MSCI INC. (MSCI) Spending and interest coverage
- R&D / revenue · 12 months: Value 5.44%; Formula and calculation Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months: Value 3.64%; Formula and calculation Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Interest coverage · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified..
Spending and interest coverage
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| R&D / revenue · 12 months | 5.44% | Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $181.50M ÷ $3.33B × 100 ≈ 5.44% |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months | 3.64% | Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $121.24M ÷ $3.33B × 100 ≈ 3.64% |
| Interest coverage · 12 months | (m) | Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Research and development spending | 181.50M USD | Research and Development Expense |
| Revenue | 3.33B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Stock-based compensation | 121.24M USD | Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense |
| Operating income | 1.86B USD | Operating Income (Loss) |
| Interest expense · reported / estimated | (m) | Interest Expense · Estimated expense assumptions |
Latest interest expense basis: (m). Estimated values carry *; expand each history row’s basis for its dated balances and rate assumptions.
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Research and development spending (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Stock-based compensation (USD) | Operating income (USD) | Interest expense · reported / estimated (USD) | R&D / revenue | SBC / revenue | Interest coverage | Interest expense basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $181.50M | $3.33B | $121.24M | $1.86B | (m) | 5.44% | 3.64% | (m) | (m) |
| 2026-03-31 | $179.60M | $3.24B | $119.04M | $1.79B | (m) | 5.54% | 3.67% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-12-31 | $177.60M | $3.13B | $111.34M | $1.71B | (m) | 5.67% | 3.55% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-09-30 | $174.94M | $3.06B | $108.74M | $1.66B | (m) | 5.73% | 3.56% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-06-30 | $168.72M | $2.99B | $104.66M | $1.61B | (m) | 5.65% | 3.50% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-03-31 | $165.72M | $2.92B | $100.87M | $1.57B | (m) | 5.67% | 3.45% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-12-31 | $158.65M | $2.86B | $95.20M | $1.53B | (m) | 5.55% | 3.33% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-09-30 | $159.40M | $2.80B | $88.51M | $1.49B | (m) | 5.69% | 3.16% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-06-30 | $152.26M | $2.70B | $88.15M | $1.45B | (m) | 5.63% | 3.26% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-03-31 | $141.32M | $2.62B | $84.90M | $1.41B | $187.15M | 5.40% | 3.24% | 7.53× | Reported |
| 2023-12-31 | $132.12M | $2.53B | $71.65M | $1.38B | $186.68M | 5.22% | 2.83% | 7.42× | Reported |
| 2023-09-30 | $121.93M | $2.42B | $67.04M | $1.32B | $185.34M | 5.05% | 2.78% | 7.14× | Reported |
| 2023-06-30 | $116.43M | $2.35B | $60.91M | $1.28B | $182.59M | 4.95% | 2.59% | 7.00× | Reported |
| 2023-03-31 | $110.21M | $2.28B | $56.33M | $1.23B | $177.06M | 4.83% | 2.47% | 6.97× | Reported |
| 2022-12-31 | $107.20M | $2.25B | $58.09M | $1.21B | $171.57M | 4.77% | 2.58% | 7.04× | Reported |
| 2022-09-30 | $109.00M | $2.22B | $58.13M | $1.18B | $166.30M | 4.90% | 2.62% | 7.09× | Reported |
| 2022-06-30 | $111.41M | $2.18B | $58.48M | $1.15B | $164.27M | 5.11% | 2.68% | 7.00× | Reported |
| 2022-03-31 | $115.02M | $2.13B | $58.86M | $1.11B | $162.74M | 5.41% | 2.77% | 6.80× | Reported |
| 2021-12-31 | $111.56M | $2.04B | $54.92M | $1.07B | $159.61M | 5.46% | 2.69% | 6.72× | Reported |
| 2021-09-30 | $107.80M | $1.94B | $53.93M | $1.03B | $156.61M | 5.56% | 2.78% | 6.55× | Reported |
| 2021-06-30 | $104.35M | $1.85B | $52.69M | $973.61M | $152.01M | 5.65% | 2.85% | 6.41× | Reported |
| 2021-03-31 | $99.35M | $1.76B | $54.84M | $931.25M | $153.68M | 5.65% | 3.12% | 6.06× | Reported |
| 2020-12-31 | $101.05M | $1.70B | $51.09M | $884.76M | $156.32M | 5.96% | 3.01% | 5.66× | Reported |
| 2020-09-30 | $101.10M | $1.66B | $51.09M | $850.11M | $159.28M | 6.10% | 3.08% | 5.34× | Reported |
