Earnings Growth & Price Strength Make MSCI (MSCI) a Stock to Watch

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Why You Should Pay Attention to MSCI (MSCI)

MSCI Inc. provides investment decision support tools, including indexes; portfolio construction and risk management products and services; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research and ratings; and real estate research, reporting and benchmarking offerings.

Since being added to the Zacks Focus List on October 10, 2018 at $166.96 per share, shares of MSCI have increased 180.25% to $467.90.

For fiscal 2022, two analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0 to $11.33. MSCI boasts an average earnings surprise of 3.7%.

Earnings for MSCI are forecasted to see growth of 13.9% for the current fiscal year as well.

Because stock prices react to revisions, buying stocks with rising earnings estimates can be very profitable. Focus List stocks like MSCI offer investors a great opportunity to get into a company whose future earnings estimates will be raised, potentially leading to price momentum.

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