MSCI Inc. (MSCI) Stock

About MSCI Inc.

MSCI Inc., alongside its subsidiaries, offers sophisticated tools and services to support global investment decision-making and process management for its clients. The company is structured into four key segments: Index, Analytics, ESG and Climate, and Private Assets. The Index division furnishes benchmarks employed across diverse investment applications, including the creation of indexed financial products such as ETFs, mutual funds, and various derivatives; performance evaluation; portfolio building and adjustment; and strategic asset allocation. This segment also oversees the licensing of GICS and GICS Direct. Its Analytics segment provides comprehensive solutions for risk management, performance attribution, and portfolio oversight, encompassing content, applications, and services. These offerings deliver an integrated perspective on risk and return, alongside detailed analysis of market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risks across all asset classes. The segment also includes managed services like consolidating client portfolio data from disparate sources, reviewing and reconciling inputs, and producing tailored reports. Furthermore, its HedgePlatform is specifically designed for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring risks related to hedge fund investments. The ESG and Climate segment delivers offerings that enable institutional investors to understand the long-term impact of environmental, social, and governance factors on both their portfolios and individual securities. It also equips investors with essential data, ratings, research, and analytical tools for navigating evolving regulatory landscapes. The Private Assets segment specializes in providing real estate market and transaction data, benchmarks, return analytics, climate impact assessments, and valuable market insights for funds, investors, and managers. It also extends business intelligence to real estate owners, managers, developers, and brokers, while offering critical investment decision support for private capital. Its diverse clientele includes asset owners and managers, financial intermediaries, wealth management firms, real estate professionals, and corporations. Founded in 1998, MSCI Inc. is headquartered in New York City.

MSCI Inc. is led by CEO Henry A. Fernandez, employs 6,184 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 2007.

MSCI Inc. (MSCI) stock trades at $615.62 with a market capitalization of $44.76B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 30.83, a negative price-to-book of -15.21, reflecting negative shareholders' equity, price-to-sales of 12.22. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $501.08 and $644.77, and currently trades 4.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.46%.

On profitability, MSCI Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -54.14% (not meaningful, as shareholders' equity is negative), return on capital employed of 46.43%, an operating margin of 54.69%, a net profit margin of 40.74%.

In its most recent fiscal year, MSCI Inc. reported annual revenue of $3.1B, net profit of $1.2B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 13.1%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 14.8%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of -2.43 (negative because shareholders' equity is negative), a current ratio of 0.90, total assets of $5.7B, $515.0M in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

MSCI has an average daily trading volume of 664,531 shares, a beta of 1.24.

Official website: www.msci.com

MSCI Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 MSCI Inc. reported revenue of $1.2B rising to $3.1B, a change of +172.3% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 13.1% a year over five years, 11.7% over three, 9.7% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $1.2B.

Operating margin went from 42.4% in 2016 to 54.7% in 2025, a gain of 12.3 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 40.74%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $3.3B and net profit $1.4B.

Borrowings rose from $2.1B to $6.3B, cash on hand is $356.0M, cash from operations was $1.6B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged -170.1% over five years, and was -45.3% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at —% a year over five years, —% over three, —% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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