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MSCI Inc.

MSCI

Financial Services · 547.51 -1.4% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

MSCI Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 23 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 14.1% versus the comparable filing period.
Company-1.4% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 23 activeB2B Information Software · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 2 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Reported interest expense increased materially year‑over‑year, attributed to higher debt levels; monitor future interest expense and debt disclosures.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if MSCI's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 23 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 14.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 3.2 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 40.7% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • Reported interest expense increased materially year‑over‑year, attributed to higher debt levels; monitor future interest expense and debt disclosures.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations601
Usable filing statements151
Verified relationships2
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +9.7% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +1.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
  • Material customer BLK most recently reported revenue +30.6% year over year.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 72% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

547.51
6m+0.1%12m-3.8%24m-4.1%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$2.0B+20.5%$8.70-1.2%
2022-12-31$2.2B+10.0%$10.72-2.7%
2023-12-31$2.5B+12.5%$14.39-1.7%
2024-12-31$2.9B+12.9%$14.05-1.1%
2025-12-31$3.1B+9.7%$15.69-2.9%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Foreign exchangenegative · 5 filings
For the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, 16% and 17%, respectively, of our revenues were subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk and primarily included clients billed in foreign currency as well as U.S.
10-Q · Jul 21, 2026
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 4 filings
Cash Flows From Financing Activities The year-over-year change was primarily driven by higher share repurchases, partially offset by higher net proceeds from borrowings.
10-Q · Jul 21, 2026
Restructuring and cost reductionsmixed · 4 filings
All Other - Private Assets Adjusted EBITDA expenses increased 11.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2026, primarily driven by increases in compensation and benefits costs as a result of increased headcount costs, partially offset by lower severance costs.
10-Q · Jul 21, 2026
Capital investment and capacitymixed · 3 filings
Cash Flows From Investing Activities The year-over-year change was due to cash paid for acquisitions and capitalized software development costs, partially offset by lower capital expenditures.
10-Q · Jul 21, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 13.4× · EV/sales 15.2×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Scenarios are withheld for Financial Services until sector-specific earnings and capital metrics are available; generic revenue/P/S scaffolds would be misleading.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

547.51-1.4% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for MSCI. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-04-21 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-22.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +3
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

What improved

  • Revenue increased 14.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 3.2 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 40.7% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

Total Other Expense (Income), Net The following table shows our other expense (income), net for the periods indicated: Three Months Ended March 31, % Change (in millions) 2026 2025 Interest income $ (2.8) $ (3.9) (28.2 %) Interest expense 69.1 46.5 48.6 % Other expense (income) 1.4 3.3 (57.6 %) Total other expense (income), net $ 67.7 $ 45.9 47.5 % Total other expense (income), net increased 47.5%, primarily driven by higher interest expense as a result of higher debt levels.

All Other – Private Assets The following table presents the results for All Other – Private Assets for the periods indicated: Three Months Ended March 31, % Change (in millions) 2026 2025 Operating revenues: Recurring subscriptions $ 71.9 $ 66.8 7.6 % Non-recurring 0.7 0.5 40.0 % Operating revenues total 72.6 67.3 7.9 % Adjusted EBITDA expenses 58.9 53.1 10.9 % Adjusted EBITDA $ 13.7 $ 14.2 (3.5 %) Adjusted EBITDA margin % 18.9 % 21.1 % All Other – Private Assets operating revenues increased 7.9%, primarily driven by growth from recurring subscriptions in Private Capital Solutions related to Private Capital Intel and Total Plan Manager products.

Cash Flows From Financing Activities The year-over-year change was primarily driven by higher share repurchases, partially offset by net proceeds from borrowings.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind MSCI

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

BLK96.0% of MSCIcustomerApr 21, 2026

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, our largest client organization by revenue, BlackRock, accounted for 11.7% of our consolidated operating revenues, with 96.0% of the operating revenues from BlackRock coming from fees based on the assets in BlackRock…

INTCIntel CorporationpartnerApr 21, 2026

Run Rate from All Other - Private Assets increased 8.4%, primarily driven by Private Capital Solutions related to Private Capital Transparency Data, Total Plan Manager and Private Capital Intel products.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

MSCI is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group B2B Information Software. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.