MSCI Inc

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MSCI Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 9.75% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+12.4%
EPS
+14.3%
Free cash flow
−8.93%
Total debt
+22.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

642.04 13.87 −2.11%
Market cap
$46.9B
P/E
34.8×
Fwd P/E
31.4×
Dividend yield
1.21%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

MSCI Inc (MSCI) Return on invested capital

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MSCI Inc's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 34.7%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (35.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.8% (fiscal 2015) to 35.3% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 10.6% and above the Financial sector median of 4.70%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 35.3% 5.10
FY2024 30.2% 4.05
FY2023 26.2% (3.90)
FY2022 30.1% 4.28
FY2021 25.8% (7.80)
FY2020 33.6% 2.32
FY2019 31.3% 2.74
FY2018 28.5% 5.73
FY2017 22.8% 3.75
FY2016 19.1% 4.23

Against its own ten years

Low 14.8% High 35.3%
Ten-year median 28.5%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MSCI MSCI Inc 34.7%
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 26.2%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 25.7%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 15.5%
CME CME Group Inc. compare 10.4%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 8.56%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 8.08%
TRU TransUnion compare 6.43%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 0.77%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 10.6%
Financial sector median 4.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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