MSCI (MSCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

MSCI Inc. is a global provider of investment decision-support tools and services for institutional investors, asset managers, banks, wealth managers and other financial professionals. The company is best known for its equity, fixed-income and multi-asset-class indexes, which are used as benchmarks and as the basis for investment products such as exchange-traded funds and other index-linked strategies.

In addition to indexes, MSCI provides portfolio analytics, risk-management and performance-measurement tools designed to help clients evaluate exposures, construct portfolios and manage investment risks. Its offerings also cover environmental, social and governance research, climate-related data and analytics, private-asset analysis, and real estate investment tools.

The company traces its origins to Morgan Stanley Capital International, established in 1969. MSCI became an independent public company in 2007 following its initial public offering and serves clients across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other international markets. Henry A. Fernandez has served as MSCI’s chairman and chief executive officer for many years.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $537.62 to $546.62
• 50-Day Range: $538.91 to $583.39
• 52-Week Range: $501.08 to $644.77
• Volume: 663,824 shs
• Average Volume: 531,786 shs
• Market Capitalization: $39.18 billion
• P/E Ratio: 29.48
• Dividend Yield: 1.52%
• Price Target: $709.08
• Consensus Rating: Buy

MSCI Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

MSCI scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 75th out of 855 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

MSCI has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.08, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 11 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

MSCI has a consensus price target of $709.08, representing about 31.6% upside from its current price of $538.91.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

MSCI has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.97%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for MSCI are expected to grow by 13.97% in the coming year, from $19.61 to $22.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of MSCI is 29.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.47.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of MSCI is 29.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.68.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

MSCI has a PEG Ratio of 2.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.91% of the float of MSCI has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

MSCI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.77, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in MSCI has recently increased by 14.18%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

MSCI pays a meaningful dividend of 1.52%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

MSCI has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of MSCI is 44.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, MSCI will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.69% next year. This indicates that MSCI will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.53

News Sentiment

MSCI has a news sentiment score of 0.53. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for MSCI this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

13 people have searched for MSCI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 18% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 6 people have added MSCI to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, MSCI insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.76% of the stock of MSCI is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.97% of the stock of MSCI is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/21/2026
• Record date for 8/28 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/28 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/28/2026
• Today: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/20/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Financial Exchanges & Data
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MSCI
• CIK: 1408198
• Web: www.msci.com
• Phone: (212) 804-3900
• Fax: 212-981-7401
• Employees: 6,268
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for MSCI: $709.08
• High Price Target: $760.00
• Low Price Target: $615.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +31.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.08
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $18.28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 27.48
• P/E Growth: 2.06
• Net Income: $1.20 billion
• Net Margins: 40.74%
• Pretax Margin: 47.75%
• Return on Equity: -55.19%
• Return on Assets: 24.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.13 billion
• Price / Sales: 12.50
• Cash Flow: $21.05 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.60
• Book Value: ($36.13) per share
• Price / Book: -14.92

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 72,700,000
• Free Float: 69,966,000
• Market Cap: $39.18 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.22