MSCI (MSCI) Hits New Lifetime High
Trade-Ideas LLC identified
(
) as a new lifetime high candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified MSCI as such a stock due to the following factors:
- MSCI has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $42.0 million.
- MSCI has traded 8,871 shares today.
- MSCI is trading at a new lifetime high.
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More details on MSCI:
MSCI Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers content, applications, and services to support the needs of institutional investors in investment processes worldwide. It operates through three segments: Index, Analytics, and All Other. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MSCI has a PE ratio of 35. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate MSCI a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
The average volume for MSCI has been 626,200 shares per day over the past 30 days. MSCI has a market cap of $7.6 billion and is part of the technology sector and telecommunications industry. The stock has a beta of 0.72 and a short float of 1.4% with 2.27 days to cover. Shares are up 10.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.
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Analysis:
rates MSCI as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, increase in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- Looking at where the stock is today compared to one year ago, we find that it is not only higher, but it has also clearly outperformed the rise in the S&P 500 over the same period. Although other factors naturally played a role, the company's strong earnings growth was key. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year.
- MSCI INC has improved earnings per share by 36.4% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, MSCI INC increased its bottom line by earning $2.10 versus $1.70 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.90 versus $2.10).
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Diversified Financial Services industry. The net income increased by 37.7% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $43.83 million to $60.37 million.
- Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 7.7%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 6.1%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Diversified Financial Services industry and the overall market, MSCI INC's return on equity significantly exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- You can view the full MSCI Ratings Report.
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