LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, will announce the results of the August 2024 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap and MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and.

Shares of MSCI Inc. (MSCI, Financial) rose 7.90% on the trading day after posting strong second-quarter earnings on July 23. During the three months ended June 30, the financial data company was able to beat analyst expectations by a modest 2.47% for earnings per share and 1.66% for revenue.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust posted a 1.21% gain in July, underperforming Vanguard's Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares by +3.97%. The top 15 dividend growth stocks for August 2024 offer an average dividend yield of 1.49% and appear to be about 28% undervalued based on dividend yield theory. Since its inception in September 2020, the watchlist has achieved a 12.25% annualized return.

MSCI is a major beneficiary of the shift to passive investments like ETFs. With $15T of benchmarked assets, MSCI's revenue grew 2.5x and EPS 6.8x since 2014. MSCI's superb 95% customer retention rate and most of the revenue being subscription-based, make the earnings stream very predictable.

MSCI Inc. had an 8% rebound in shares following decent second quarter results. Despite the better-than-expected quarter, MSCI is not seen as an attractive investment due to inferior positioning amid an industry transformation period. Peers including Moody's and S&P Global are still viewed as more attractive.

MSCI stock continues to receive a buy rating given the strong growth indicators and cheap valuation compared to the market. 2Q24 earnings beat estimates with revenue growth across all segments, showing healthy growth potential despite macro impacts on active asset managers. MSCI partnership with Moody's enhances ESG & Climate offering.

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 Tong - Goldman Sachs Scott Wurtzel - Wolfe Research Craig Huber - Huber Research Partners Russell Quelch - Redburn Atlantic Gregory Simpson - BNP Paribas Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to the MSCI Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call.

MSCI's second-quarter 2024 results benefit from strong growth in recurring subscription revenues.

Although the revenue and EPS for MSCI (MSCI) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

MSCI (MSCI) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.64 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.56 per share. This compares to earnings of $3.26 per share a year ago.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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”). Financial and Operational Highlights for Second Quarter 2024 (Note: Unless otherwise noted, percentage and other changes are relative to the three months ended.

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