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FDS · NYSE
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · United States
USD 283.831.8% daily changeQuote 2026-09-18 · USD
- Market cap (USD)
- US$10.09B
- Trailing P/E
- 18.70x
- Forward P/E
- 14.38x
- Quarterly revenue growth
- 6.4%
- Trailing net margin
- 23.2%
- Indicated dividend yield
- 1.6%
Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-05-31 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-09-30 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Company background
FactSet Research Systems Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider for the investment community. It offers data, products, and analytical applications; and workstations, portfolio analytics, and enterprise data solutions, as well as managed services for supporting data, performance, risk, and reporting workflows. The company also provides subscription-based financial data and market intelligence on securities, companies, industries, and people that enable clients to research investment ideas, as well as analyze, monitor, and manage portfolios; and solutions covering investment lifecycle of investment research, portfolio construction and analysis, trade execution, performance measurement, risk management, and reporting. In addition, it offers services through configurable desktop and mobile platform, data feeds, cloud-based digital solutions, and application programming interfaces. It operates in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company serves investment professionals, including institutional asset managers, bankers, wealth managers, asset owners, partners, hedge funds, corporate users, and private equity and venture capital professionals. It has a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to create a new generation of AI-powered solutions for the financial industry. FactSet Research Systems Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Company websiteQ3 FY2026
Go beyond the headline.
FDS Stock: FactSet Got Cut in Half on AI Fears — Is This Wide-Moat Compounder a Buy?
Published 2026-07-08
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| Metric | FDSFactSet Research Systems Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-05-31 | TRUTransUnionSnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30 | CBOECboe Global Markets, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30 | Peer medianSimilar-size peers only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$10.09B | US$13.88B | US$28.50B | US$21.19Bn=2 |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 14.38x | 13.00x | 17.92x | 15.46xn=2 |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 12.18x | 12.35x | 14.36x | 13.35xn=2 |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 6.4% | 14.9% | 22.9% | 18.9%n=2 |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 30.5% | 19.7% | 34.6% | 27.2%n=2 |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 6.2% | 5.8% | 2.4% | 4.1%n=2 |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 1.36x | 3.16x | -0.40x | 1.38xn=2 |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.77x | 1.13x | 0.28x | 0.71xn=2 |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 18.70x | 19.11x | 21.28x | 20.20xn=2 |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 5.00x | 2.87x | 5.07x | 3.97xn=2 |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 4.66x | 3.85x | 5.48x | 4.66xn=2 |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | -9.6% | 32.1% | 50.2% | 41.2%n=2 |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 51.4% | 58.7% | 54.1% | 56.4%n=2 |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 23.2% | 15.1% | 26.7% | 20.9%n=2 |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 27.0% | 15.6% | 26.3% | 21.0%n=2 |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 25.5% | 16.5% | 13.4% | 15.0%n=2 |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 1.6% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.0%n=2 |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 29.4% | 12.7% | 22.4% | 17.6%n=2 |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 0.68x | 1.90x | 1.56x | 1.73xn=2 |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 0.71 | 1.54 | 0.41 | 0.97n=2 |
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THE RESEARCH RECORD
Research history for FDS
Q3 FY20262026-07-08
FDS Stock: FactSet Got Cut in Half on AI Fears — Is This Wide-Moat Compounder a Buy?
Presentation · 2026-07-08 · YouTube