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Colin Plunkett
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Wide-Moat MSCI Continues Firing on All Cylinders

Wide-moat MSCI continues to fire on all cylinders. For the fourth quarter, the index provider grew revenue by more than 14% year over year, while operating income advanced by more than 22%, all of which we find very impressive. Though EPS was down 4% year over year, it was entirely attributable to tax reform. Adjusting for the one-time impairment of deferred tax assets, the company earned $1.15, representing year-over-year growth of 42% from the prior year's period. MSCI's index business realize...
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Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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