MSCI Inc MSCI

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$507.44
25.65 | 4.81%
USD | New York Stock Exchange | Last close prices updated as of Apr 04, 2025, 4:00 PM EST | BATS BZX Real-Time Price
  • Last Close
    507
  • Sector
    Financial Services
  • Industry
    Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
  • Investment Style
    Mid Growth
  • Market Cap
    39.3782 Bil
  • Forward Div Yield
    1.05%
  • Trailing Div Yield
    1.05%
  • Price/Sales
    17.22
  • Price/Book
    39.09
  • Beta (5-Year)
    1.30
  • Consensus Forward P/E
    35.84
  • Trailing 12-mo Rev
    2.86

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Valuation Feb 24, 2025
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MSCI's Crown Jewel Is the Wide-Moat Index Business
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Rajiv Bhatia, CFA
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Business Strategy and Outlook | by Rajiv Bhatia, CFA Updated Feb 24, 2025

Since going public in 2007, MSCI has become a leader in providing data and software to asset managers and asset owners. Its crown jewel is the index segment, which makes up about 55% of overall revenue and 70% of operating profit. Through early leadership in non-US indexes, MSCI boasts about $17 trillion in benchmarked assets. Because index data is

Morningstar Fair Value Estimate
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Price vs. Fair Value

 
Price/Fair Value
Total Return %
Index Total Return %
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 YTD
53.73 10.61 62.30 18.03 76.83 74.08 38.03 -23.33 22.79 7.21 -15.13
0.69 12.44 21.47 -5.05 31.22 20.90 25.78 -19.43 26.44 24.09 -13.76

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