FactSet management check
FDS · Financials · Financial Exchanges & Data · CEO Sanoke Viswanathan (since the last proxy; previously Mr. Snow)
Filings as of
2 good · 4 to watch · 1 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Flag
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $112, against $232 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Watch
Does pay follow performance?
Pay only loosely tracked returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.07 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
1.6% of net income$9.5m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $597.0m of net income.
- Watch
Do they own the stock?
New CEO since the proxySanoke Viswanathan filed as Chief Executive Officer after the last proxy (which named Mr. Snow) and holds 50,267 shares, about $13.9m. Their pay will be in the next proxy. No open-market insider buying or selling in the last six months.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -0.7% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 2.6% of revenue in the latest year.
- Watch
Is leadership stable?
New CEO: Sanoke ViswanathanSanoke Viswanathan has filed as CEO since the last proxy. CEO in the pay table: Mr. Snow. 9 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Financials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 0 | 49 | |
| Pay for performance | 53 | 83 | |
| CEO cost | 33 | 67 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 51 |
| Dilution | 58 | 69 | |
| Stable leadership | 70 | 80 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Financial Exchanges & Data, by management score. FactSet is 66th of 72 in its sector.
- 84SPGIS&P Global78
- 201ICEIntercontinental Exchange68
- 221CMECME Group67
- 222CBOECboe Global Markets67
- 230MCOMoody's Corporation66
- 234NDAQNasdaq, Inc.66
- 241MSCIMSCI65
- 366COINCoinbase57
- 404FDSFactSet53
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed October 27, 2025. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mr. Snow | $9.5m | $5.7m | $3.2m | $112 | $232 | $597.0m |
| 2024 | Mr. Snow | $7.6m | $3.0m | $2.3m | $125 | $183 | $537.1m |
| 2023 | Mr. Snow | $6.9m | $5.7m | $2.4m | $128 | $134 | $468.2m |
| 2022 | Mr. Snow | $6.6m | $15.4m | $2.5m | $126 | $127 | $396.9m |
| 2021 | Mr. Snow | $5.5m | $8.7m | $2.2m | $110 | $152 | $399.6m |
The board says pay is tied most to revenue. Its other key measures: Revenue, Adjusted Operating Margin, Adjusted Cumulative Operating Earnings, Adjusted Cumulative Revenues.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Sanoke Viswanathan (Chief Executive Officer) held 50,267 shares directly after their latest Form 4 on Sep 22, 2026, roughly $13.9m at that filing's price.
No open-market insider buying or selling in the last six months.
Leadership and governance on file
- Sep 25, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 8, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 4, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Dec 22, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Sep 18, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 3, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Dec 19, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 23, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 21, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 24, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 29, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 27, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: Dec 22, 2025, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $1.7bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 70% of net income, and $287.8m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.6bn | $1.8bn | $2.1bn | $2.2bn | $2.3bn |
| Net income | $399.6m | $396.9m | $468.2m | $537.1m | $597.0m |
| Stock-based pay | $45.1m | $56.0m | $62.0m | $63.5m | $61.2m |
| Buybacks | $264.7m | $18.6m | $176.7m | $235.2m | $300.5m |
| Dividends | $117.9m | $125.9m | $138.6m | $150.7m | $160.0m |
| Diluted shares | 39m | 39m | 39m | 39m | 38m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.