With 0.61 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.58 million shares. The 52-week range on MSCI shows that it touched its highest point at $642.45 and its lowest point at $475.32 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $621.07. With its current market cap of 44.52 billion, MSCI has annualized dividend of $6.60 while the current yield stands at 1.15%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.33.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MSCI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.12%, but this was up by 3.39% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 0.54% while six-month performance fell -3.66%. The stock gained 18.50% in the past year, while it has lost -4.10% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MSCI yields 14.54 with Next year EPS estimates of 18.83. For the next quarter, that number is 4.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.62% for this year and 11.99% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.64% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 16.34%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 77.60 million MSCI shares are outstanding with a float of 74.75 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MSCI since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $15.07082 being high and $14.91071 being low. For MSCI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $15.00077.
