Msci inc. (MSCI)
CashFlow / Quarterly
Mar'20Dec'19Sep'19Jun'19Mar'19Dec'18Sep'18Jun'18Mar'18Dec'17Sep'17Jun'17Mar'17Dec'16Sep'16Jun'16Mar'16Dec'15Sep'15Jun'15Mar'15Dec'14Sep'14Jun'14Mar'14Dec'13Sep'13Jun'13Mar'13Dec'12Sep'12Jun'12Mar'12Dec'11Sep'11Jun'11Mar'11Nov'10Aug'10May'10Feb'10
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income

148,125

122,783

136,983

125,690

178,192

152,132

123,832

116,829

115,092

64,602

85,153

81,266

72,951

68,250

65,281

66,957

60,367

59,406

64,398

56,017

43,827

44,340

51,714

107,660

80,399

47,257

55,310

61,053

58,937

54,452

48,274

37,546

43,966

44,486

49,787

45,660

33,521

30,266

10,319

24,067

27,518

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of intangible assets

13,776

13,243

12,361

12,013

11,793

11,633

11,681

19,537

11,338

11,560

10,614

11,122

11,251

11,498

11,752

11,943

11,840

11,803

11,710

11,695

11,702

11,591

11,574

11,442

14,010

14,760

21,055

11,222

11,166

15,421

15,959

15,959

15,959

16,268

16,422

16,423

16,692

16,694

16,350

4,277

4,278

Stock-based compensation expense

15,163

10,714

10,517

10,427

9,541

10,955

9,870

9,019

9,053

8,908

8,931

9,343

9,394

8,410

8,318

8,193

7,080

8,006

6,013

7,189

7,350

6,469

7,659

7,286

5,171

5,854

6,321

6,018

6,811

5,914

7,537

6,029

5,843

7,401

7,860

8,008

8,454

9,341

12,458

5,366

5,120

Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and leasehold improvements

7,567

7,535

7,209

7,405

7,850

8,311

7,453

7,377

8,205

8,118

9,325

9,159

8,838

9,447

8,312

8,393

8,168

7,568

8,049

8,065

7,207

7,620

6,342

5,921

6,047

6,042

6,889

4,774

4,597

4,989

4,633

4,662

4,416

4,478

4,669

5,168

5,110

5,530

4,934

3,556

3,393

Amortization of right of use assets

5,989

-

-

-

5,583

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Amortization of debt origination fees

1,089

1,117

986

984

986

985

986

895

849

849

849

849

849

849

802

708

709

708

534

447

446

6,420

440

443

445

1,169

705

712

762

966

500

15,331

1,268

1,371

1,278

1,280

1,847

1,480

3,181

3,071

358

Loss on extinguishment of debt

-9,966

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Amortization of discount on long-term debt

