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The company behind the indexes that trillions of investment dollars quietly track, plus the risk tools the big funds run on. It barely makes anything — it licenses numbers — which is why it keeps more than half of every dollar of sales as profit.
Updated · FY2025 · February 2026
6
Chapters
~12
Min read
$3.1B / yr revenue · ~6K employees · public since 2007
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1
Growth
~2 min
The Scoreboard of the Markets
When the news says 'emerging markets rose today,' there's a good chance they mean an MSCI index.
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2
Financial Health
~2 min
Half of Every Dollar
Most companies keep a dime of profit per dollar of sales. MSCI keeps more than fifty cents.
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3
Moat
~2 min
Written Into the Contracts
Trillions of dollars are benchmarked to MSCI indexes. Switching would mean rewriting how funds are run.
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4
Management
~2 min
The Chairman Stepped In
The CEO doesn't usually buy a $560 stock on the open market. This time he did.
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5
Behind the Numbers
~2 min
A Toll Booth on Investing
The bull case is unstoppable index growth. The bear case is what happens when markets fall.
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Risk
~2 min
When the Market Turns
Elite margins and a CEO buying — against market-linked fees and a debt-funded balance sheet.
↻ Next update · Jul 22
est. Jul 22, 2026 · Q2 FY2026 · MSCI Investor Relations ↗
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