Insider trade

CEO purchased ~$187K of MSCI shares in the open market

Traded Feb 17, 2026 · Filed Feb 17, 2026

~$187K
Reported value · 360 sh @ $519.45: 1.49M
Holds after · shares reported: +4.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.9%, $521.33 → $545.39 on Oct 1

Henry A Fernandez, Chairman and CEO's past purchases, 90 days after disclosure: 3 buys, median -1.0% vs S&P 500, beat it 1 of 3 times. Past results, not a forecast.

Why it stands out

The boss of MSCI spent $187K of their very own money to buy MSCI shares. 1 other person at MSCI bought some too, in the same month.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Feb 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 17, 2026

CEO$100K–$500K2 insiders bought in 30d

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$187,002

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

$100K–$500K

Rarity

First purchase in 0 months

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Largest by this insider

No

Compared with 20 earlier confirmed purchases

Cluster activity

2 distinct insiders in 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Size vs CEO pay

This purchase equals less than 1% of the CEO's reported total pay for fiscal 2025 ($33.3M)

Purchase value ÷ the CEO's total from the Summary Compensation Table, as tagged in the pay versus performance table of the company's proxy statement (DEF 14A), filed 2026-03-11. The proxy names Henry A. Fernandez as CEO for that year. A size comparison, not a judgement

Timing vs results

20 days after results of Jan 28, 2026, 63 days before results of Apr 21, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $521.33 on Feb 17, 2026, within 3% of its 52-week low, after an 8% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $506.56 (Apr 7, 2025) to $624.75 (Feb 2, 2026), 13% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $565.25 on Jan 2, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+2.1%	+1.0%	+1.1%
30 days	+1.4%	-5.5%	+6.8%
90 days	+6.0%	+6.9%	-1.0%
180 days	+1.0%	+12.6%	-11.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001416750-26-000006
Filed / recorded: Feb 17, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: MSCI Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1408198
Ticker: MSCI
Reporting person: Henry A Fernandez
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Chairman and CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 17, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 360
Price per share: $519.45
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 1,493,647
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $518.97 to $519.89. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The Reporting Person hereby undertakes to provide, upon request, to the SEC staff, the issuer or the security holders of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which each transaction was effected.

Around the same time

CFO sold ~$252K of MSCI

Scheduled in advance7mo ago

7mo ago

1Shares

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

7mo ago

6Shares

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

Henry A Fernandez, Chairman and CEO's past purchases, 90 days after disclosure: 3 buys, median -1.0% vs S&P 500, beat it 1 of 3 times. Past results, not a forecast.