littleclie/iStock via Getty Images Summary Following my coverage on MSCI ( MSCI ), which I downgraded to a hold rating due to my belief that the business is going to see growth slowdown and that there are no strong catalysts that would turn things around in the near term, this post is to provide an update on my thoughts on the business and stock. I upgrade my rating to buy, as the Q4 2025 results ...
littleclie/iStock via Getty Images Summary Following my coverage on MSCI ( MSCI ), which I downgraded to a hold rating due to my belief that the business is going to see growth slowdown and that there are no strong catalysts that would turn things around in the near term, this post is to provide an update on my thoughts on the business and stock. I upgrade my rating to buy, as the Q4 2025 results show a re-acceleration in subscription growth and stabilization in the active manager cohort, and there is a catalyst to continue driving strong growth in the Index segment. 4Q25 Earnings Review MSCI delivered a solid set of Q4 results , printing operating revenues of $822.5 million, up 10.6% y/y on a reported basis, and 10.2% on an organic basis. By segments, the Index segment did $479.1 million, up 14% y/y driven largely by the 20.7% growth in asset-based fees. Analytics did $182.3 million in revenue, up 5.5% y/y. The Sustainability and Climate segment saw ~$90.3 million in revenue, up 5.9% y/y. And lastly, the All Other Private Assets segment saw revenue of $70.9 million, up 8.4%. In terms of profit, EBIT margin expanded to 56.4% vs. 54.5% in Q4 2024, and adj. EBITDA margin went up to 62.2% (from 60.8%). While reported net income fell 6.8% to $284.7 million, and diluted EPS fell 2.3% to $3.81, adj. EPS did went up 11.5% y/y to $4.66. Subscription Growth Engine Re-Ignites When I downgraded the stock previously, it was because of the 20.9% decline in net new recurring subscription sales, which I thought was a clear warning sign. This dynamic has turned. In Q4 2025, total new recurring subscription sales reached an all-time high, with the Index segment printing its strongest quarter ever for new sales, up 19.5% y/y. This is the proof point I was waiting for. It shows that the slowdown earlier in 2025 was a delay, not a structural downgrade in demand. Bloomberg We can now see the translation of the market rally impact into MSCI's subscription revenue. The $49 billion of ETF ...
NSW Labor backbenchers have vowed to attend a Sydney protest against a visit by Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, with one stating he will be attending because Australia should not be welcoming the head of a state engaged in an “ongoing genocide”. Another member of government said he was attending – despite the premier opposing any rallies – to show that “Bondi was not caused by such protests”. Up...
NSW Labor backbenchers have vowed to attend a Sydney protest against a visit by Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, with one stating he will be attending because Australia should not be welcoming the head of a state engaged in an “ongoing genocide”. Another member of government said he was attending – despite the premier opposing any rallies – to show that “Bondi was not caused by such protests”. Upper house Labor MLCs Cameron Murphy, Stephen Lawrence and Sarah Kaine said they would attend Monday evening’s rally organised by Palestine Action Group as part of a nationwide protest. But it was not yet clear whether they would march from Town Hall to state parliament despite an effective ban. Chris Minns’ push to prohibit marches in designated areas following the Bondi terror attack is continuing after the NSW police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, extended the restriction for a fourth time on Tuesday. Lanyon said Herzog’s visit was a factor in his decision. The restriction prevents the authorisation of protests under the form 1 system – which means protesters who march risk being arrested for obstructing traffic, for example. Organisers of the Sydney protest have said they plan to march from Town Hall to Macquarie Street despite it falling within the restriction zone. They have called on NSW police to help facilitate that peacefully. Murphy said he would attend the rally “because we should not be welcoming to Australia the head of a state engaged in an ongoing genocide”. He told Guardian Australia that Herzog had signed a bomb and had “no regard for international law as an active supporter of illegal settlements”. Sign up: AU Breaking News email Lawrence said he would go to the rally at Town Hall but would decide on Monday whether to march. He said he would comply with the law. “I will be attending the rally because I want to make the obvious but important points that peaceful protest is lawful in this country; that Bondi was not caused by such protests; and that inviting the ...
