secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSCI Inc. (MSCI)
CIK:        0001408198
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001408198-24-000072
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSCI Q1 revenue up 14.8% to $680M; EPS $3.22 (+8.4%); retention rate slips to 92.8%
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- Operating revenue $680M, up 14.8% YoY; diluted EPS $3.22, adjusted EPS $3.52 (+12.1%).
- Operating margin 49.9% vs 53.1% a year ago; Adjusted EBITDA margin 56.4% vs 58.2%.
- Retention rate fell to 92.8% from 95.2%, citing $7M cancel from a banking client merger.
- Index asset-based fees up 12.9% on record AUM in MSCI-linked ETFs.
- Board declared $1.60/share Q2 dividend, payable May 31.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000072/0001408198-24-000072-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000072/msci-20240423.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408198-24-000072

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