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Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 71.5M shares outstanding

Who owns MSCI?

By type of holder
Institutions 93.8% Insiders 4.5% Everyone else 1.7%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 42.3%
BlackRock, Inc. 7.7% · Vanguard Capital Management LLC 6.5%
Institutional ownership
93.8%
+3.0 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
1,083
+17 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
+2.1M
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
122 / 105
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Viking Global Investors LP NEW +1.2M
  • Norges Bank NEW +859.8K

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • Edgewood Management LLC −737.9K
  • Citadel Advisors LLC −294.4K

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$8.78M
7 notices from 3 people
Shares covered
14.8K
0.02% of the company
Arranged in advance
12%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$3.0M$5.9MNov 2025: $348.5K without a planNovDec 2025: $247.5K under a 10b5-1 planDecJanFebMar 2026: $252.0K under a 10b5-1 planMarApr 2026: $5.9M without a planAprMayJun 2026: $272.1K under a 10b5-1 planJunJulAugSepOct 2026: $256.5K under a 10b5-1 planOct 2026: $1.5M without a planOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Alvise J Munari Officer $5.92M
  • Robert Gutowski Officer $1.83M

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Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
−20.6%
−2.53% a year
Each share's claim on the business
+26.0%
grew without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$8.42B vs $591M
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
74.3M85.9M97.5M2016: 96.5M shares'162017: 91.9M shares'172018: 89.7M shares'182019: 85.5M shares'192020: 84.5M shares'202021: 83.5M shares'212022: 81.2M shares'222023: 79.8M shares'232024: 79.0M shares'242025: 76.6M shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$1.24B$2.48B2016 buybacks: $774.6M2016 stock comp: $32.0M'162017 buybacks: $150.5M2017 stock comp: $36.6M'172018 buybacks: $949.9M2018 stock comp: $38.9M'182019 buybacks: $292.1M2019 stock comp: $41.2M'192020 buybacks: $778.5M2020 stock comp: $51.1M'202021 buybacks: $198.4M2021 stock comp: $54.9M'212022 buybacks: $1.4B2022 stock comp: $58.1M'222023 buybacks: $504.2M2023 stock comp: $71.7M'232024 buybacks: $885.3M2024 stock comp: $95.2M'242025 buybacks: $2.48B2025 stock comp: $111.3M'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years73% 3–5 years5% 1–3 years12% Under 1 year10%
Quarterly turnover
10.5%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting MSCI on Form 13F
B
BlackRock, Inc.
Shares
5.5M
% of company
7.65%
Change vs last qtr
−272.2K (−4.7%)
Held since
≤2021
VC
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
Shares
4.6M
% of company
6.50%
Change vs last qtr
−8.3K (−0.2%)
Held since
≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting MSCI on Form N-PORT; together they hold 36.6% of the company
VT
Position value
$1.24B
% of company
3.08%
% of the fund
0.05%
As of
June 30, 2026
V5
Vanguard Index Funds
Position value
$1.06B
% of company
2.64%
% of the fund
0.06%
As of
June 30, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
FH
Fernandez Henry A
Insider
Shares
2.8M
% of company
3.85%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
PC
Pettit CD Baer
Insider
Shares
284.8K
% of company
0.40%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—

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