Gaming and hospitality company Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) will be reporting results this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know. Boyd Gaming beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 15.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.00 billion, up 4.5% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but a significant miss of analys...
Gaming and hospitality company Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) will be reporting results this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know. Boyd Gaming beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 15.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.00 billion, up 4.5% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates. Is Boyd Gaming a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members. This quarter, analysts are expecting Boyd Gaming’s revenue to decline 1.9% year on year to $1.02 billion, a reversal from the 9.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.94 per share. Boyd Gaming Total Revenue Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Boyd Gaming has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 5.3% on average. Looking at Boyd Gaming’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Apple delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 15.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.1%, and Deckers reported revenues up 7.1%, topping estimates by 4.7%. Apple’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Deckers was up 19.2%. Read our full analysis of Apple’s results here and Deckers’s results here. Investors in the consumer discretionary segment have had fairly steady hands going into earnings, with share prices down 1.4% on average over the last month. Boyd Gaming is down 6.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $94.67 (compared to the current share price of $82.97). Today’s young investors likely haven’t r...
For a profitable company like NVIDIA, the P/E ratio is a useful shorthand for what investors are willing to pay for each dollar of current earnings. It ties the share price directly to actual profits, which many investors find easier to interpret than cash flow models. Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests NVIDIA may be overvalued by 16.3%. Discover 873 undervalued stocks or create your...
For a profitable company like NVIDIA, the P/E ratio is a useful shorthand for what investors are willing to pay for each dollar of current earnings. It ties the share price directly to actual profits, which many investors find easier to interpret than cash flow models. Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests NVIDIA may be overvalued by 16.3%. Discover 873 undervalued stocks or create your own screener to find better value opportunities. On this basis, the model arrives at an estimated intrinsic value of about US$155.09 per share. Compared with the recent share price of US$180.34, the DCF output suggests the stock screens as around 16.3% overvalued using these assumptions and projections. For NVIDIA, Simply Wall St uses a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity model. The latest twelve month free cash flow is about US$77.96b. Analyst and extrapolated projections in this model have free cash flow reaching about US$325.07b in 2031, with ten year forecasts stepping up between 2026 and 2035. All these projected cash flows are then discounted back to today and summed. A Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model looks at the cash NVIDIA is expected to generate in the future and discounts those cash flows back to today to estimate what the business might be worth now. NVIDIA scores just 2/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the full valuation breakdown . Simply Wall St currently gives NVIDIA a valuation score of 2 out of 6 , reflecting that it screens as undervalued on 2 of 6 checks. Next we will compare different valuation methods to see how they stack up, before finishing with a broader way to think about what the stock is really pricing in. Recent headlines continue to focus on NVIDIA's role in semiconductors and graphics processing, especially around high performance chips for data centers and artificial intelligence use cases. These stories help explain why the share price can move sharply as expectations around chip demand and AI related spendi...
For a profitable company like NVIDIA, the P/E ratio is a useful shorthand for what investors are willing to pay for each dollar of current earnings. It ties the share price directly to actual profits, which many investors find easier to interpret than cash flow models. Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests NVIDIA may be overvalued by 16.3%. Discover 873 undervalued stocks or create your...
