Core Insights - Zacks Premium offers various tools and resources for investors to achieve long-term success in the stock market [1] - The Zacks Focus List is a curated portfolio of 50 stocks expected to outperform the market over the next 12 months [3][4] Performance Metrics - In 2020, the Focus List gained 13.85% on an annualized basis, outperforming the S&P 500's return of 9.38% [5] - Cumulatively, the Focus List has returned 2,519.23% from February 1, 1996, to March 31, 2021, compared to the S&P 500's return of 854.95% [5] Methodology - The selection for the Focus List relies on earnings estimate revisions, which are crucial for predicting a company's future earnings [6][7] - The Zacks Rank, a proprietary stock-rating model, uses changes in quarterly earnings expectations to help investors build a successful portfolio [8] Zacks Rank Factors - The Zacks Rank is based on four primary factors: Agreement, Magnitude, Upside, and Surprise, which are recalculated nightly [9] - Stocks in the Focus List are primarily from 1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) ranked companies, indicating a bullish consensus among analysts [9] Spotlight on MSCI - MSCI Inc. was added to the Focus List on October 10, 2018, at a price of $166.96 per share, and has since increased by 253.6% to $590.37 [11] - The Zacks Consensus Estimate for MSCI's earnings has increased by $0.01 to $14.79, with a forecasted earnings growth of 9.4% for the current fiscal year [11]

MSCI (MSCI) shares moved up 6.7% in the past year compared with the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector's return of 39.8% and the Zacks Business - Software Services sector's rise of 29.2%. The underperformance is likely to have been caused by a tighter spending environment and longer sales cycles due to challenging macroeconomic conditions. Increasing pricing pressure is also a major concern, primarily due to the growing availability of free indices from providers like Morningstar (MORN) . As Morni ...

Ca-ssis/iStock via Getty Images Investment thesis MSCI (NYSE: NYSE:MSCI) has always been one of the go-to financial services provider that most of the world's largest money managers rely on to make investment decisions. It provides informed decisions from offering research and advisory services that enable clients to understand and analyze drivers of risk in various markets while building portfolios. By the year's end, MSCI had a clientele of approximately 7,000 clients across ninety-five countries. MSCI Du ...

� H I ALL BOOK THE I 1 I I IN REAL P 11 ANTIQUE THE PERSONAL PRODUCTION OF THE CONTRACT OF CHANGE OF the state I ■ I T t E I H I r THE LEA I ALL BOX H E H i H wh F n littleclie MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) reported results that were in line with my base case for the company, reaffirming my thesis that the weakness we saw in the business in the first quarter was not the start of a worsening trend, but rather, more of a one-off and short-term occurrence. Management demonstrated in the quarter that despite the tough marke ...

A month has gone by since the last earnings report for MSCI (MSCI) . Shares have added about 5.1% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500. Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is MSCI due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at the most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers. MSCI Q2 Earnings Beat, Recurring Subscriptions Rise Y/Y MSCI secon ...

Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ___________________________________ FORM 10-Q ___________________________________ x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024 OR o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from____________to____________ Commission file number 001-33812 _____________________ ...

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) Q2 2024 Results Conference Call July 23, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Jeremy Ulan - Head of Investors Relations and Treasurer Henry Fernandez - Chairman and CEO Baer Pettit - President and COO Andy Wiechmann - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Alex Kramm - UBS Manav Patnaik - Barclays Toni Kaplan - Morgan Stanley Ashish Sabadra - RBC Capital Alexander Hess - JPMorgan Owen Lau - Oppenheimer Heather Balsky - Bank of America Faiza Alwy - Deutsche Bank George To ...

Non-recurring revenues of $23.2 million fell 15% year over year and contributed 3.3% to revenues. At the end of the reported quarter, average assets under management (AUM) were $1.631 trillion in ETFs linked to MSCI indexes. The total retention rate was 94.8% in the quarter under review. Top-Line Details In the second quarter, Index revenues of $397.2 million surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 7.21% and increased 9.6% year over year. Recurring subscriptions and asset-based fees increased 8.1% and 18. ...

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 2.25%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this maker of software tools to help portfolio managers make investment decisions would post earnings of $3.44 per share when it actually produced earnings of $3.52, delivering a surprise of 2.33%. MSCI shares have lost about 10.5% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 16.7%. There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is ...

New York – July 23, 2024 – MSCI Inc. ("MSCI" or the "Company") (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, today announced its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2024 ("second quarter 2024") and six months ended June 30, 2024 ("six months 2024"). Three Months Ended Six Months Ended "As we capture and commercialize the next evolution of global investing, MSCI is expanding our footprint among large and rapidly growing ...