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MSCI (MSCI) Gross Profit : $2,150 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is MSCI Gross Profit?

MSCI's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $551 Mil. MSCI's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $2,150 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. MSCI's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $551 Mil. MSCI's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $680 Mil. Therefore, MSCI's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 81.10%.

MSCI had a gross margin of 81.10% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of MSCI was 82.79%. The lowest was 72.25%. And the median was 80.52%.


MSCI Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for MSCI's Gross Profit can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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MSCI Gross Profit Chart

MSCI Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,262.84 1,403.69 1,684.86 1,844.26 2,082.34

MSCI Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Gross Profit Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 483.57 511.09 520.13 567.55 551.45

Competitive Comparison of MSCI's Gross Profit

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, MSCI's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


MSCI's Gross Profit Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, MSCI's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MSCI's Gross Profit falls into.



MSCI Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

MSCI's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=2528.92 - 446.581
=2,082

MSCI's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=679.965 - 128.514
=551

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,150 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

MSCI's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=551 / 679.965
=81.10 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


MSCI  (NYSE:MSCI) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

MSCI had a gross margin of 81.10% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage


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MSCI (MSCI) Business Description

Address
250 Greenwich Street, 49th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY, USA, 10007
MSCI describes its mission as enabling investors to build better portfolios for a better world. MSCI's largest and most profitable segment is its index segment, where it provides benchmarking to asset managers and asset owners. In addition, it boasts over $1.3 trillion in ETF assets linked to MSCI indexes. The MSCI analytics segment provides portfolio management and risk management analytics software to asset managers and asset owners. MSCI's all other segment was broken out into ESG and climate and private assets segments in 2021. In ESG and climate, MSCI provides ESG data to the investment industry. In private assets, MSCI provides real restate reporting, market data, benchmarking, and analytics to investors and real estate managers.
Executives
Robert J. Gutowski officer: General Counsel C/O MSCI INC., 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
Scott A Crum officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O MSCI INC., 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, 49TH FL., NEW YORK NY 10007
Catherine R Kinney director C/O QTS REALTY TRUST INC., 12851 FOSTER STREET, OVERLAND PARK KS 66213
Andrew C. Wiechmann officer: Interim CFO and Treasurer 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
Robin Matlock director C/O IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED, ONE FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
Cd Baer Pettit officer: Head of Client Coverage MSCI INC., 88 PINE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10005
Jennifer H Mak officer: Principal Accounting Officer 115 TABOR ROAD, MORRIS PLAINS NJ 07950
Rajat Taneja director C/O ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., 209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, LEGAL DEPT., REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Paula Volent director MSCI INC., 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
Sandy C. Rattray director MSCI INC., 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
Henry A Fernandez director, officer: Chairman, CEO and President MSCI INC., 88 PINE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10005
Laurent Seyer officer: Global Head of Client Cvrg 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
Benjamin F Dupont director C/O MSCI INC., 88 PINE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10005
Linda Huber officer: CFO and Treasurer FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC., 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Jigar Thakkar officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O MSCI INC., 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 49TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007

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