secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSCI Inc. (MSCI)
CIK:        0001408198
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001408198-25-000175
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSCI Q2 revenue $772.7M (+9.1%), diluted EPS $3.92 (+16.3%), raises dividend to $1.80
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- Index segment revenue $434.8M (+9.5%) led by asset-based fees up 12.7% on record ETF AUM linked to MSCI indexes.
- Analytics revenue $177.7M (+7.1%); Sustainability & Climate revenue $88.9M (+11.3%); Private Assets $71.2M (+9.7%).
- Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 61.4% (from 60.7%); operating margin 55.0% (from 54.0%).
- Board declared Q3 cash dividend of $1.80 per share, payable Aug 29 to holders of record Aug 15.
- Repurchased $131.2M in shares in Q2; $1.2B remaining on authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819825000175/0001408198-25-000175-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819825000175/msci-20250722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408198-25-000175

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