secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSCI Inc. (MSCI)
CIK:        0001408198
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-22-001369
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSCI Q3 2022 EPS $2.68 (+32% YoY); revenue $560.6M (+8.4%); raises free cash flow guidance
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- Operating revenues $560.6M (+8.4%); diluted EPS $2.68 (+32%); adjusted EPS $2.85 (+12.6%).
- Recurring subscription revenue up 17.5%; asset-based fees down 11.4% on lower average AUM.
- Index subscription run rate growth highest in a decade (12.6% organic); Analytics retention rate record 95.9%.
- Full-year 2022 guidance: operating expense narrowed to $1,030-$1,060M; free cash flow raised to $1,025-$1,075M.
- Declared Q4 cash dividend of $1.25/share (payable Nov 30); $1.3B remaining on buyback authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000115752322001369/0001157523-22-001369-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000115752322001369/a52951428.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-001369

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