What the executives and directors of Moody's Corporation actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fauber Robert President and CEO | CEO | 52K | — | $9.4M |
| Bermudez Jorge A. | Director | 22.9K | — | — |
| Kosmowski Christina CEO, Moody's Analytics | CEO | 21.5K | — | — |
| Hill Kathryn | Director | 19.6K | — | — |
| Seidman Leslie | Director | 12.2K | — | — |
| VAN SAUN BRUCE | Director | 9,866 | — | — |
| FORLENZA VINCENT A | Director | 8,763 | — | — |
| West Michael L President, Moody's Investors | Officer | 8,759 | — | $3.6M |
| Tulenko Stephen T President, Moody's Analytics | Officer | 5,258 | — | — |
| Esperdy Therese | Director | 5,228 | — | — |
| Kaye Mark EVP & Chief Financial Officer | CFO | 4,447 | — | — |
| Heuland Noemie Clemence SVP & Chief Financial Officer | CFO | 4,086 | — | $47K |
| Serafin Zig | Director | 3,195 | — | — |
| Minaya Jose | Director | 2,908 | — | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 300 | $484.30 | $145K |
| 2026-08-03 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,167 | $484.30 | $565K |
| 2026-07-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 300 | $455.49 | $137K |
| 2026-07-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,167 | $455.49 | $532K |
| 2026-07-01 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 157 | $455.49 | $72K |
| 2026-06-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 300 | $453.67 | $136K |
| 2026-06-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,167 | $453.67 | $529K |
| 2026-06-01 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 158 | $453.67 | $72K |
| 2026-05-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 300 | $466.39 | $140K |
| 2026-05-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,167 | $466.39 | $544K |
| 2026-05-01 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 158 | $466.39 | $74K |
| 2026-04-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 300 | $437.77 | $131K |
| 2026-04-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 575 | $437.77 | $252K |
| 2026-04-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 592 | $437.77 | $259K |
| 2026-04-01 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 34 | $437.77 | $15K |
| 2026-04-01 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 124 | $437.77 | $54K |
| 2026-03-04 | West Michael L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,250 | $473.72 | $2M |
| 2026-03-04 | Heuland Noemie Clemence (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 100 | $465.87 | $47K |
| 2026-03-04 | Phillips Jason D (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 333 | $472.61 | $157K |
| 2026-03-03 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 5,213 | $456.71 | $2.4M |
| 2026-03-03 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 375 | $456.71 | $171K |
| 2026-02-26 | West Michael L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,188 | $473.94 | $563K |
| 2026-02-26 | West Michael L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,139 | $474.19 | $1M |
| 2026-02-03 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 575 | $498.90 | $287K |
| 2026-02-02 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 592 | $516.15 | $306K |
| 2026-01-05 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 575 | $502.52 | $289K |
| 2026-01-02 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 592 | $508.94 | $301K |
| 2025-12-03 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 575 | $487.87 | $281K |
| 2025-12-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 592 | $486.09 | $288K |
| 2025-11-03 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,167 | $478.95 | $559K |
| 2025-10-28 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 546 | $493.90 | $270K |
| 2025-10-28 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 26 | $493.90 | $13K |
| 2025-10-15 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $481.09 | $200K |
| 2025-10-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 414 | $477.97 | $198K |
| 2025-09-15 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $512.65 | $213K |
| 2025-09-02 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $503.32 | $209K |
| 2025-08-15 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $521.45 | $216K |
| 2025-08-04 | Tulenko Stephen T (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 300 | $518.96 | $156K |
| 2025-08-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $510.19 | $212K |
| 2025-07-30 | Tulenko Stephen T (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 0 | $511.87 | $251 |
| 2025-07-30 | Tulenko Stephen T (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,120 | $511.18 | $1.1M |
| 2025-07-29 | West Michael L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 139 | $512.20 | $71K |
| 2025-07-29 | West Michael L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,002 | $512.35 | $513K |
| 2025-07-29 | West Michael L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,188 | $511.94 | $608K |
| 2025-07-29 | West Michael L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,375 | $509.35 | $701K |
| 2025-07-29 | Heuland Noemie Clemence (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 114 | $508.84 | $58K |
| 2025-07-29 | Heuland Noemie Clemence (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 783 | $508.15 | $398K |
| 2025-07-29 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 727 | $508.02 | $369K |
| 2025-07-29 | Steele Richard G (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 730 | $509.63 | $372K |
| 2025-07-15 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $503.40 | $209K |
| 2025-07-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $497.10 | $206K |
| 2025-06-16 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $476.67 | $198K |
| 2025-06-02 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $474.35 | $197K |
| 2025-05-15 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $479.05 | $199K |
| 2025-05-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $450.71 | $187K |
| 2025-04-15 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $437.80 | $182K |
| 2025-04-01 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 415 | $463.08 | $192K |
| 2025-03-17 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 134 | $444.43 | $60K |
| 2025-03-17 | Fauber Robert (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 281 | $444.43 | $125K |
| 2025-03-05 | Tulenko Stephen T (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,463 | $481.97 | $705K |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.