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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408198-25-000194"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSCI"
cik: "0001408198"
company_name: "MSCI Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:54:34.020355+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSCI Q3 2025 EPS $4.25 (+19% YoY); new $3B buyback authorized

## Summary
- Operating revenue $793.4M (+9.5% YoY); organic revenue growth 9.0%.
- Diluted EPS $4.25 (+19%); adjusted EPS $4.47 (+15.8%); operating margin 56.4%.
- Board authorized $3.0B new share repurchase program, replacing prior program.
- Quarterly dividend of $1.80/share declared for Q4 2025; $137.4M paid in Q3.
- Index segment revenue +11.4% to $451.2M; asset-based fees +17.1% on record AUM.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408198-25-000194
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSCI
- cik: 0001408198
- company_name: MSCI Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819825000194/0001408198-25-000194-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819825000194/msci-20251025.htm

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