secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSCI Inc. (MSCI)
CIK:        0001408198
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001408198-24-000129
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSCI Q2 2024 revenue +14% to $708M, adj. EPS $3.64 (+11.7%); retention 94.8%
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- Operating revenues $707.9M (+14.0% YoY); organic revenue growth 9.7%; diluted EPS $3.37 (+9.1%).
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 60.7% (flat); retention rate 94.8% vs 95.5% in Q2 2023.
- Index segment rev $397M (+9.6%), ABF +18.2% driven by ETF AUM growth; ESG & Climate rev $79.9M (+12.1%).
- Private Assets segment rev $64.9M (+72%), largely from Private Capital Solutions; organic growth 1.3%.
- Q3 dividend $1.60/share declared; $241.5M in share repurchases during Q2; no specific FY2024 guidance change.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000129/0001408198-24-000129-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000129/msci-20240723.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408198-24-000129

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