Who owns MSCI?
Institutions own 93.1% of MSCI's shares, through 1,107 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (7.5%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.4%), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (5.7%).
- Institutions own
- 93.1%
- Institutional holders
- 1,107
- The 10 largest hold
- 39.8%
- Free float
- 94.8%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 5,468,585 | 7.49% | 3.06B USD | -272,217 |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4,644,770 | 6.36% | 2.60B USD | -8,306 |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 4,163,745 | 5.70% | 2.33B USD | +139,209 |
| 4 | Bamco Inc | 3,211,753 | 4.40% | 1.80B USD | +512,364 |
| 5 | State Street Corp | 3,194,918 | 4.36% | 1.79B USD | +79,986 |
| 6 | Morgan Stanley | 2,128,743 | 2.92% | 1.19B USD | -116,236 |
| 7 | T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 2,049,428 | 2.81% | 1.15B USD | +542,235 |
| 8 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,950,086 | 2.67% | 1.09B USD | -49,524 |
| 9 | Viking Global Investors LP | 1,160,687 | 1.59% | 650.03M USD | New position |
| 10 | Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,127,265 | 1.54% | 631.33M USD | -219,774 |
| 11 | Pinestone Asset Management Inc. | 943,550 | 1.29% | 528.43M USD | -33,224 |
| 12 | Fiera Capital Corp | 864,977 | 1.18% | 484.42M USD | -116,721 |
| 13 | Norges Bank | 859,813 | 1.18% | 481.53M USD | New position |
| 14 | Mitsubishi Ufj Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 858,176 | 1.18% | 480.61M USD | +1,481 |
| 15 | Invesco Ltd. | 807,864 | 1.11% | 452.44M USD | +146,275 |
| 16 | Baillie Gifford & Co | 796,246 | 1.09% | 445.93M USD | -56,111 |
| 17 | Millennium Management LLC | 741,928 | 1.02% | 415.51M USD | +129,769 |
| 18 | Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 724,058 | 0.99% | 405.50M USD | +98,612 |
| 19 | Polen Capital Management LLC | 671,797 | 0.92% | 376.23M USD | -257,712 |
| 20 | Northern Trust Corp | 671,620 | 0.92% | 376.13M USD | -15,389 |
| 21 | Edgewood Management LLC | 664,098 | 0.91% | 371.92M USD | -737,894 |
| 22 | Aqr Capital Management LLC | 658,427 | 0.90% | 364.12M USD | +5,404 |
| 23 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 597,876 | 0.82% | 334.83M USD | +32,025 |
| 24 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 597,876 | 0.82% | 334.83M USD | New position |
| 25 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 584,121 | 0.80% | 327.13M USD | +126,671 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 634 · 123 new
- Sold or cut
- 526 · 106 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +2.89M · 1.62B USD
- Institutional ownership
- 88.8% → 93.1%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Viking Global Investors LPNew position
- Norges BankNew position
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.+542,235
- Winslow Capital Management, LLCNew position
Biggest sellers last quarter
- Edgewood Management LLC-737,894
- Citadel Advisors LLC-294,436
- BlackRock, Inc.-272,217
- Polen Capital Management LLC-257,712
- Two Sigma Investments, LP-251,518
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about MSCI's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