For a profitable company like NVIDIA, the P/E ratio is a useful shorthand for what investors are willing to pay for each dollar of current earnings. It ties the share price directly to actual profits, which many investors find easier to interpret than cash flow models. Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests NVIDIA may be overvalued by 16.3%. Discover 873 undervalued stocks or create your own screener to find better value opportunities. On this basis, the model arrives at an estimated intrinsic value of about US$155.09 per share. Compared with the recent share price of US$180.34, the DCF output suggests the stock screens as around 16.3% overvalued using these assumptions and projections. For NVIDIA, Simply Wall St uses a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity model. The latest twelve month free cash flow is about US$77.96b. Analyst and extrapolated projections in this model have free cash flow reaching about US$325.07b in 2031, with ten year forecasts stepping up between 2026 and 2035. All these projected cash flows are then discounted back to today and summed. A Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model looks at the cash NVIDIA is expected to generate in the future and discounts those cash flows back to today to estimate what the business might be worth now. NVIDIA scores just 2/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the full valuation breakdown . Simply Wall St currently gives NVIDIA a valuation score of 2 out of 6 , reflecting that it screens as undervalued on 2 of 6 checks. Next we will compare different valuation methods to see how they stack up, before finishing with a broader way to think about what the stock is really pricing in. Recent headlines continue to focus on NVIDIA's role in semiconductors and graphics processing, especially around high performance chips for data centers and artificial intelligence use cases. These stories help explain why the share price can move sharply as expectations around chip demand and AI related spendi...
Veradermics Inc. , a biopharmaceutical firm focused on hair restoration, raised $256.3 million in an upsized US initial public offering priced above the top of its marketed range. The Longitude Capital -backed company sold about 15 million shares at $17 each, according to a statement Tuesday. The New Haven, Connecticut-based firm had marketed 13.35 million shares for $14 to $16 each. At the IPO pr...
Veradermics Inc. , a biopharmaceutical firm focused on hair restoration, raised $256.3 million in an upsized US initial public offering priced above the top of its marketed range. The Longitude Capital -backed company sold about 15 million shares at $17 each, according to a statement Tuesday. The New Haven, Connecticut-based firm had marketed 13.35 million shares for $14 to $16 each. At the IPO price, Veradermics has a market value of about $596 million based on the outstanding shares listed in its filings. Wellington Management had indicated interest in purchasing as much as $30 million in shares at the IPO price, according to the filings. Eli Lilly & Co. also indicated it would take as much as 4.9% of the biotech’s outstanding shares. The listing kicks off a busy week of IPOs on US exchanges, with eight companies including Veradermics expected to price and trade offerings raising at least $100 million. That’s the highest number of IPOs in a week since November 2021, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Read More: Bankers Tee Up Busiest IPO Week Since 2021 After Choppy Start Founded in 2019, the late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm is developing its lead therapy to treat mild-to-moderate pattern hair loss, according to its filing. Veradermics’ experimental non-hormonal hair loss treatment is in late stage trials. For the latest news on equity capital markets activity in the US, Canada and Latin America, follow the channel or visit NI BFWECMUS . To subscribe to ECM Watch , Bloomberg’s daily roundup of news from around the region, click here . Veradermics reported a net loss of $48.1 million for the nine months ended Sept. 30, compared with a net loss of $20.8 million a year earlier, the filings show. The offering is being led by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. , Leerink Partners , Citigroup Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald . The company’s shares are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MANE.
Cloud computing and online retail behemoth Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know. Amazon beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $180.2 billion, up 13.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a narrow beat of a...
Cloud computing and online retail behemoth Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know. Amazon beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $180.2 billion, up 13.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a narrow beat of analysts’ revenue estimates. Is Amazon a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members. This quarter, analysts are expecting Amazon’s revenue to grow 12.7% year on year to $211.6 billion, improving from the 10.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.95 per share. Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Amazon has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 1.1% on average. Today’s young investors won’t have read the timeless lessons in Gorilla Game: Picking Winners In High Technology because it was written more than 20 years ago when Microsoft and Apple were first establishing their supremacy. But if we apply the same principles, then enterprise software stocks leveraging their own generative AI capabilities may well be the Gorillas of the future. So, in that spirit, we are excited to present our Special Free Report on a profitable, fast-growing enterprise software stock that is already riding the automation wave and looking to catch the generative AI next.