factset research systems inc. - FDS

FDS

Close Chg Chg %
284.16 -6.06 -2.13%

Closed Market

278.10

-6.06 (2.13%)

Volume: 543.27K

Last Updated:

Oct 16, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: factset research systems inc. - FDS

FDS Key Data

Open

$283.32

Day Range

275.27 - 283.96

52 Week Range

272.50 - 499.83

Market Cap

$10.74B

Shares Outstanding

37.81M

Public Float

37.71M

Beta

0.79

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

18.26

EPS

$15.75

Yield

150.73%

Dividend

$1.10

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Aug 29, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

941.71K

 

FDS Performance

1 Week
 
0.29%
 
1 Month
 
-1.80%
 
3 Months
 
-34.32%
 
1 Year
 
-39.78%
 
5 Years
 
-16.38%
 

FDS Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 23
Full Ratings ➔

About factset research systems inc. - FDS

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (the "Company" or "FactSet") is a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider with open and flexible technologies that aims to supercharge financial intelligence. Since inception, global financial professionals have utilized the company's content and multi-asset class solutions across each stage of the investment process. FactSet's goal is to provide a seamless user experience spanning idea generation, research, portfolio construction, trade execution, performance measurement, risk management, reporting, and portfolio analysis, in which the company serves the front, middle, and back offices to drive productivity and improved performance. FactSet's flexible, open data and technology solutions can be implemented both across the investment portfolio lifecycle or as standalone components serving different workflows in the organization. FactSet is focused on growing the business throughout each of its three segments, the Americas, EMEA (formerly known as Europe), and Asia Pacific. FactSet revised its internal organization within each segment to offer data, products and analytical applications by firm type: Institutional Buyside, Dealmakers, Wealth, and Partnerships and CGS. The company believes organization by firm type better aligns with its clients, the long-term view of its business and commitment to investing for growth and efficiency. FactSet currently serves financial professionals, which include portfolio managers, investment research professionals, investment bankers, risk and performance analysts, wealth advisors and corporate clients. FactSet provides both insights on global market trends and intelligence on companies and industries, as well as capabilities to monitor portfolio risk and performance and to execute trades. The company combines dedicated client service with open and flexible technology offerings, such as a configurable desktop and mobile platform, comprehensive data feeds, an open marketplace and digital portals and application programming interfaces ("APIs"). The company’s revenue is primarily derived from subscriptions to products and services such as workstations, analytics, enterprise data, and research management. FactSet Research Systems was founded by Howard E. Wille and Charles J. Snyder in September 1978 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

FDS At a Glance

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
45 Glover Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut 06850
Phone 1-203-810-1000 Revenue 2.32B
Industry Data Processing Services Net Income 597.04M
Sector Technology Services 2025 Sales Growth 5.388%
Fiscal Year-end 08 / 2026 Employees N/A
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FDS Valuation

P/E Current 18.376
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 24.008
Price to Sales Ratio 6.172
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 19.73
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 16.571
Enterprise Value to Sales 6.688
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.10

FDS Efficiency

Revenue/Employee N/A
Income Per Employee N/A
Receivables Turnover 8.577
Total Asset Turnover 0.555

FDS Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.40
Quick Ratio N/A
Cash Ratio 0.694

FDS Profitability

Gross Margin 52.717
Operating Margin 32.23
Pretax Margin 31.052
Net Margin 25.715
Return on Assets 14.284
Return on Equity 29.132
Return on Total Capital 15.943
Return on Invested Capital 16.954

FDS Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 71.282
Total Debt to Total Capital 41.617
Total Debt to Total Assets 36.208
Long-Term Debt to Equity 69.766
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 40.732
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Annual Financials for Factset Research Systems Inc. - FDS

