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FactSet Research Systems Executive Compensation (FY25)

FDS · Norwalk, CT · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): December 22, 2025
291 figures on this page: 281 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
F. Philip Snow was paid $9,460,930 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025, and Snow's total was 24.7% higher than the $7,584,472 reported for fiscal 2024. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 536:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $17,636. Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 95.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 18, 2025 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group includes CoStar Group Inc., Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc., Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc., Equifax, Inc. and Fair Isaac Corporation, among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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F. Philip Snow
Latest say-on-pay support
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December 18, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — F. Philip Snow: $7,584,472 → $9,460,930 (24.7% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 94.6% → 95.6% (1.0 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 442:1 → 536:1 (21.3% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is FactSet Research Systems' chief executive and what were they paid?
F. Philip Snow was paid $9,460,930 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Snow's total was 24.7% higher than the $7,584,472 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was FactSet Research Systems' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 95.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 18, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in FactSet Research Systems' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes CoStar Group Inc., Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc., Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc., Equifax, Inc. and Fair Isaac Corporation, among others.
What is FactSet Research Systems' chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 536:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $17,636.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
F. Philip Snow
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Helen L. Shan
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Goran Skoko
Executive Vice President, Head of Sales
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
F. Philip Snow
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Linda Huber
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Helen L. Shan
Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Goran Skoko
Executive Vice President, Managing Director EMEA and Asia Pacific, Head of Dealmakers & Wealth
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Robert J. Robie
Executive Vice President, Head of Institutional Buyside
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
F. Philip Snow
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Helen L. Shan
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Linda S. Huber
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Goran Skoko
Executive Vice President, Managing Director EMEA and Asia Pacific, Head of Dealmakers & Wealth
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Katherine M. Stepp
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Catrina Harding
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
F. Philip Snow
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Helen L. Shan
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Christopher McLoughlin
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Goran Skoko
Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Katherine M. Stepp
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Christopher McLoughlinOPTION——————◇
Christopher McLoughlinPRSU——————◇
F. Philip SnowOPTION——————◇
F. Philip SnowPRSU——◇—◇—◇
Goran SkokoOPTION——————◇
Goran SkokoPRSU——◇—◇—◇
Helen ShanOPTION——————◇
Helen ShanPRSU——————◇
Katherine SteppOPTION——————◇
Katherine SteppPRSU——————◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Goran SkokoRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/1/32
Option◇—◇11/9/30
Option◇—◇11/1/33
Option◇—◇11/1/34
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/1/31
Helen L. ShanRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/1/34
Option◇—◇11/1/33
Option◇—◇5/3/31
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/9/30
Option◇—◇11/1/31
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/1/32
RSU◇◇——
F. Philip SnowOption◇—◇11/1/33
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/1/31
Option◇—◇11/1/32
Option◇—◇11/1/34
Option◇—◇11/9/30
Katherine M. SteppOption◇—◇11/1/31
Option◇—◇11/9/30
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/1/34
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/1/33
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/1/32
Christopher McLoughlinRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/2/34
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Laurie G. Hylton
◇◇◇———◇
Robin A. Abrams
—◇◇———◇
Malcolm Frank
Board chair
◇◇◇——◇◇
Laurie Siegel
◇◇◇———◇
James J. McGonigle
Lead independent director
◇◇◇———◇
Maria Teresa Tejada
—◇◇——◇◇
Lee Shavel
—◇◇——◇◇
Elisha Wiesel
◇◇◇———◇
Barak Eilam
◇◇◇———◇
Siew Kai Choy
◇◇◇———◇
F. Philip Snow and Sanoke Viswanathan served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • CoStar Group Inc. CSGP
  • Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. DFIN
  • Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. DNB
  • Equifax, Inc. EFX
  • Fair Isaac Corporation FICO
  • Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. FIS
  • Gartner, Inc. IT
  • Guidewire Software, Inc. GWRE
  • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. ICE
  • MarketAxess Holdings Inc. MKTX
  • Moody's Corporation MCO
  • Morningstar, Inc. MORN
  • MSCI, Inc. MSCI
  • Nasdaq, Inc. NDAQ
  • S&P Global Inc. SPGI
  • Thomson Reuters Corporation TRI
  • Tradeweb Markets Inc. TW
  • TransUnion TRU
  • Verisk Analytics, Inc. VRSK
FY2025 Reference Peer Companies
  • Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. BR

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025December 18, 2025=◇◇◇
2024December 19, 2024=◇◇◇
2023December 14, 2023=◇◇◇
2022December 15, 2022=◇◇◇
2021December 16, 2021=◇◇◇
2020December 17, 2020=◇◇◇
2019December 19, 2019=◇◇◇
2018December 18, 2018=◇◇◇
2017December 19, 2017=◇◇◇
2016December 20, 2016=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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291 figures on this page: 281 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
281 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001628280-25-058577
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001628280-25-046442
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation Program · Director Compensation Table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001013237-24-000193
  4. 0001013237-24-000145
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001013237-23-000193
  6. 0001013237-23-000130
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001013237-22-000199
  8. 0001013237-21-000182
  9. 0001013237-20-000190
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001013237-19-000011
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001437749-18-022394
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001437749-17-021030
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001437749-16-043672
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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The companies named in FDS's own disclosed peer group.

Fair Isaac CorporationFidelity National Information Services, Inc.Guidewire Software, Inc.MarketAxess Holdings Inc.Morningstar, Inc.Verisk Analytics, Inc.Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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