National Pension Service Lowers Holdings in MSCI Inc $MSCI

National Pension Service decreased its position in shares of MSCI Inc (NYSE:MSCIFree Report) by 2.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 117,834 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 2,473 shares during the quarter. National Pension Service’s holdings in MSCI were worth $65,992,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in MSCI. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its stake in MSCI by 52,714.5% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 60,176,298 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $33,701,134,000 after acquiring an additional 60,062,359 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of MSCI in the 2nd quarter valued at about $3,062,626,000. Bamco Inc. NY bought a new stake in shares of MSCI in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,798,710,000. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of MSCI in the 4th quarter worth approximately $528,560,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of MSCI in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $480,613,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.97% of the company’s stock.

MSCI Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE MSCI opened at $555.06 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $40.35 billion, a PE ratio of 30.36, a P/E/G ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $576.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $575.30. MSCI Inc has a fifty-two week low of $501.08 and a fifty-two week high of $644.77.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCIGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 21st. The technology company reported $4.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.99 by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $867.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $870.71 million. MSCI had a net margin of 40.74% and a negative return on equity of 55.19%. The business’s revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $4.17 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that MSCI Inc will post 19.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

MSCI Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th were given a dividend of $2.05 per share. This represents a $8.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 14th. MSCI’s payout ratio is currently 44.86%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on MSCI shares. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $690.00 price objective on shares of MSCI in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $700.00 target price on shares of MSCI in a report on Tuesday, July 21st. Weiss Ratings cut MSCI from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on MSCI from $700.00 to $742.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Raymond James Financial boosted their price target on MSCI from $730.00 to $760.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $709.50.

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MSCI Profile

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MSCI Inc is a global provider of investment decision-support tools and services for institutional investors, asset managers, wealth managers, banks and other financial institutions. The company is best known for its indexes, which are used to benchmark portfolios and support the design of investment products such as exchange-traded funds and other index-based strategies.

In addition to indexes covering equities, fixed income and other asset classes, MSCI provides portfolio analytics, risk-management tools, performance measurement and investment data.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for MSCI (NYSE:MSCI)

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