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,859

119

119

121

367

225

228

246

233

238

4,605

229

250

230

231

340

273

564

460

40

Deferred taxes

-5,165

-10,923

-4,535

3,088

-8,397

8,330

-4,830

-3,183

-1,097

-7,450

-4,372

-5,045

-2,035

-9,329

-2,882

-987

-3,769

-4,193

-2,554

-6,974

3,433

-5,956

-2,479

29,746

-26,271

-12,941

-5,481

8,499

-5,143

-6,494

-6,185

-11,829

-5,687

18,575

-17,176

-7,837

12,063

-3,935

9,444

-2,665

-1,918

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

474

10,242

2,990

-362

424

1,599

1,174

131

364

230

1,172

-531

-80

397

1,262

3,187

313

1,186

2,577

6,034

1,040

71

1,392

Other non-cash adjustments

-337

-385

-734

-174

200

545

-161

125

-321

-410

-758

489

-25

-68

-613

-152

-359

-217

6,133

-149

-3,700

-83

-1,216

-650

102

-377

-109

-251

1,108

-87

-163

225

74

-122

-371

82

-1,131

-3,567

-203

822

-298

Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable

-15,926

88,254

-26,717

11,191

-46,805

93,692

-11,301

-63,250

134,801

18,425

20,507

26,079

40,582

-12,527

-9,360

-11,283

51,664

418

-5,699

29,000

7,181

-11,814

-20,446

20,202

38,879

-10,350

18,826

-6,277

14,213

21,349

-12,108

-36,140

-8,574

13,401

-9,074

-8,992

46,949

34,051

-15,343

-20,537

37,680

Prepaid income taxes

-3,330

-23,999

-25,356

8,942

53,613

-2,160

-2,221

22,076

-13,626

7,674

-8,762

16,595

-12,438

-9,330

-37,195

27,439

-22,246

10,786

-20,355

27,074

-15,533

-5,554

974

29,963

-10,385

-20,994

1,512

29,973

-18,418

-7,194

1,693

20,819

-22,596

5,883

-7,058

5,061

6,857

-25,184

3,261

12,925

-8,243

Prepaid and other assets

-296

3,733

7,340

-2,969

-406

-1,741

6,942

-2,994

-192

-2,662

10,050

-2,289

-629

-1,605

3,322

-2,071

-270

911

1,937

-2,148

517

2,514

1,162

5,563

618

1,066

4,591

-371

-827

1,831

-568

1,893

-1,761

-1,124

6,100

2,074

1,475

-1,473

-361

-712

-762

Accounts payable

-1,536

4,066

-1,069

1,380

-1,793

1,695

970

-135

-230

-779

2,053

-808

561

-649

-473

216

-1,006

714

-343

1,012

-1,681

1,155

-256

880

349

-128

326

-164

-2,179

531

1,034

484

-70

-180

-195

161

271

716

-2,034

131

-1,466

Accrued compensation and related benefits

-98,658

39,324

33,481

33,582

-81,170

27,338

33,287

32,424

-84,517

27,733

29,292

28,342

-76,708

24,266

28,211

22,870

-62,258

20,256

22,542

25,640

-63,351

19,669

22,656

26,409

-68,646

23,218

26,238

19,240

-61,639

21,849

24,085

24,462

-71,230

21,545

23,723

22,885

-61,747

22,951

19,596

12,401

-39,374

Income taxes payable

2,229

2,011

1,304

288

-5,843

6,672

-12,112

-451

3,001

-

-

-

3,755

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other accrued liabilities

-3,563

10,459

-5,299

5,611

-7,107

7,939

3,414

19,259

-1,516

15,177

2,618

8,418

-10,280

7,376

4,641

9,049

-1,325

-2,681

18,759

-10,244

11,331

1,876

-5,238

8,310

3,480

-3,407

6,926

-6,593

2,814

-3,702

-2,424

-3,499

1,392

-317

-4,611

493

1,035

3,348

-7,656

-4,355

2,140

Deferred revenue

2,252

93,170

-48,384

3,932

-13,352

95,347

-36,437

-22,301

148,468

-377

-24,686

20,371

43,247

-5,528

-20,635

5,933

42,039

-9,938

-10,004

-6,728

34,717

-8,041

-4,180

8,317

46,167

-14,055

-15,865

-2,086

43,405

-14,956

-11,678

4,028

40,951

-1,787

-5,630

12,452

14,344

-12,062

-16,792

14,826

18,008

Long-term operating lease liabilities

-6,078

-5,470

-5,635

-3,717

-5,422

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

-1,725

-712

426

-157

-3,616

18,479

1,020

4,103

-613

-37,839

-3,033

-3,829

-2,682

-733

-1,803

1,246

-3,831

-3,118

2,651

-1,926

-3,157

-1,753

-119

-3,562

5,635

3,514

542

-2,271

-4,715

4,423

-4,398

-9,975

-875

1,078

1,483

-611

1,081

1,983

-4,570

345

2,493

Net cash provided by operating activities

112,770

243,643

188,535

189,470

87,875

173,175

143,825

207,165

88,597

143,153

101,773

122,217

37,015

138,853

148,527

118,096

36,887

96,575

133,963

24,026

66,683

104,054

107,567

68,803

25,249

95,146

69,361

85,629

71,047

59,412

97,597

120,559

69,507

80,067

94,684

106,124

-25,878

62,116

66,134

69,865

-14,761

Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of equity method investment

190,822

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Purchase of investments

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

76,331

-

-

-

27,198

72,764

9,096

0

112,556

Capitalized software development costs

7,203

6,614

6,983

6,113

4,990

5,585

4,517

4,238

4,360

4,863

5,164

3,306

2,307

2,395

2,861

2,763

2,325

2,438

3,275

1,401

1,386

2,153

2,585

1,919

1,559

1,456

1,023

575

231

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Capital expenditures

3,613

11,900

7,782

6,278

3,156

17,188

8,590

2,967

1,512

15,737

6,389

3,729

7,322

8,140

10,867

10,142

3,135

16,127

8,975

10,616

4,934

6,485

17,688

9,985

8,501

19,356

13,214

3,116

4,569

6,775

18,163

15,654

4,292

6,269

10,110

2,897

3,835

6,095

2,399

1,411

3,285

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

60

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

100

23,168

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from redemption of short-term investments

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

70,900

54,000

22,598

107,739

22,695

77,189

1,922

21,273

49,908

41,506

27,930

296,814

50,300

Proceeds from the sale of capital equipment

-

0

0

0

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

0

1

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net cash used in investing activities

