Buyback yield (TTM)
6.80%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
8.22%
5Y share count change
-8.6%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$2.69B
Cumulative buybacks
$9.79B
Key takeaways
- MSCI (MSCI) repurchased about $2.69B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 8.6% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 22.56× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +26.1% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 276% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for MSCI (MSCI)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for MSCI (MSCI)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for MSCI (MSCI)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for MSCI (MSCI)
Latest: $2.48B
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, MSCI (MSCI) reported buyback spend of $2.48B – surged 180.6% year-over-year.
Over 2020–2025 (5 years), MSCI buyback spend expanded at a +26.1% compound annual rate, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $2.48B in 2025 and its low of $0.00 in 2004.
MSCI Buyback Spend 2025: $2.48B
2025's buyback spend for MSCI came in at $2.48B, surged 180.6% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
MSCI Buyback Spend 2024: $885.27M
MSCI posted buyback spend of $885.27M in 2024, surged 75.6% from 2023.
MSCI Buyback Spend 2023: $504.19M
In 2023, MSCI reported buyback spend of $504.19M, plunged 63.9% below 2022.
MSCI Buyback Spend 2022: $1.40B
MSCI buyback spend in 2022 was $1.40B, surged 604.5% from 2021.
MSCI Buyback Spend 2021: $198.37M
MSCI buyback spend in 2021 was $198.37M.
See more financial history for MSCI (MSCI).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $2.48B | $111.34M | $2.37B | 5.61% | 0.08B | -2.1% | |
| 2024 | $885.27M | $95.20M | $790.06M | 1.88% | 0.08B | -1.1% | |
| 2023 | $504.19M | $71.65M | $432.54M | 1.13% | 0.08B | -1.7% | |
| 2022 | $1.40B | $58.09M | $1.34B | 3.76% | 0.08B | -2.7% | |
| 2021 | $198.37M | $54.92M | $143.46M | 0.39% | 0.08B | -1.2% | |
| 2020 | $778.52M | $51.09M | $727.42M | 2.11% | 0.08B | -1.2% | |
| 2019 | $292.07M | $41.20M | $250.88M | 1.33% | 0.09B | -4.6% | |
| 2018 | $949.89M | $38.90M | $910.99M | 7.41% | 0.09B | -2.4% | |
| 2017 | $150.46M | $36.58M | $113.89M | 1.32% | 0.09B | -4.8% | |
| 2016 | $774.57M | $32.00M | $742.56M | 10.54% | 0.10B | -12.2% | |
| 2015 | $700.72M | $28.56M | $672.16M | 9.45% | 0.11B | -5.8% | |
| 2014 | $409.65M | $26.59M | $383.07M | 7.69% | 0.12B | -3.6% | |
| 2013 | $112.18M | $25.00M | $87.18M | 2.16% | 0.12B | -1.7% | |
| 2012 | $105.99M | $25.32M | $80.67M | 2.80% | 0.12B | +0.8% | |
| 2011 | $14.63M | $31.72M | −$17.10M | 0.37% | 0.12B | +7.9% | |
| 2010 | $14.15M | $32.28M | −$18.13M | 0.35% | 0.11B | +10.6% | |
| 2009 | $18.49M | $35.16M | −$16.67M | 0.60% | 0.10B | +1.3% | |
| 2008 | $681.00K | $30.34M | −$29.66M | 0.05% | 0.10B | +19.6% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $1.03M | −$1.03M | — | 0.08B | +0.9% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.08B | 0.0% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.08B | 0.0% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.08B | — |
- 2025$2.48B
- 2024$885.27M
- 2023$504.19M
- 2022$1.40B
- 2021$198.37M
- 2020$778.52M
- 2019$292.07M
- 2018$949.89M
- 2017$150.46M
- 2016$774.57M
- 2015$700.72M
- 2014$409.65M
- 2013$112.18M
- 2012$105.99M
- 2011$14.63M
- 2010$14.15M
- 2009$18.49M
- 2008$681.00K
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for MSCI (MSCI)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 22.56×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for MSCI (MSCI)
How MSCI splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as MSCI, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
| $24.10B | |
| $19.52B | |
| $13.39B | |
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| $0.00 |
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $973.65M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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