Investment analytics provider MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 12.2% year on year to $867 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $4.94 per share was 0.6% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
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MSCI (MSCI) Q2 CY2026 Highlights:
- Revenue: $867 million vs analyst estimates of $869.4 million (12.2% year-on-year growth, in line)
- Pre-tax Profit: $417.3 million (48.1% margin)
- Adjusted EPS: $4.94 vs analyst expectations of $4.97 (0.6% miss)
- Market Capitalization: $45.51 billion
Company Overview
Originally known as Morgan Stanley Capital International before becoming independent in 2007, MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) provides critical decision support tools, indexes, and analytics that help global investors understand risk and return factors and build more effective investment portfolios.
Revenue Growth
A company’s long-term sales performance can indicate its overall quality. Any business can put up a good quarter or two, but the best consistently grow over the long haul. Luckily, MSCI’s revenue grew at a solid 12.6% compounded annual growth rate over the last five years. Its growth beat the average financials company and shows its offerings resonate with customers.
Long-term growth is the most important, but within financials, a half-decade historical view may miss recent interest rate changes and market returns. MSCI’s annualized revenue growth of 11% over the last two years is below its five-year trend, but we still think the results suggest healthy demand. 
Note: Quarters not shown were determined to be outliers because they were impacted by outsized investment gains/losses that are not indicative of the recurring fundamentals of the business.
This quarter, MSCI’s year-on-year revenue growth was 12.2%, and its $867 million of revenue was in line with Wall Street’s estimates.
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Key Takeaways from MSCI’s Q2 Results
We struggled to find many positives in these results. Overall, this was a softer quarter. The stock traded down 9.6% to $565.07 immediately following the results.
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