MSCI Inc $MSCI Stake Raised by Copperwynd Financial LLC

Copperwynd Financial LLC boosted its holdings in MSCI Inc (NYSE:MSCI) by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,793 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the quarter. Copperwynd Financial LLC’s holdings in MSCI were worth $1,034,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of MSCI. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in MSCI by 16.8% during the 1st quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 257 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $145,000 after buying an additional 37 shares during the period. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of MSCI by 39.2% in the 1st quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 1,762 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $996,000 after buying an additional 496 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of MSCI by 8.4% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 894 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $506,000 after buying an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC grew its stake in shares of MSCI by 13.6% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC now owns 868 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $491,000 after buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its position in MSCI by 32.1% during the first quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 231,094 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $130,684,000 after purchasing an additional 56,112 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.97% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on MSCI shares. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on MSCI from $578.00 to $533.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of MSCI in a research note on Wednesday. Raymond James Financial upgraded MSCI from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $650.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Friday, July 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on MSCI from $625.00 to $655.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on MSCI from $655.00 to $700.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $649.70.

Insider Transactions at MSCI

In related news, CEO Henry A. Fernandez purchased 84 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, July 25th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $548.69 per share, with a total value of $46,089.96. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,279,951 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $702,296,314.19. This trade represents a 0.01% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Over the last quarter, insiders purchased 12,400 shares of company stock valued at $6,731,599. 3.31% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

MSCI Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of MSCI opened at $566.95 on Thursday. MSCI Inc has a 1 year low of $486.73 and a 1 year high of $642.45. The stock has a market cap of $43.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.78 and a beta of 1.33. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $564.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $559.55.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The technology company reported $4.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.05. MSCI had a negative return on equity of 143.13% and a net margin of 39.46%.The business had revenue of $772.68 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $763.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.64 EPS. MSCI’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that MSCI Inc will post 16.86 EPS for the current year.

MSCI Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 29th. Investors of record on Friday, August 15th were given a $1.80 dividend. This represents a $7.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 15th. MSCI’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 47.68%.

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.