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MSCI (MSCI) Quick Ratio : 1.00 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is MSCI Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. MSCI's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.00.

MSCI has a quick ratio of 1.00. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

The historical rank and industry rank for MSCI's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MSCI' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 1.8   Max: 2.75
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, MSCI's highest Quick Ratio was 2.75. The lowest was 0.93. And the median was 1.80.

MSCI's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
84.83% of 666 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 1.935 vs MSCI: 1.00

MSCI Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for MSCI's Quick Ratio 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 Quick Ratio Chart

MSCI Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.31 1.88 1.71 1.40 0.93

MSCI Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Quick Ratio 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 1.50 1.25 1.36 0.93 1.00

Competitive Comparison of MSCI's Quick Ratio

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, MSCI's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio 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 Quick Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where MSCI's Quick Ratio falls into.



MSCI Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

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

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1418.153-0)/1517.025
=0.93

MSCI's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1364.917-0)/1368.952
=1.00

* 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.


MSCI  (NYSE:MSCI) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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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