Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC Has $299,000 Position in MSCI Inc $MSCI

Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lessened its stake in MSCI Inc (NYSE:MSCI) by 7.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 519 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 42 shares during the quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s holdings in MSCI were worth $299,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in MSCI. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in MSCI by 16.8% in the 1st quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 257 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $145,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its position in 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 acquiring an additional 496 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in 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 acquiring an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC lifted its position in 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 acquiring an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CX Institutional lifted its position in MSCI by 13.2% in the 1st quarter. CX Institutional now owns 447 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $253,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.97% of the company’s stock.

MSCI Trading Down 1.6%

NYSE MSCI opened at $558.10 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $564.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $559.49. MSCI Inc has a 1 year low of $486.73 and a 1 year high of $642.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 1.33.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The technology company reported $4.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.05. MSCI had a net margin of 39.46% and a negative return on equity of 143.13%. The firm had revenue of $772.68 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $763.06 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.64 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts anticipate that MSCI Inc will post 16.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MSCI Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 15th were given a dividend of $1.80 per share. This represents a $7.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 15th. MSCI’s dividend payout ratio is 47.68%.

Insider Transactions at MSCI

In other news, CEO Henry A. Fernandez purchased 84 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 25th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $548.69 per share, with a total value of $46,089.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,279,951 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $702,296,314.19. The trade was a 0.01% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders have acquired 12,400 shares of company stock worth $6,731,599 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.31% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently commented on MSCI shares. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of MSCI from $655.00 to $700.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of MSCI to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of MSCI from $578.00 to $533.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Raymond James Financial raised shares of MSCI from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $650.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of MSCI from $625.00 to $655.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $649.70.

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.