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MSCI (MSCI) Interest Coverage : 8.60 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is MSCI Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. MSCI's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $401 Mil. MSCI's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-47 Mil. MSCI's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 8.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

MSCI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.8   Med: 6.07   Max: 10.6
Current: 7.99


MSCI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
60.61% of 457 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 17.58 vs MSCI: 7.99

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


MSCI Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for MSCI's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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MSCI Interest Coverage Chart

MSCI Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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MSCI Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Interest Coverage 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 7.53 7.90 7.27 8.20 8.60

Competitive Comparison of MSCI's Interest Coverage

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where MSCI's Interest Coverage falls into.



MSCI Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

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

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, MSCI's Interest Expense was $-187 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,385 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,617 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1384.609/-186.679
=7.42

MSCI's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, MSCI's Interest Expense was $-47 Mil. Its Operating Income was $401 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,609 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*401.334/-46.688
=8.60

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


MSCI  (NYSE:MSCI) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


MSCI Interest Coverage Related Terms

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MSCI Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
250 Greenwich Street, 49th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY, USA, 10007
MSCI has described 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 $1.4 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
Henry A Fernandez director, officer: Chairman, CEO and President MSCI INC., 88 PINE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10005
Cd Baer Pettit officer: Head of Client Coverage MSCI INC., 88 PINE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10005
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
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
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