ExlService vs MSCI
EXLS and MSCI side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How EXLS and MSCI compare
MSCI is the larger company, worth 7.2 times as much as ExlService ($47.1B against $6.5B).
On earnings, ExlService is cheaper: it trades at 25.7× trailing earnings, against 34.8× for MSCI.
ExlService grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.6% versus 12.3% for MSCI).
MSCI keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 40.3% compared with 11.1% at ExlService.
MSCI pays a dividend yielding 1.2%; ExlService does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | EXLS | MSCI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.5B | $47.1B |
| Share price | $43.25 | $658.17 |
| Change, 1 year | 9.5% | 13.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 57.8% | 0.20% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.93 | 1.16 |
| Employees | 65K | 6,268 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 | 18 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 5 | 5 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 25.7× (better) | 34.8× |
| P/S | 2.8× (better) | 13.7× |
| P/B | 7.0× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.3× (better) | 27.6× |
| P/FCF | 24.0× (better) | 29.9× |
| PEG | 1.18 (better) | 2.57 |
| FCF yield | 4.2% (better) | 3.3% |
| Fair value | $47.87 | $594.74 |
| Margin of safety | 9.7% (better) | −10.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.6% (better) | 12.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.8% (better) | 13.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 7.9% | 13.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 14.3% | 19.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 24.3% (better) | 17.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 38.4% | 82.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 55.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 40.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 11.6% | 45.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 27.7% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 26.4% | 49.1% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.55 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.44 (better) | 3.33 |
| Interest coverage | 17.6× (better) | 6.9× |
| Current ratio | 2.16 (better) | 0.82 |
| Altman Z-score | 6.56 (better) | 6.48 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.2% |
| Payout ratio | – | 42.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 11 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 19.8% |
| Buyback yield | 4.8% (better) | 4.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% | 5.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 94.4% |
| Held by insiders | 2.1% | 3.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.6M | $7.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- EXLS stock overview
- EXLS income statement
- EXLS valuation and score
- MSCI stock overview
- MSCI income statement
- MSCI valuation and score
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