Factset Research Systems (FDS) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

F. Philip Snow, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $9.5M in 2025, up 25% from $7.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 536:1, on median employee pay of $17,636.

Filed
October 27, 2025
Annual meeting
December 18, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$9.5M+25% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
536:1median $17,636
CEO pay in equity
79%$7.5M in awards
CEO stock awards
$3,750,162Fiscal 2025 grant-date value
CEO option awards
$3,750,093Fiscal 2025 grant-date value
Total Shan compensation
$4,522,176Highest non-CEO total
McLoughlin sign-on bonus
$350,000One-time award
PSU performance period
3 yearsSeptember 2024 through August 2027

How Snow was paid

$9.5M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary8%Stock awards40%Option awards40%Non-equity incentive12%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
F. Philip SnowChief Executive Officer$9,460,930
Helen L. ShanExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$4,522,176
Goran SkokoExecutive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer, Managing Director EMEA and Asia Pacific$2,735,591
Christopher McLoughlinExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$3,272,550
Katherine M. SteppExecutive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer$2,189,822

What changed and why

  • $9.5M$9,460,930 CEO total compensation in fiscal 2025, compared with $7,584,472 in fiscal 2024.
  • $350K$350,000 sign-on bonus and $1,500,294 RSU grant supported McLoughlin’s December 2024 hiring.
  • 3,550 RSUs were granted to Shan as a one-time retention award.
  • 50%50% of PSU performance goals were based on adjusted cumulative operating earnings and 50% on adjusted cumulative revenues.
  • $17,636536:1 CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median employee compensation of $17,636.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.