MSCI
MSCI Inc.
Financials · Financial Exchanges & Data · US
$615.46
Data:
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 85.7%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$42.6B
Total market value of the company
33.50
Premium valuation
26.10
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+14.1%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
N/A
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$685.44
+11% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from 16 analysts covering this stock
About MSCI Inc.

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.

https://www.msci.com

Country: United States Employees: 6,319 Industry: Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
FAIL
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0%
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0%
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0%
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0%
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$449.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-37.1%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
22.5th
Ranks in the top 78% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
40.0
Combined
31.6

Trading at $585, 30% above fair value of $449. Fails ethical screen (Business activity screen). Ranks better than 9% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKDOWN
Price trending down — defensive positioning
0.509
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0477
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.520
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
10.5%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-20.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
24
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.24
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$626.28
2% below the year high
52W Low
$501.08
23% above the year low
Avg Volume
598,393
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
1.8
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.7%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
140.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$17.50
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.86
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.78
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
82.9%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
53.7%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$1.2B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$3.2B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.3B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
16
Target High
$730.00
Target Median
$685.44
Target Low
$550.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

55
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Politicians have been buying this name.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-15 FERNANDEZ HENRY A Chief Executive Officer 4,000 $2,249,591
2026-05-01 RATTRAY SANDY CAMPBELL Director 388
2026-05-01 SEITZ MICHELLE Director 388
2026-05-01 YANG JUNE Director 388
2026-05-01 MATLOCK ROBIN Director 388
2026-05-01 VOLENT PAULA J. Director 388
2026-05-01 ASHE ROBERT GERARD Director 692
2026-05-01 RIEFLER LINDA H Director 388
2026-05-01 TANEJA RAJAT Director 565
2026-05-01 SMITH MARCUS L. Director 388
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Purchase 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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