MSCI (MSCI) to Release Earnings on Tuesday

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) is scheduled to be posting its quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, October 29th. Analysts expect MSCI to post earnings of $3.75 per share for the quarter. Persons interested in listening to the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

MSCI Stock Performance

Shares of MSCI stock opened at $588.72 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $578.79 and a 200-day moving average price of $528.48. The stock has a market cap of $46.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.17 and a beta of 1.11. MSCI has a one year low of $439.95 and a one year high of $617.39.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSCI has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of MSCI from $575.00 to $585.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 9th. Redburn Atlantic raised MSCI from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $680.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Barclays lifted their target price on MSCI from $650.00 to $700.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 13th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $638.00 price target on shares of MSCI in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of MSCI from $615.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $615.23.

MSCI Company Profile

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.