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SEGMENT INFORMATION
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION SEGMENT INFORMATION
ASC Subtopic 280-10, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available. This information is regularly evaluated by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) to allocate resources and assess performance. MSCI’s Chief Executive Officer, who serves as the CODM, reviews financial information on an operating segment basis to make operational decisions and assess financial performance.
The CODM measures and evaluates operating segments based on segment operating revenues and Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess segment performance and guide resource allocation, including decisions related to capital allocations and acquisitions. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA is used to monitor actual performance against budget and to establish management’s compensation. The CODM also uses Adjusted EBITDA for competitive analysis, benchmarking MSCI’s performance against its competitors to evaluate segment performance. Adjusted EBITDA for each segment is calculated by subtracting segment Adjusted EBITDA expenses from segment operating revenues.
MSCI excludes the following items from segment Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA expenses: provision for income taxes; other expense (income), net; depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and leasehold improvements; amortization of intangible assets; and, at times, certain other transactions or adjustments. These may include impairments related to sublease of leased property and certain acquisition-related integration costs, transaction costs, and earn-out costs that the CODM does not consider when allocating resources among segments or assessing segment performance. While these amounts are excluded from segment Adjusted EBITDA, they are included in reported consolidated net income and are reflected in the reconciliation provided below.
Operating revenues and expenses directly associated with each segment are included in determining that segment’s operating results. Expenses not directly attributable to a specific segment are allocated using methodologies, such as time estimates, revenue, headcount, sales targets, data center consumption and other relevant usage measures. Given the integrated structure of MSCI’s business, certain costs incurred by one segment may benefit other segments. Additionally, a segment may utilize content and data produced by another segment without incurring an intersegment charge. Within Adjusted EBITDA expenses by operating segment, there are no categories of expenses regularly provided to the CODM.
The CODM does not receive information about total assets on an operating segment basis. Operating segments do not record intersegment revenues; therefore, none are reported. The accounting policies used for segment reporting are consistent with those applied to MSCI as a whole.
MSCI has five operating segments: Index, Analytics, Sustainability and Climate, Real Assets and Private Capital Solutions. These are presented as three reportable segments: Index, Analytics and Sustainability and Climate. The operating segments Real Assets and Private Capital Solutions do not individually meet the segment reporting thresholds and have been combined into All Other – Private Assets.
The Index reportable segment provides equity and fixed income indexes. The indexes are used across the investment process, including the development of indexed financial products (e.g., ETFs, mutual funds, annuities, futures, options, structured products and over-the-counter derivatives), performance benchmarking, portfolio construction and rebalancing, asset allocation and creating custom indexes.
The Analytics reportable segment offers risk management, performance attribution, and portfolio management content, applications and services. These offerings provide clients with an integrated view of risk and return and tools for analyzing market, credit, liquidity, counterparty and climate risks across all major asset classes, including public and private securities, spanning short, medium and long term horizons. Clients can access Analytics tools and content through MSCI’s proprietary applications and application programming interfaces (APIs), third-party applications or directly via their own platforms.
The Sustainability and Climate reportable segment offers products and services that help institutional investors understand how sustainability considerations can impact the long-term risk and return of their portfolios and individual security-level investments. This segment also offers data, ratings, research and tools to assist investors in navigating regulation, meeting new client demands and better integrating sustainability and climate considerations into their investment processes.
The Real Assets operating segment offers data, benchmarks, return-analytics, climate assessments and market insights for tangible assets such as real estate and infrastructure. Its performance and risk analytics services range from enterprise-wide
assessments to property-specific analysis. Additionally, the operating segment offers business intelligence products for real estate owners, managers, developers and brokers worldwide.
The Private Capital Solutions operating segment provides a suite of tools to support investors in overseeing investment portfolios across public and private assets. These include sourcing terms and conditions, evaluating operating performance of underlying portfolio companies, managing risk and other activities related to private capital investing.
The following table presents operating revenues, Adjusted EBITDA expenses and segment profitability and a reconciliation to net income for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended
June 30,		Six Months Ended
June 30,
(in millions)2026202520262025
Operating revenues
Index$511.0 $434.9 $1,007.3 $856.6 
Analytics189.4 177.7 379.4 349.9 
Sustainability and Climate91.9 88.9 183.8 173.5 
Total reportable segment operating revenues
792.3 701.5 1,570.5 1,380.0 
All Other - Private Assets74.7 71.2 147.3 138.5 
Total operating revenues867.0 772.7 1,717.8 1,518.5 
Adjusted EBITDA expenses
Index113.2 104.7 234.3 214.8 
Analytics101.4 85.1 208.6 181.3 
Sustainability and Climate56.3 57.2 115.2 118.0 
Total reportable segment Adjusted EBITDA expense
270.9 247.0 558.1 514.1 
Adjusted EBITDA
Index Adjusted EBITDA397.8 330.2 773.0 641.8 
Analytics Adjusted EBITDA88.0 92.6 170.8 168.6 
Sustainability and Climate Adjusted EBITDA35.6 31.7 68.6 55.5 
Total reportable segment profitability521.4 454.5 1,012.4 865.9 
Plus:
All Other - Private Assets1
17.1 19.9 30.8 34.1 
Less:
Amortization of intangible assets43.8 43.7 85.7 87.6 
Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and leasehold improvements6.2 5.4 12.1 10.1 
Acquisition-related integration and transaction costs2
1.0 — 1.0 — 
Operating income487.5 425.3 944.4 802.3 
Other expense (income), net70.2 47.5 137.9 93.4 
Income before provision for income taxes417.3 377.8 806.5 708.9 
Provision for income taxes75.3 74.1 58.5 116.6 
Net income$342.0 $303.7 $748.0 $592.3 
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1Revenue less segment expenses from segments below the segment reporting thresholds are attributable to Private Capital Solutions and Real Assets operating segments. Private Capital Solutions and Real Assets operating segments do not meet any of the segment reporting thresholds for determining reportable segments.
2Represents transaction expenses and other costs directly related to certain announced or completed acquisitions and the integration of such acquisitions, including professional fees, severance expenses and regulatory filing fees, in each case only to the extent incurred no later than 12 months following the closing of the relevant acquisition. Also includes amounts arising under earn-out and other contingent consideration arrangements related to such acquisitions, including gains and losses from changes in their estimated fair value, which are included for the contractual term of the applicable arrangement.
Operating revenues by geography are primarily based on the shipping address of the ultimate customer utilizing the product. The following table presents operating revenues by geographic area for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended
June 30,		Six Months Ended
June 30,
(in millions)2026202520262025
Operating revenues
Americas:
United States$343.7 $309.9 $684.2 $612.3 
Other39.1 36.6 76.0 70.3 
Total Americas382.8 346.5 760.2 682.6 
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”):
United Kingdom156.6 134.3 306.3 258.0 
Other195.7 171.3 383.9 340.4 
Total EMEA352.3 305.6 690.2 598.4 
Asia & Australia:    
Japan35.4 32.0 72.5 62.2 
Other96.5 88.6 194.9 175.3 
Total Asia & Australia131.9 120.6 267.4 237.5 
Total$867.0 $772.7 $1,717.8 $1,518.5