R&D expense · 2013–2025

MSCI R&D expense

$178M+11.9% · FY2025

MSCI (MSCI) reported $178M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +11.9% year on year.

$61.0M2013$71.1M2014$77.3M2015$75.2M2016$75.8M2017$81.4M2018$98.3M2019$101M2020$112M2021$107M2022$132M2023$159M2024$178M2025
MSCI — R&D expense, 2013–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$178M+11.9%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$159M+20.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$132M+23.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$107M−3.9%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$112M+10.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$101M+2.8%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$98.3M+20.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$81.4M+7.3%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$75.8M+0.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$75.2M−2.7%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$77.3M+8.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$71.1M+16.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$61.0M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2013–2025 compound annual growth +9.3%

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Wikipedia

{{cite web |title=MSCI R&D expense |url=https://companiesranked.com/en/company/msci/research-and-development-expense |website=CompaniesRanked |date=2026-09-25 |language=en}}

APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-msci-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{MSCI R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/msci/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001408198-26-000011 · February 6, 2026

{{cite web |title=MSCI R&D expense — 10-K (0001408198-26-000011) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819826000011/msci-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-06}}

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