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MSCI Inc. (MSCI)

Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | New York, United States | NYSE
570.76 USD +1.61 (0.283%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 570.77 +0.01 (0.001%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:49 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:09 a.m. EDT

MSCI presents a compelling long-term investment case driven by robust revenue and earnings growth, backed by a nine-year price trajectory that has nearly sextupled. However, the short-term technical picture is muted, with the stock trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages and facing a neutral statistical forecast. The balance sheet carries some weight with elevated debt and a current ratio below 1.0, which warrants caution despite the strong analyst consensus. The dividend yield sits at a modest 1.44%, reflecting its growth profile rather than income focus. Investors should view this as a core holding for the long haul, waiting for the technicals to align with the fundamental upside.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.045928
AutoETS0.045930
MSTL0.049834
AutoTheta0.085866

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 2.82
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.336
Excess Kurtosis -1.07
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Revenue per Share 44.897
Market Cap 41,494,253,568
Trailing P/E 31.16
Forward P/E 25.37
Beta 1.22
Profit Margins 40.73%
Website https://www.msci.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:09 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound trade with significant defensive put buying clustered between $510 and $530, creating a support floor near current levels. Call interest is skewed toward higher strikes ($600 to $730), indicating a bullish bias for a recovery to $600+, though implied volatility remains elevated on deep out-of-the-money strikes suggesting fear of a sharp drop.


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
dividendRate 8.2
dividendYield 1.44
exDividendDate 2026-08-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 7.7
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.013528946
lastDividendValue 2.05
lastDividendDate 2026-08-14
dividendDate 2026-08-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.027513504
Address1 7 World Trade Center
Address2 49th Floor 250 Greenwich Street
All Time High 679.85
All Time Low 11.06
Ask 575.17
Ask Size 80
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 1.5 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 546,240
Average Daily Volume3 Month 697,725
Average Volume 697,725
Average Volume10Days 546,240
Beta 1.222
Bid 569.22
Bid Size 120
Board Risk 5
Book Value -36.994
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 570.76
Current Ratio 0.894
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 576.525
Day Low 570.46
Display Name MSCI
Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Dividend Rate 8.2
Dividend Yield 1.44
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 24.301
Enterprise To Revenue 14.304
Enterprise Value 47,685,750,784
Eps Current Year 19.66069
Eps Forward 22.49735
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 18.32
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 579.5302
Fifty Day Average Change -8.770203
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.015133297
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.7513504
Fifty Two Week High 644.77
Fifty Two Week High Change -74.01001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11478513
Fifty Two Week Low 501.08
Fifty Two Week Low Change 69.68002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.13905968
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 1.01
Float Shares 69,023,561
Forward Eps 22.49735
Forward P E 25.370098
Free Cashflow 1,194,705,920
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 6,327
Fullday Change 1.60999
Fullday Change Percent 0.282875
Fullday Price 570.766
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.82975
Gross Profits 2,766,192,896
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.03593
Held Percent Institutions 0.9583
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 41,494,253,568
Market State CLOSED
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 41,377,205,000
Number Of Analyst Opinions 17
Open 570.85
Operating Cashflow 1,628,146,048
Operating Margins 0.56298
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.42099997
Peg Ratio 2.21
Phone 212 804 3900
Post Market Change 0.0059814453
Post Market Change Percent 0.001047979
Post Market Price 570.766
Post Market Time 1,787,960,992
Previous Close 569.15
Price Eps Current Year 29.030518
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -15.428449
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 12.446687
Profit Margins 0.40735
Quick Ratio 0.77
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.5
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.60999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.282875
Regular Market Day High 576.525
Regular Market Day Low 570.46
Regular Market Day Range 570.46 - 576.525
Regular Market Open 570.85
Regular Market Previous Close 569.15
Regular Market Price 570.76
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 270,068
Return On Assets 0.21134001
Revenue Growth 0.122
Revenue Per Share 44.897
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
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 0.0147
Shares Short 1,071,360
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,246,379
Short Name MSCI Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0176
Short Ratio 1.37
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MSCI
Target High Price 760.0
Target Low Price 570.0
Target Mean Price 692.05884
Target Median Price 700.0
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 0.013528946
Trailing Eps 18.32
Trailing P E 31.155024
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.2307
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 573.2179
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.4578857
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0042878734
Type Disp Equity
Volume 270,068
Website https://www.msci.com
Zip 10,007