MSCI Valuation

Is MSCI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MSCI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MSCI (€462.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€480.55)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MSCI is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MSCI?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

MSCI key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue16.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA28.4x
PEG Ratio4.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MSCI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MSCI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average36.9x
DB1 Deutsche Börse
19.2x5.7%€33.6b
NDAQ Nasdaq
36.2x14.1%US$35.9b
TW Tradeweb Markets
59.5x18.0%US$26.5b
388 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
32.7x8.2%HK$369.2b
MSCI MSCI
33.8x7.7%€38.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MSCI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.8x) compared to the peer average (36.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MSCI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Capital Markets Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MSCI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.8x) compared to the European Capital Markets industry average (16.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MSCI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MSCI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio33.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate MSCI's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MSCI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€462.80
€513.42
+10.9%
10.1%€595.13€426.42n/a13
May ’25€445.10
€518.69
+16.5%
12.2%€601.43€379.40n/a14
Apr ’25€517.80
€562.59
+8.6%
11.9%€642.95€431.70n/a15
Mar ’25€518.80
€566.70
+9.2%
12.0%€647.50€434.75n/a16
Feb ’25€541.20
€575.10
+6.3%
10.5%€647.85€434.99n/a16
Jan ’25€512.20
€507.17
-1.0%
9.9%€587.07€403.61n/a16
Dec ’24€480.70
€498.53
+3.7%
9.4%€586.75€403.39n/a16
Nov ’24€449.40
€511.84
+13.9%
9.3%€605.63€416.37n/a16
Oct ’24€492.00
€538.04
+9.4%
10.5%€610.81€413.47n/a16
Sep ’24€506.00
€530.32
+4.8%
10.8%€595.79€403.30n/a16
Aug ’24€497.70
€523.28
+5.1%
10.8%€591.11€400.14n/a17
Jul ’24€430.30
€492.43
+14.4%
9.2%€548.10€376.36n/a17
Jun ’24€433.70
€509.02
+17.4%
11.8%€672.62€379.62n/a16
May ’24€421.40
€503.26
+19.4%
12.3%€661.60€373.40€445.1014
Apr ’24€510.50
€529.89
+3.8%
11.3%€678.46€382.91€517.8014
Mar ’24€483.25
€527.44
+9.1%
11.7%€680.43€384.03€518.8014
Feb ’24€491.00
€511.33
+4.1%
10.2%€611.72€375.04€541.2014
Jan ’24€442.00
€476.95
+7.9%
11.4%€566.16€349.13€512.2013
Dec ’23€490.75
€468.36
-4.6%
9.3%€523.96€355.72€480.7012
Nov ’23€473.75
€496.40
+4.8%
12.4%€642.11€371.22€449.4013
Oct ’23€439.10
€515.46
+17.4%
12.1%€649.60€375.55€492.0013
Sep ’23€446.55
€510.82
+14.4%
12.1%€643.46€372.00€506.0013
Aug ’23€468.95
€487.84
+4.0%
11.9%€626.56€362.23€497.7013
Jul ’23€392.20
€481.54
+22.8%
13.1%€624.37€359.66€430.3013
Jun ’23€410.40
€502.42
+22.4%
13.3%€619.10€356.63€433.7013
May ’23€407.70
€520.71
+27.7%
13.2%€619.62€356.93€421.4013

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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