MSCI (MSCI) – Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) in the last few weeks:

• 11/2/2026 – MSCI had its price target raised by Barclays from $735.00 to $760.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – MSCI had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 10/26/2026 – MSCI had its price target raised by Rothschild & Co Redburn from $670.00 to $680.00.
• 10/21/2026 – MSCI had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $662.00 to $671.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/21/2026 – MSCI had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $685.00 to $720.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/21/2026 – MSCI had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group. They now have a $680.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/21/2026 – MSCI had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $685.00 to $710.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/21/2026 – MSCI had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have a $655.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/20/2026 – MSCI had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by The Goldman Sachs Group. They now have a $684.00 price target on the stock, down from $704.00.
• 10/20/2026 – MSCI was given a new $680.00 price target by William Blair.
• 10/20/2026 – MSCI had its “strong-buy” rating reaffirmed by Raymond James Financial. They now have a $680.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/19/2026 – MSCI had its price target lowered by BNP Paribas Exane from $570.00 to $550.00.
• 10/16/2026 – MSCI had its price target lowered by Jefferies Financial Group from $755.00 to $675.00.
• 10/14/2026 – MSCI had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $700.00 to $685.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/13/2026 – MSCI had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $700.00 to $662.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/9/2026 – MSCI had its price target lowered by Raymond James Financial from $730.00 to $660.00.
• 10/9/2026 – MSCI had its price target lowered by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $729.00 to $684.00.
• 10/7/2026 – MSCI had its price target raised by The Goldman Sachs Group from $671.00 to $672.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/29/2026 – MSCI had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Company from $690.00 to $685.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

MSCI Price Performance

MSCI traded up $33.48 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $673.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 652,314 shares, compared to its average volume of 636,256. MSCI Inc has a twelve month low of $501.08 and a twelve month high of $677.28. The stock has a market cap of $48.14 billion, a PE ratio of 35.64, a PEG ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 1.20. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $570.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $574.02.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 20th. The technology company reported $5.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.03 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $892.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $887.83 million. MSCI had a negative return on equity of 50.69% and a net margin of 40.31%. The business’s revenue was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.47 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that MSCI Inc will post 19.59 earnings per share for the current year.

MSCI Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 27th. Investors of record on Friday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $2.05 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 13th. This represents a $8.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. MSCI’s dividend payout ratio is 43.41%.

Insider Transactions at MSCI

In other MSCI news, General Counsel Robert J. Gutowski sold 2,381 shares of MSCI stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $623.66, for a total value of $1,484,934.46. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel owned 14,104 shares in the company, valued at $8,796,100.64. The trade was a 14.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Andrew C. Wiechmann sold 450 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $570.00, for a total transaction of $256,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 21,644 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,337,080. This represents a 2.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 3.76% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

MSCI Inc (NYSE:MSCI) is a global provider of investment decision-support tools and services for institutional investors, asset managers, banks and other financial institutions. The company is best known for developing equity, fixed-income and multi-asset indexes used to benchmark portfolios and support the creation of investment products such as exchange-traded funds.

In addition to its indexes, MSCI provides portfolio analytics, risk-management and performance-attribution tools, as well as research and data covering environmental, social and governance factors, climate risk and sustainable investing.