Currently, there are 77.74M common shares owned by the public and among those 74.98M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -1.17% and -4.98% over the past three months. MSCI shares are trading -4.56% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -0.52% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $439.95 and touched a high of $642.45 over the same period. MSCI has an average intraday trading volume of 489.28K shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -3.81%, -4.89%, and 2.81% respectively.
Institutional ownership of MSCI Inc (NYSE: MSCI) shares accounts for 93.36% of the company’s 77.74M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $44.46B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.19. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 40.75, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $14.05. The company has a PEG of 3.37 and a Quick Ratio of 0.85. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.51% over the week and 2.10% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 11.59%, and 12.88% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 12.11% over the next five years, compared to 16.34% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the MSCI, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Goldman stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on December 18, 2024, with the firm’s price target at $617-$723. Redburn Atlantic was of a view on October 09, 2024 that the stock is Buy, while Evercore ISI gave the stock Outperform rating on October 02, 2024, issuing a price target of $690. Wells Fargo on their part issued Equal Weight rating on August 13, 2024.
