MSCI MSCI Inc.
MSCI Inc. (MSCI) trend channel, buy level and 3-month target on Trade The Path. Sector: Financial Services. Listed on NYSE. Levels below are fitted to this ticker's own swing highs and lows (Theil–Sen, log-price), then projected 3 months. If this ticker has no settled sample yet, treat the numbers as a geometric read, not a track record. Information only, not financial advice.
Broken down below, rising on both timeframes
Price has closed below the channel. Support has failed — treat the buy target with caution.
The next few months are read from the last 12 months, not the last 18 months: that channel fits this stock's recent turns at least as well (70% against 70%) and it is the one price is respecting now. The last 18 months stay as context: rising, +4% a year. The nearest ceiling overhead is US$653.07, from the last 18 months. What would overturn this: a close below US$561.92 — the floor of the channel being read — after which the trend, not the entry, is what was wrong.
- 18 months read from
- US$562.06 – US$653.07 Rising channel, +4% a year
- Position in that channel
- -23% below the floor of it — 0% is the floor, 100% the ceiling
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (18 months)
- Lower trend line (18 months)
- The same lines over the last 12 months
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Our target
No published call today because price has broken 3.8% below the channel floor, which is a fall out of the trend rather than a dip within it. No alerts are sent. The buy and target below are still this site's read of the fitted channel.
Buy now
US$540.46
last close · 16 Sept 2026
Channel buy is US$562.07; last close is the better price available now.
Our target
US$670.48
by 16 Dec 2026
Projected move
24.1%
gross, before costs
Last close is our buy — the best price available now.
- Upper line touches
- 9
- Lower line touches
- 5
- Fit confidence
- 70%
- Fitted
- 17 Sept 2026
About MSCI Inc.
MSCI Inc., alongside its subsidiaries, offers sophisticated tools and services to support global investment decision-making and process management for its clients. The company is structured into four key segments: Index, Analytics, ESG and Climate, and Private Assets. The Index division furnishes benchmarks employed across diverse investment applications, including the creation of indexed financial products such as ETFs, mutual funds, and various derivatives; performance evaluation; portfolio building and adjustment; and strategic asset allocation. This segment also oversees the licensing of GICS and GICS Direct. Its Analytics segment provides comprehensive solutions for risk management, performance attribution, and portfolio oversight, encompassing content, applications, and services. These offerings deliver an integrated perspective on risk and return, alongside detailed analysis of market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risks across all asset classes. The segment also includes managed services like consolidating client portfolio data from disparate sources, reviewing and reconciling inputs, and producing tailored reports. Furthermore, its HedgePlatform is specifically designed for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring risks related to hedge fund investments. The ESG and Climate segment delivers offerings that enable institutional investors to understand the long-term impact of environmental, social, and governance factors on both their portfolios and individual securities. It also equips investors with essential data, ratings, research, and analytical tools for navigating evolving regulatory landscapes. The Private Assets segment specializes in providing real estate market and transaction data, benchmarks, return analytics, climate impact assessments, and valuable market insights for funds, investors, and managers. It also extends business intelligence to real estate owners, managers, developers, and brokers, while offering critical investment decision support for private capital. Its diverse clientele includes asset owners and managers, financial intermediaries, wealth management firms, real estate professionals, and corporations. Founded in 1998, MSCI Inc. is headquartered in New York City.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges
- CEO
- Henry A. Fernandez
- Employees
- 6,327
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own pillar scores, computed from the fundamentals below. They are not Morningstar ratings — that data is licensed and we do not redistribute it.
- Valuation
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- Profitability
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- Financial health
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- Cash generation
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Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$40.25B
- Enterprise value
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- Beta
- 1.22
- Avg volume
- 669.60K
- Revenue per share
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- Dividend yield
- —
- 52-week range
- 501.08-644.77
- Exchange
- NYSE
Key ratios
- P/E (TTM)
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- PEG
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- Price / sales
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- Price / book
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- EV / EBITDA
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- Gross margin
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- Operating margin
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- Net margin
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- Current ratio
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- Quick ratio
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- Debt / equity
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- Interest cover
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Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Trend lines are fitted statistically to past swing highs and lows and projected forward on the assumption the same rhythm continues. It often does not. This is information, not advice.