185.93
+5.3%
+27.2%$101.31B$12.19B36.958,910Positive News
CME
CME Group
3.8769 of 5 stars
$277.91
+0.6%
$256.80
-7.6%
+33.9%$100.15B$6.28B28.743,460Insider Trade
MCO
Moody's
4.3247 of 5 stars
$491.59
+0.6%
$515.87
+4.9%
+14.5%$88.44B$7.23B43.6214,400
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
2.8938 of 5 stars
$207.84
-0.6%
$213.50
+2.7%
+62.1%$87.83B$9.43B29.442,820
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.3922 of 5 stars
$81.77
-0.2%
$86.50
+5.8%
+29.1%$46.95B$7.82B42.596,380Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
MKTX
MarketAxess
4.6723 of 5 stars
$219.22
+1.5%
$241.78
+10.3%
+1.0%$8.22B$815.36M30.15740News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
AROW
Arrow Financial
4.1006 of 5 stars
$26.66
+0.8%
$30.00
+12.5%
+6.3%$444.56M$144.69M15.06510Analyst Upgrade
PHH
PHH
N/A$14.22
-4.0%
N/AN/A$372.56M$2.38M0.0033News Coverage
PDD
PDD
4.8098 of 5 stars
$118.00
+0.3%
$174.00
+47.5%
-20.1%$164.27B$393.84B11.5212,992Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.2599 of 5 stars
$2,563.46
-0.8%
$2,521.33
-1.6%
+46.8%$129.96B$22.38B68.0040,500Trending News
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This page (NYSE:MSCI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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