MSCI Inc. filings document formal disclosures for its index, analytics, sustainability and climate, and private-assets data businesses. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual financial results, non-GAAP reconciliations, Regulation FD updates, financing-related interest expense outlook, and material definitive agreements tied to ETF index licensing.
MSCI's proxy and governance filings cover annual meeting voting, director elections, advisory executive compensation votes, auditor ratification, board composition, and executive compensation disclosures. Other current reports document officer transitions and related governance changes, including principal accounting officer and senior leadership succession matters.
MSCI Inc. General Counsel Robert J. Gutowski sold 2,381 shares of Common Stock on October 22, 2026, at a weighted average price of $623.66 per share. The sale involved multiple trades ranging from $623.63 to $623.97 per share. The shares were held directly, and Gutowski held 14,104 shares directly after the sale; no Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
MSCI Inc. officer Robert Gutowski reported a proposed sale of 2,381 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $1,484,933.98. The notice lists October 22, 2026 as the proposed sale date, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC as broker, and NYSE as the exchange. It also reports 71,500,000 MSCI shares outstanding.
MSCI Inc. reported operating revenues of $892.0 million and net income of $351.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, compared with $793.4 million and $325.3 million, respectively, a year earlier. Diluted earnings per share were $4.86, versus $4.25. For the first nine months of 2026, operating revenues were $2,609.8 million and net income was $1,099.0 million, compared with $2,311.9 million and $917.6 million.
MSCI completed four acquisitions during 2026. First Street’s aggregate purchase price was $122.6 million, net of cash acquired, with potential additional cash payments of up to $130.0 million payable during the two years following closing, contingent on specified revenue thresholds; Vantager, Compass and PM Insights had an aggregate purchase price of $95.4 million. For the nine months, operating cash flow was $1,113.7 million, cash used for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired, was $174.7 million, and repurchases of common stock held in treasury were $1,135.8 million. Long-term debt was $6,716.9 million as of September 30, 2026.
MSCI Inc. reported operating revenue of $892.0 million for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, up 12.4% from the prior-year quarter. Net income was $351.0 million versus $325.3 million; diluted earnings per share were $4.86 versus $4.25. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $554.8 million, up 12.2%, while its margin was 62.2% versus 62.3%.
As of September 30, 2026, MSCI's total Run Rate was $3,571.9 million, up 12.1% year over year, while organic Run Rate growth was 12.0%. Third-quarter net cash provided by operating activities was $436.1 million and free cash flow was $385.4 million, compared with $449.4 million and $423.2 million, respectively, in the third quarter of 2025.
For full-year 2026, MSCI kept operating expense guidance at $1,535 million to $1,575 million and adjusted EBITDA expense guidance at $1,340 million to $1,370 million. Interest expense guidance, including amortization of financing fees, increased to $288 million to $291 million from $282 million to $286 million. Effective tax-rate guidance is 18.0% to 19.5%, versus 18.0% to 20.0% previously; it excludes the impact of an internal legal-entity restructuring completed in the first quarter of 2026.
MSCI Inc. Chief Financial Officer Andrew C. Wiechmann reported a sale of 450 shares of common stock on October 12, 2026, at $570 per share. The sale was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on September 3, 2025. The transaction involved shares held directly by Wiechmann.
MSCI Inc. officer Andrew Craig Wiechmann reported a sale of 450 common shares on October 12, 2026, with an aggregate market value of $256,500. The sale comprised 136 shares of restricted stock acquired February 3, 2025, and 314 performance shares acquired February 6, 2025.
MSCI Inc. (MSCI) director Rajat Taneja reported an open-market purchase of 1,786 shares of MSCI common stock on September 2, 2026 at a price of $560.00 per share. Following this transaction, he directly holds 5,404 shares of MSCI common stock. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
MSCI Inc. (MSCI) reported that director June Yang acquired 2 shares of MSCI common stock on 2026-08-28 as a grant/award in connection with MSCI Inc.'s payment of a dividend. After this acquisition, Yang holds 906 shares directly. One of the acquired shares is attributable to unvested RSUs and remains subject to the same vesting conditions as the underlying RSUs. Under the MSCI Inc. Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan, Yang has elected to defer receipt of 1 share until the 60th day after separation from service as a director and 1 share until the earlier of June 1, 2031 and the 60th day after separation from service as a director.
MSCI Inc. (MSCI) reported that director Linda H. Riefler acquired 8 shares of MSCI common stock on August 28, 2026 through a grant/award related to MSCI’s dividend payment. After this acquisition, she holds 20,998 shares directly. One of the 8 shares is tied to unvested RSUs and remains subject to the original vesting conditions, and the director has elected to defer receipt of the shares until the 60th day after her separation from service as a director.
MSCI Inc. (MSCI) director Robin Matlock reported an acquisition of 6 shares of MSCI common stock on August 28, 2026. The shares were acquired in connection with MSCI’s payment of a dividend. Following this transaction, Matlock directly holds 2,037 shares of common stock.
Of the acquired shares, 1 share is attributable to unvested RSUs and remains subject to the same vesting conditions as the underlying RSUs. Under the MSCI Inc. Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan, Matlock has elected to defer receipt of these shares until the earlier of June 1, 2033 or 60 days after “separation from service” as a director.