| 2020-06-30 | $100.51M | $1.63B | $50.50M | $823.71M | $157.67M | 6.18% | 3.10% | 5.22× | Reported |
| 2020-03-31 | $101.72M | $1.60B | $46.82M | $800.91M | $152.36M | 6.35% | 2.92% | 5.26× | Reported |
| 2019-12-31 | $98.33M | $1.56B | $41.20M | $755.70M | $148.04M | 6.31% | 2.64% | 5.10× | Reported |
| 2019-09-30 | $91.55M | $1.51B | $41.44M | $726.09M | $143.64M | 6.05% | 2.74% | 5.05× | Reported |
| 2019-06-30 | $87.83M | $1.48B | $40.79M | $701.27M | $143.62M | 5.95% | 2.76% | 4.88× | Reported |
| 2019-03-31 | $83.88M | $1.45B | $39.38M | $682.41M | $139.47M | 5.77% | 2.71% | 4.89× | Reported |
| 2018-12-31 | $81.41M | $1.43B | $38.90M | $686.90M | $133.11M | 5.68% | 2.71% | 5.16× | Reported |
| 2018-09-30 | $81.84M | $1.41B | $36.85M | $670.64M | $126.25M | 5.82% | 2.62% | 5.31× | Reported |
| 2018-06-30 | $79.23M | $1.37B | $35.91M | $643.03M | $119.37M | 5.78% | 2.62% | 5.39× | Reported |
| 2018-03-31 | $77.62M | $1.32B | $36.23M | $615.62M | $116.63M | 5.86% | 2.74% | 5.28× | Reported |
| 2017-12-31 | $75.88M | $1.27B | $36.58M | $579.19M | $116.10M | 5.96% | 2.87% | 4.99× | Reported |
| 2017-09-30 | $74.12M | $1.23B | $36.08M | $551.25M | $116.11M | 6.02% | 2.93% | 4.75× | Reported |
| 2017-06-30 | $74.89M | $1.20B | $35.47M | $525.84M | $113.88M | 6.25% | 2.96% | 4.62× | Reported |
| 2017-03-31 | $75.25M | $1.17B | $34.31M | $505.56M | $107.77M | 6.42% | 2.93% | 4.69× | Reported |
| 2016-12-31 | $75.20M | $1.15B | $32.00M | $488.10M | $101.65M | 6.54% | 2.78% | 4.80× | Reported |
| 2016-09-30 | $74.02M | $1.13B | $31.60M | $469.63M | $95.51M | 6.55% | 2.79% | 4.92× | Reported |
| 2016-06-30 | $70.82M | $1.11B | $29.29M | $455.48M | $85.98M | 6.37% | 2.64% | 5.30× | Reported |
| 2016-03-31 | $73.06M | $1.09B | $28.29M | $428.30M | $74.18M | 6.70% | 2.59% | 5.77× | Reported |
| 2015-12-31 | $77.32M | $1.08B | $28.56M | $403.90M | $62.39M | 7.19% | 2.66% | 6.47× | Reported |
| 2015-09-30 | (m) | $1.05B | $27.02M | $381.45M | $55.28M | (m) | 2.57% | 6.90× | Reported |
| 2015-06-30 | (m) | $1.04B | $28.67M | $356.38M | $43.62M | (m) | 2.77% | 8.17× | Reported |
| 2015-03-31 | (m) | $1.02B | $28.76M | $346.40M | $37.87M | (m) | 2.82% | 9.15× | Reported |
| 2014-12-31 | (m) | $996.68M | $26.59M | $337.17M | $31.82M | (m) | 2.67% | 10.60× | Reported |
| 2014-09-30 | (m) | $1.10B | $25.97M | $366.89M | $22.95M | (m) | 2.35% | 15.99× | Reported |
| 2014-06-30 | (m) | $1.08B | $24.63M | $366.76M | $23.18M | (m) | 2.28% | 15.83× | Reported |
| 2014-03-31 | (m) | $1.06B | $23.36M | $368.12M | $24.31M | (m) | 2.21% | 15.14× | Reported |
| 2013-12-31 | (m) | $1.04B | $25.00M | $371.51M | $26.27M | (m) | 2.41% | 14.14× | Reported |
| 2013-09-30 | (m) | $1.02B | $25.06M | $375.44M | $26.53M | (m) | 2.47% | 14.15× | Reported |
| 2013-06-30 | (m) | $992.33M | $26.28M | $366.54M | $28.02M | (m) | 2.65% | 13.08× | Reported |
| 2013-03-31 | (m) | $973.00M | $26.29M | $356.48M | $51.09M | (m) | 2.70% | 6.98× | Reported |
| 2012-12-31 | (m) | $950.14M | $25.32M | $346.94M | $56.43M | (m) | 2.67% | 6.15× | Reported |
| 2012-09-30 | (m) | $929.20M | $26.81M | $333.26M | $62.52M | (m) | 2.89% | 5.33× | Reported |
| 2012-06-30 | (m) | $918.78M | $27.13M | $331.98M | $68.32M | (m) | 2.95% | 4.86× | Reported |
| 2012-03-31 | (m) | $906.70M | $29.11M | $327.55M | $51.59M | (m) | 3.21% | 6.35× | Reported |
| 2011-12-31 | (m) | $900.94M | $31.72M | $322.00M | $55.82M | (m) | 3.52% | 5.77× | Reported |
| 2011-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-03-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-12-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-11-30 | (m) | $662.90M | $32.28M | $206.12M | $51.34M | (m) | 4.87% | 4.02× | Reported |
| 2010-08-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-05-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-02-28 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-12-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-11-30 | (m) | $442.95M | $35.16M | $150.99M | $19.68M | (m) | 7.94% | 7.67× | Reported |
| 2009-08-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-11-30 | (m) | $430.96M | $30.34M | $135.79M | $26.93M | (m) | 7.04% | 5.04× | Reported |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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