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Understanding the Reasons Behind MSCI Share Sell-Off

This morning we watched MSCI Inc drop -10.7% to a price of $558.14 per share. The Large-Cap Business Services company is now trading -21.42% below its average target price of $710.31. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $570.0 to $760.0 per share for MSCI Inc, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.2%, and a short ratio of 1.82. The company's insiders own 3.59% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 93.7% of MSCI Inc's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in MSCI Inc

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2026-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 8% 5,740,802 $3,204,171,312
2026-03-31 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 6% 4,653,076 $2,597,067,906
2026-03-31 Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 6% 4,024,536 $2,246,254,581
2026-03-31 State Street Corporation 4% 3,114,932 $1,738,568,192
2026-03-31 BAMCO Inc. 4% 2,699,389 $1,506,637,016
2026-03-31 Morgan Stanley 3% 2,244,979 $1,253,012,611
2026-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 3% 1,999,610 $1,116,062,354
2026-03-31 T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 2% 1,507,193 $841,224,723
2026-03-31 Edgewood Management Llc 2% 1,401,992 $782,507,835
2026-03-31 Principal Financial Group, Inc. 2% 1,347,039 $751,836,367

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on MSCI Inc.

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