ORG Wealth Partners LLC Has $484,000 Stock Position in MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI)

ORG Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) by 8.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 807 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 66 shares during the period. ORG Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in MSCI were worth $484,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of MSCI. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of MSCI by 119.9% during the 2nd quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 10,929 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $5,262,000 after acquiring an additional 5,959 shares in the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in MSCI during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $112,000. Choreo LLC bought a new stake in MSCI during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,137,000. Andra AP fonden bought a new stake in MSCI during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $4,866,000. Finally, Angeles Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in MSCI during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $214,000. 89.97% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at MSCI

In related news, CEO Henry A. Fernandez purchased 2,900 shares of MSCI stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $612.80 per share, with a total value of $1,777,120.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 330,379 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $202,456,251.20. This trade represents a 0.89 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 3.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently weighed in on MSCI shares. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded MSCI from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the company from $617.00 to $723.00 in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Wolfe Research raised MSCI from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Barclays upped their price target on MSCI from $650.00 to $700.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, September 13th. UBS Group cut their price target on MSCI from $695.00 to $680.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Redburn Atlantic raised MSCI from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $680.00 price target for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, MSCI currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $645.67.

MSCI Stock Down 4.1 %

NYSE MSCI traded down $24.87 on Friday, reaching $577.36. The company had a trading volume of 145,109 shares, compared to its average volume of 331,929. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $602.60 and its 200-day moving average is $569.53. The stock has a market cap of $45.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.91, a PEG ratio of 3.21 and a beta of 1.11. MSCI Inc. has a 52 week low of $439.95 and a 52 week high of $642.45.

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $3.86 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.77 by $0.09. MSCI had a negative return on equity of 162.06% and a net margin of 43.06%. The business had revenue of $724.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $716.15 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.45 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that MSCI Inc. will post 14.98 EPS for the current year.

MSCI Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 15th were given a dividend of $1.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 15th. This represents a $6.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.11%. MSCI’s dividend payout ratio is currently 42.02%.

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.