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MSCI Inc. ( NYSE:MSCI – Get Free Report ) COO Cd Baer Pettit sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $524.
25, for a total transaction of $2,621,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 294,787 shares in the company, valued at approximately $154,542,084.
75. The trade was a 1.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock.
The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website . MSCI Trading Down 0.2 % Shares of MSCI stock opened at $505.
35 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $39.24 billion, a PE ratio of 35.
94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.61 and a beta of 1.30.
The company has a 50 day moving average of $565.85 and a 200-day moving average of $587.41.
MSCI Inc. has a 1-year low of $439.95 and a 1-year high of $642.
45. MSCI ( NYSE:MSCI – Get Free Report ) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The technology company reported $4.
18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.22.
MSCI had a negative return on equity of 156.08% and a net margin of 38.83%.
During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.68 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that MSCI Inc.
will post 16.86 earnings per share for the current year. MSCI Increases Dividend Institutional Inflows and Outflows Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business.
Rhumbline Advisers grew its holdings in shares of MSCI by 4.6% during the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 155,158 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $87,742,000 after purchasing an additional 6,835 shares during the last quarter.
Global Financial Private Client LLC grew its stake in shares of MSCI by 37.7% during the first quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 179 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $101,000 after buying an additional 49 shares during the last quarter.
GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of MSCI by 61,179.6% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 505,557 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $285,892,000 after buying an additional 504,732 shares in the last quarter.
Versant Capital Management Inc increased its holdings in shares of MSCI by 147.2% during the first quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 89 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter.
Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB lifted its stake in shares of MSCI by 35.2% in the 1st quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 296 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $167,000 after acquiring an additional 77 shares during the last quarter.
Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.97% of the company’s stock. Analyst Ratings Changes Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock.
Wolfe Research upgraded shares of MSCI from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Barclays dropped their price objective on MSCI from $675.00 to $650.
00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded MSCI from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $617.00 to $723.
00 in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $675.00 price target on shares of MSCI in a report on Thursday, January 30th.
Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of MSCI from $662.00 to $695.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.
Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $647.
31. Read Our Latest Report on MSCI MSCI Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) MSCI Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides critical decision support tools and solutions for the investment community to manage investment processes worldwide. The Index segment provides indexes for use in various areas of the investment process, including indexed financial product, such as ETFs, mutual funds, annuities, futures, options, structured products, and over-the-counter derivatives; performance benchmarking; portfolio construction and rebalancing; and asset allocation, as well as licenses GICS and GICS Direct.
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