The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. MSCI Inc shares valued at $5,401,245 were purchased by Fernandez Henry A on Jul 24 ’25. At $544.70 per share, Fernandez Henry A acquired 9,916 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 1,279,867 shares worth approximately $703.16 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Fernandez Henry A purchased 2,400 shares, netting a total of over 1,284,264 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $535.11 each, the insider now holds 332,779 shares.
Before that, Fernandez Henry A had added 84 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $46,090, the Chairman and CEO bought MSCI Inc shares for $548.69 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 84 shares, worth approximately $703.21 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Seaport Research Partners on October 01, 2025, MSCI Inc [MSCI] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $650. Analysts at Raymond James upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. Earlier on December 18, 2024, Goldman upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for MSCI stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing MSCI Stock Performance
On last trading session, MSCI Inc [NYSE: MSCI] plunged -0.76% to $549.4. The stock’s lowest price that day was $543.7, but it reached a high of $554.4 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.09%. Over the course of the year, MSCI Inc shares have dropped approximately -9.28%.
Is MSCI Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of MSCI Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-30 jumping by 33844.0 shares to 1.39 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 1.36 million shares. A jump of 2.44% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.8 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.8.
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In terms of MSCI Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 650 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.42% from the previous closing price of $553.58. Analysts anticipate MSCI Inc stock to reach 650 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 650. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked MSCI Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
