International Assets Investment Management LLC Acquires 10,108 Shares of MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI)

International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) by 13,659.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,182 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,108 shares during the quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC’s holdings in MSCI were worth $5,759,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new stake in shares of MSCI in the third quarter worth $26,000. ORG Partners LLC boosted its position in MSCI by 5,600.0% during the third quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 57 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Headinvest LLC bought a new stake in MSCI during the third quarter valued at $30,000. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in MSCI during the first quarter valued at $35,000. Finally, Ronald Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in MSCI by 105.1% during the third quarter. Ronald Blue Trust Inc. now owns 80 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.97% of the company’s stock.

MSCI Stock Performance

NYSE:MSCI opened at $513.06 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $40.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.06. MSCI Inc. has a 52 week low of $451.55 and a 52 week high of $617.39. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $558.20 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $539.26.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 30th. The technology company reported $3.68 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.29 by $0.39. The firm had revenue of $690.11 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $662.64 million. MSCI had a net margin of 45.42% and a negative return on equity of 111.17%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.84 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that MSCI Inc. will post 14.84 earnings per share for the current year.

MSCI Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 16th were paid a $1.60 dividend. This is a positive change from MSCI’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.38. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 15th. This represents a $6.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.25%. MSCI’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 44.44%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on MSCI shares. Edward Jones started coverage on shares of MSCI in a research report on Friday, December 22nd. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of MSCI from $544.00 to $617.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 31st. Raymond James reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of MSCI in a research report on Friday, January 5th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $638.00 price objective on shares of MSCI in a research report on Friday. Finally, Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of MSCI in a research report on Tuesday, March 26th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, MSCI has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $581.57.

About MSCI

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.