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MSCI Inc. (MSCI)

Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | New York, United States | NYSE
560.52 USD -0.30 (-0.053%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 560.52

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:44 a.m. EDT

The long-term rating remains robust because the business demonstrates exceptional resilience and cash generation, having delivered a massive cumulative gain over the nine-year assessment window. While the most recent annual return dipped slightly, the underlying fundamentals—driven by high operating margins and consistent revenue expansion—support a premium valuation. The short-term outlook is more conflicted; although the stock has recovered to trade above its fifty-day average, the statistical forecast leans negative for the coming month, and the price still lags the two-hundred-day average. This creates a tension where the long-term thesis is strong, but the immediate entry point lacks a clear bullish edge. The dividend is reliable and growing, offering a steady income floor, though the yield itself is modest. Investors should view this as a core holding for the multi-year horizon rather than a tactical swing trade, waiting for the short-term momentum to align with the strong analyst targets before committing full capital.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.020685
AutoETS0.032706
MSTL0.038867
AutoARIMA0.062122

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 3.39
Ljung-Box p 0.001
Jarque-Bera p 0.549
Excess Kurtosis -0.60
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Revenue per Share 44.897
Market Cap 40,749,805,568
Trailing P/E 30.63
Forward P/E 24.92
Beta 1.24
Profit Margins 40.73%
Website https://www.msci.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside with significant call interest at the 650 strike for March 2027, indicating a bullish view on the 2027 horizon. There is also notable put volume clustering around the 520 to 530 range for October and December expirations, suggesting investors are hedging against a potential pullback near current levels. Implied volatility is elevated on deep strikes, reflecting uncertainty about the path to the 650 target.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.36% 1.43% 1.27% 1.15%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-14 2.05 0.360199
2026-05-15 2.05 0.364951
2026-02-13 2.05 0.389689
2025-11-14 1.80 0.318499
2025-08-15 1.80 0.323148
2025-05-16 1.80 0.314564
2025-02-14 1.80 0.314339
2024-11-15 1.60 0.269424
2024-08-16 1.60 0.284870
2024-05-16 1.60 0.321602
2024-02-15 1.60 0.277913
2023-11-08 1.38 0.273278
2023-08-10 1.38 0.252350
2023-05-11 1.38 0.293367
2023-02-16 1.38 0.249552
2022-11-09 1.25 0.268742
2022-08-11 1.25 0.249441
2022-05-12 1.04 0.268055
2022-02-17 1.04 0.195680
2021-11-10 1.04 0.161994
2021-08-12 1.04 0.166357
2021-05-13 0.78 0.169164
2021-02-18 0.78 0.178265
2020-11-12 0.78 0.200267
2020-08-13 0.78 0.216745
2020-05-14 0.68 0.198801
2020-02-20 0.68 0.211370
2019-11-14 0.68 0.272000
2019-08-15 0.68 0.306086
2019-05-16 0.58 0.256558
2019-02-21 0.58 0.332912
2018-11-15 0.58 0.382434
2018-08-16 0.58 0.333487
2018-05-17 0.38 0.242409
2018-02-15 0.38 0.256358
2017-11-16 0.38 0.303079
2017-08-16 0.38 0.338711
2017-05-17 0.28 0.288600
2017-02-15 0.28 0.296046
2016-11-09 0.28 0.342340
2016-08-11 0.28 0.325090
2016-05-11 0.22 0.287244
2016-02-17 0.22 0.314017
2015-11-10 0.22 0.327138
2015-08-13 0.22 0.347003
2015-05-13 0.18 0.291121
2015-02-18 0.18 0.314027
2014-10-10 0.18 0.413508
Additional Data
dividendYield 1.46
exDividendDate 2026-08-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 7.7
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0137298945
lastDividendValue 2.05
lastDividendDate 2026-08-14
dividendDate 2026-08-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.020786285
Address1 7 World Trade Center
Address2 49th Floor 250 Greenwich Street
All Time High 679.85
All Time Low 11.06
Ask 570.0
Ask Size 80
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 1.5 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 492,990
Average Daily Volume3 Month 622,631
Average Volume 622,631
Average Volume10Days 492,990
Beta 1.237
Bid 553.3
Bid Size 120
Board Risk 5
Book Value -36.994
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 560.52
Current Ratio 0.894
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 562.53
Day Low 557.0
Display Name MSCI
Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Dividend Yield 1.46
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,792,526,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,792,526,400
Earnings Growth 0.196
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.126
Earnings Timestamp 1,792,499,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,499,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,499,400
Ebitda 1,962,299,008
Ebitda Margins 0.58861
Enterprise To Ebitda 23.922
Enterprise To Revenue 14.081
Enterprise Value 46,941,302,784
Eps Current Year 19.68538
Eps Forward 22.49202
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 18.3
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 558.789
Fifty Day Average Change 1.7310181
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0030978026
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.0786285
Fifty Two Week High 644.77
Fifty Two Week High Change -84.25