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.84B 2.09B 2.20B 2.32B
Sales Growth
+15.86% +13.10% +5.64% +5.39%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
871.11M 973.23M 1.01B 1.10B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
129.72M 137.73M 155.59M 188.67M
Depreciation
67.33M 50.44M 50.64M 115.64M
Amortization of Intangibles
62.38M 87.28M 104.95M 73.04M
COGS Growth
+10.77% +11.72% +3.98% +8.48%
Gross Income
972.79M 1.11B 1.19B 1.22B
Gross Income Growth
+20.84% +14.34% +7.09% +2.76%
Gross Profit Margin
+52.76% +53.33% +54.07% +52.72%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
394.58M 427.04M 478.59M 475.66M
Research & Development
- 255.10M 267.40M 265.20M
Other SG&A
139.48M 159.64M 213.39M 475.66M
SGA Growth
+19.21% +8.23% +12.07% -0.61%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- 94.86M 52.86M 11.16M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
483.35M 632.38M 701.37M 748.30M
Non Operating Income/Expense
(2.70M) 31.55M 19.20M 28.98M
Non-Operating Interest Income
5.68M 12.81M 14.45M 6.53M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
37.05M 79.98M 69.06M 56.32M
Interest Expense Growth
+503.09% +115.84% -13.64% -18.45%
Gross Interest Expense
37.05M 79.98M 69.06M 56.32M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
443.59M 583.95M 651.50M 720.96M
Pretax Income Growth
-5.14% +31.64% +11.57% +10.66%
Pretax Margin
+24.06% +28.00% +29.57% +31.05%
Income Tax
46.68M 115.78M 114.38M 123.92M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- 23.70M 77.22M 87.83M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- 31.69M 69.67M 58.57M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- (5.60M) (22.89M) (32.61M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- (3.12M) (8.23M) 590.00K
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
396.92M 468.17M 537.13M 597.04M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
396.92M 468.17M 537.13M 597.04M
Net Income Growth
-0.67% +17.95% +14.73% +11.15%
Net Margin Growth
+21.53% +22.45% +24.38% +25.72%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
396.92M 468.17M 537.13M 597.04M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
396.92M 468.17M 537.13M 597.04M
EPS (Basic)
10.4827 12.2578 14.113 15.7431
EPS (Basic) Growth
-0.69% +16.93% +15.13% +11.55%
Basic Shares Outstanding
37.86M 38.19M 38.06M 37.92M
EPS (Diluted)
10.2467 12.0359 13.9087 15.55
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-1.09% +17.46% +15.56% +11.80%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
38.74M 38.90M 38.62M 38.38M
EBITDA
707.92M 822.97M 868.12M 936.98M
EBITDA Growth
+21.77% +16.25% +5.49% +7.93%
EBITDA Margin
+38.39% +39.46% +39.41% +40.36%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 342.438
Number of Ratings 23 Current Quarters Estimate 4.343
FY Report Date 11 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 17.308
Last Quarter’s Earnings 4.05 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 16.98 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 18.717
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 16 16 18 18
Mean Estimate 4.34 4.33 17.31 18.72
High Estimates 4.47 4.42 17.65 19.40
Low Estimate 4.18 4.16 16.96 17.76
Coefficient of Variance 2.06 1.42 0.88 2.24

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 3 3 2
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 13 14 13
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 6 6 6
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for Factset Research Systems Inc. - FDS

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 445 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $316.71 per share 140,935.95
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 1,505 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $279.43 per share 420,542.15
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 2,544 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $255.87 per share 650,933.28
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 2,053 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $440.56 per share 904,469.68
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 1,757 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $441.36 per share 775,469.52
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 1,166 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $442.54 per share 516,001.64
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 142 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $443.8 per share 63,019.60
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 44 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $444.48 per share 19,557.12
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jul 11, 2025 Gregory T. Moskoff MD,Controller and CAO 622 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jul 10, 2025 Christopher R. Ellis EVP, Initiatives & P ships N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jul 10, 2025 Christopher R. Ellis EVP, Initiatives & P ships 23,952 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $448.2 per share 10,735,286.40
Jul 10, 2025 Christopher R. Ellis EVP, Initiatives & P ships 24,059 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $447.44 per share 10,764,958.96
Jul 10, 2025 Christopher R. Ellis EVP, Initiatives & P ships 28,463 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $446.53 per share 12,709,583.39
Jul 10, 2025 Christopher R. Ellis EVP, Initiatives & P ships 30,565 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $445.36 per share 13,612,428.40
Jul 10, 2025 Christopher R. Ellis EVP, Initiatives & P ships 31,365 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $441.99 per share 13,863,016.35
Jul 10, 2025 Christopher R. Ellis EVP, Initiatives & P ships 31,565 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $152.28 per share 4,806,718.20
Jan 6, 2025 Frederick Philip Snow Chief Executive Officer; Director 29,961 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Frederick Philip Snow Chief Executive Officer; Director 16,616 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $484.33 per share 8,047,627.28

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