MSCI/$MSCI
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About MSCI
MSCI has described its mission as enabling investors to build better portfolios for a better world. MSCI's largest and most profitable segment is its index segment, where it provides benchmarking to asset managers and asset owners. MSCI boasts over $18 trillion (as of December 2025) in benchmarked assets, including over $2.3 trillion in ETF assets linked to MSCI indexes. The MSCI analytics segment provides portfolio management and risk management analytics software to asset managers and asset owners. In its sustainability and climate segment, MSCI provides ESG data to the investment industry. In private assets, MSCI provides real restate reporting, market data, benchmarking, and analytics to investors and real estate managers.
- Ticker
- $MSCI
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 6,327
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Website
- www.msci.com
MSCI Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$40B
30.37
$18.26
1.24
$7.95
1.48%
Price and volume
Market cap
$40B
Beta
1.24
52-week high
$644.77
52-week low
$501.08
Average daily volume
547K
Dividend rate
$7.95
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.894
Quick ratio
0.77
Long term debt to equity
-2.424
Total debt to equity
-2.433
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
42.20%
Interest coverage (TTM)
7.21%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,962.299
Gross margin (TTM)
82.98%
Net profit margin (TTM)
40.73%
Operating margin (TTM)
55.67%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
14.69%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$530,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
21.13%
Return on equity (TTM)
-75.96%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
30.373
Price to revenue (TTM)
12.353
Price to book
-14.99
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-6.18
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
27.593
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.62%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
20.1
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.43%
Forward dividend yield
1.48%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
11.62%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
20.98%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
12.36%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
11.61%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
17.01%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
22.26%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
13.55%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
24.22%
What the Analysts think about MSCI
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for MSCI stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of MSCI stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
MSCI delivered robust Q2 2026 results, with operating revenues rising 12.2% year-over-year to $867.0 million—driven by 9.0% growth in recurring subscriptions and a 26.6% jump in asset-based fees—underscoring diversified, durable revenue streams (Reuters))
Assets under management in ETFs linked to MSCI equity indexes reached a record $2.82 trillion at quarter-end—up from $2.03 trillion a year earlier—fueling a 26.6% surge in asset-based fees and cementing MSCI’s market leadership in index licensing (Reuters))
In June 2026, MSCI completed the acquisition of First Street—enhancing its physical climate risk analytics and bolstering its sustainability and climate solutions segment to capture growing demand for ESG data and risk management (FT))
MSCI raised its full-year operating expense forecast to $1.54–$1.58 billion, citing acquisition-related costs, higher employee incentives, and increased technology spending, triggering a more than 7% share price decline and highlighting rising cost pressures (Reuters))
Q2 operating expenses climbed 9.2% year-over-year to $379.5 million—driven by higher IT, market data, professional services, and compensation costs—while interest expense surged 48% on elevated debt levels, suggesting potential margin headwinds (Reuters))
MSCI’s substantial reliance on asset-based fees—propelled by record ETF AUM of $2.82 trillion—creates exposure to market volatility, as any sustained equity market downturn could materially reduce fee income and undermine Index segment growth (247wallst))
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 5 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing MSCI
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Fund name | Fund size | $MSCI weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P 500 Financials Sector$IUFS | $2.4B | 0.51% |
iShares S&P 500 Financials Sector£UIFS | £1.8B | 0.49% |
iShares S&P 500 Equal Weight£EWSP | £3.7B | 0.18% |
iShares S&P 500 Equal Weight€O4J0 | €4.3B | 0.17% |
Invesco S&P 500£SPXP | £32B | 0.10% |
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