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Msci (MSCI) Research & Development (2014 - 2026)

Msci posted quarterly Research & Development of $49.6 million for Q1 2026, up 4.2% year-on-year from $47.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 20.61% on a QoQ basis from $41.1 million in Q4 2025.

Msci (MSCI) has 13 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $49.6 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 4.2% year-over-year to $49.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $179.6 million (up 8.37% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $177.6 million, up 11.94% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $49.6 million, up from $41.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $49.6 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $23.9 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $38.6 million (2024), against an average of $36.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development retreated 13.13%; it then surged 36.27% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $29.0 million in 2022, then surged by 35.12% to $39.2 million in 2023, then decreased by 1.91% to $38.5 million in 2024, then climbed by 6.9% to $41.1 million in 2025, then grew by 20.61% to $49.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $49.6 million (Q1 2026), $41.1 million (Q4 2025), and $44.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn -
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 76.60 Mn
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 238.00 Mn
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn -
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 84.00 Mn
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn 195.86 Mn
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 49.60 Mn
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 27.60 Mn
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn -
10 Factset Research Systems 9.06 Bn 8.78 Bn 314.28 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 49.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 41.12 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 44.81 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 44.07 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 47.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 38.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 38.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 41.07 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 40.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 39.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 31.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 30.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 31.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 29.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 25.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 23.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 28.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 30.82 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 28.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 27.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 24.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 27.06 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 24.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 22.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 26.56 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 27.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 24.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 23.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 23.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 20.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 20.59 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 19.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 20.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 20.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 17.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 18.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 18.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 18.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 18.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 18.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 18.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 17.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 15.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 20.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 23.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 17.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 19.02 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 17.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 17.47 Mn