-201,638

-36,645

-14,765

-12,391

-8,136

40,038

-13,097

13,805

-5,872

-20,600

-11,553

-6,264

-9,629

-10,535

-13,071

-12,905

-5,520

-18,329

-12,250

-11,962

-6,320

-8,665

-35,153

350,908

-10,053

-20,812

-14,208

-3,791

42,932

-102,969

-25,549

92,085

-57,928

-3,976

-41,657

-63,853

18,875

-37,653

-1,084,486

295,403

-65,541

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings

405,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

1,125,000

-

-

-

-

Repayment of long-term debt

307,875

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

794,813

5,062

5,062

5,063

0

11,000

11,000

26,000

11,000

11,000

1,078,751

2,812

37,813

2,811

2,813

1,268,625

3,187

74,048

299,077

10,563

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

474

10,242

2,990

-362

424

1,599

1,174

131

364

230

1,172

-531

-80

397

1,262

3,187

313

1,186

2,577

6,034

1,040

71

1,392

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

-

2,184

161

165

726

240

246

17

102

854

508

648

625

819

779

1,004

2,438

1,198

673

1,128

632

672

3,603

3,696

1,710

2,394

2,428

3,116

3,764

2,550

3,206

4,212

3,343

2,672

1,144

5,805

6,810

9,270

11,952

97

2,117

Repurchase of common stock held in treasury

372,894

5,785

1,081

743

284,466

656,918

46,270

155,423

91,277

111

9,373

40,615

100,362

275,702

32,118

120,030

346,715

256,075

347,073

87,215

10,352

255

300,493

1,744

107,159

2,255

100,289

242

9,397

103,065

441

174

2,309

11,685

27

18

2,896

9,944

1,757

4

2,446

Payment of dividends

59,378

57,845

57,846

49,336

57,895

50,405

51,734

33,916

34,883

34,411

34,386

25,431

25,489

26,258

26,652

21,392

21,889

22,754

24,146

20,437

20,406

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Payment of debt issuance costs in connection with debt

4,934

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net cash used in financing activities

-340,081

413,648

-58,766

-49,914

-341,635

-707,083

-97,758

304,416

-126,058

-33,668

-43,251

-65,398

-125,226

-301,141

434,826

-140,418

-366,166

-291,337

419,451

-96,282

-27,136

-29,951

-301,528

-1,511

-109,338

270

-108,497

-7,896

-30,461

-112,046

-8,315

-202,099

-516

-43,639

-1,381

4,160

-137,134

2,173

1,064,298

-298,913

-9,500

Effect of exchange rate changes

-10,762

4,771

-4,971

1,171

501

-352

-2,168

-7,618

3,659

1,602

1,465

3,054

2,978

-9,405

-834

-5,173

2,107

-2,691

-2,697

1,488

-4,275

-4,832

-5,932

181

566

80

2,393

-2,270

-3,798

-1,546

3,418

-3,260

2,748

-1,816

-5,966

1,824

2,354

2,204

-359

1,444

-1,873

Net decrease in cash

-439,711

625,417

110,033

128,336

-261,395

-494,222

30,802

517,768

-39,674

90,487

48,434

53,609

-94,862

-182,228

569,448

-40,400

-332,692

-215,782

538,467

-82,730

28,952

60,606

-235,046

418,381

-93,576

74,684

-50,951

71,672

79,720

-157,149

67,151

7,285

13,811

30,636

45,680

48,255

-141,783

28,840

45,587

67,799

-91,675

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest

40,495

36,469

35,156

34,711

35,148

34,483

35,131

21,251

35,121

21,238

35,107

21,241

34,916

21,251

23,228

21,209

23,451

21,188

175

20,586

161

2,846

5,041

4,804

4,542

5,330

4,802

5,057

5,240

8,151

7,187

10,543

10,863

11,436

11,371

16,325

13,581

15,952

15,589

4,607

3,952

Cash paid for income taxes

5,684

7,571

9,622

38,430

17,312

33,018

36,702

64,893

8,602

28,566

28,915

57,952

13,294

28,374

-2,822

61,051

11,242

37,073

14,114

64,371

13,976

18,998

29,525

50,765

21,131

28,525

37,497

51,970

10,175

41,864

34,822

50,630

7,123

21,448

19,455

38,244

14,581

2,877

6,349

29,676

7,288

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements accrued, but not yet paid

4,987

-499

551

790

2,848

-778

798

-122

3,101

1,087

-264

821

2,944

-671

-949

965

5,077

-3,975

1,888

-7,239

12,970

2,802

-10,647

11,734

2,842

-1,823

651

3,313

1,255

112

-4,477

4,684

3,256

-490

-3,085

4,635

721

-2,379

-205

1,150

2,255