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.13066675
Fifty Two Week Low 501.08
Fifty Two Week Low Change 59.440033
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.118623845
Fifty Two Week Range 501.08 - 644.77
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,195,137,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.03
Float Shares 69,021,380
Forward Eps 22.49202
Forward P E 24.92084
Free Cashflow 1,194,705,920
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 6,327
Fullday Change -7.1900024
Fullday Change Percent -1.2658232
Fullday Price 560.52
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.82975
Gross Profits 2,766,192,896
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.03596
Held Percent Institutions 0.95567
Implied Shares Outstanding 72,700,000
Industry Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Disp Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Key financial-data-stock-exchanges
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Last Dividend Value 2.05
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary MSCI Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides research-based data, analytics, and indexes, supported by advanced technology worldwide. The Index segment provides indexes for use in various areas of the investment process, including indexed financial products, such as ETFs, mutual funds, annuities, futures, options, structured products, and over-the-counter derivatives; performance benchmarking; portfolio construction and rebalancing; and asset allocation, as well as licenses GICS and GICS Direct. The Analytics segment offers risk management, performance attribution and portfolio management content, application, an integrated view of risk and return service, and an analysis of market, credit, liquidity, counterparty, and climate risk across asset classes; managed services, including consolidation of client portfolio data, review and reconciliation of input data and results, and customized reporting; and HedgePlatform to measure, evaluate, and monitor the risk of hedge fund investments. The Sustainability and Climate segment provides products and services that help institutional investors understand how ESG impacts the long-term risk and return of their portfolio and individual security-level investments; and data, ratings, research, and tools to assist investors navigate increasing regulation. The All Other – Private Assets segment comprises private credit, real estate and infrastructure data, benchmarks, return-analytics, climate assessments and market insights; business intelligence to real estate owners, managers, developers, and brokers; and offers investment decision support tools for private capital. The Private Capital Solutions segment offers tools to help private asset investors across mission-critical workflows, such as sourcing terms and conditions, evaluating operating performance, managing risk and other activities supporting private capital investment. MSCI Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in New York, New York.
Long Name MSCI Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 40,749,805,568
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_7844318
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,358,004,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 39,903,576,000
Number Of Analyst Opinions 17
Open 560.51
Operating Cashflow 1,628,146,048
Operating Margins 0.56298
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.42080003
Peg Ratio 1.91
Phone 212 804 3900
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 560.52
Post Market Time 1,792,011,900
Previous Close 560.82
Price Eps Current Year 28.473923
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -15.151647
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 12.223381
Profit Margins 0.40735
Quick Ratio 0.77
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.5
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.299988
Regular Market Change Percent -0.0534909
Regular Market Day High 562.53
Regular Market Day Low 557.0
Regular Market Day Range 557.0 - 562.53
Regular Market Open 560.51
Regular Market Previous Close 560.82
Regular Market Price 560.52
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,002
Regular Market Volume 548,630
Return On Assets 0.21134001
Revenue Growth 0.122
Revenue Per Share 44.897
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 72,700,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.026700001
Shares Short 1,940,637
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,170,000
Short Name MSCI Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.032
Short Ratio 3.53
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MSCI
Target High Price 755.0
Target Low Price 570.0
Target Mean Price 677.64703
Target Median Price 684.0
Total Cash 352,700,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.851
Total Debt 6,544,200,192
Total Revenue 3,333,758,976
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 7.7
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0137298945
Trailing Eps 18.3
Trailing P E 30.62951
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.866
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 572.4686
Two Hundred Day Average Change -11.948608
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.020872075
Type Disp Equity
Volume 548,630
Website https://www.msci.com
Zip 10,007