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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.2%, EPS grew 19.9%, free cash flow grew 8.19% and total debt rose 41.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

569.08 6.01 −1.05%
Market cap
$41.8B
P/E
31.1×
Fwd P/E
30.8×
Dividend yield
1.40%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
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Beneish M
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Dividend safety
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MSCI Inc (MSCI) Return on invested capital

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MSCI Inc's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 34.8%, down 0.5 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 9.96% and above the Financial sector median of 4.85%.

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 34.8%
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 26.5%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 23.5%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 10.5%
CME CME Group Inc. compare 9.96%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 8.18%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 7.48%
TRU TransUnion compare 5.99%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 2.62%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 9.96%
Financial sector median 4.85%
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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