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FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS)

Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | Norwalk, United States | NYSE
308.98 USD +4.51 (1.481%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 308.68 -0.30 (-0.300%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:49 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT

FactSet presents a compelling dichotomy between its robust business fundamentals and its recent price trajectory. While the company boasts exceptional returns on equity and healthy margins, the stock has endured three consecutive years of annual declines, triggering a structural deterioration signal that limits long-term conviction despite the quality of the underlying assets. The balance sheet carries liquidity risks with a current ratio below one, yet the dividend remains secure with a low payout ratio. Short-term momentum is recovering strongly, with the price reclaiming key moving averages and options flow showing aggressive buying at current levels. Investors should view this as a high-quality business currently navigating a multi-year correction, making it a suitable accumulation opportunity for those comfortable with the recent volatility and liquidity constraints.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.086643
AutoARIMA0.087887
AutoETS0.094648
AutoTheta0.108070

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 0.18
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.683
Excess Kurtosis -0.09
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-28
Debt to Equity Ratio 77.284
Revenue per Share 65.804
Market Cap 10,989,041,664
Trailing P/E 20.04
Forward P/E 15.68
Beta 0.69
Profit Margins 23.21%
Website https://www.factset.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT: Call activity is concentrated at the money (300 strike) with significant volume spikes, suggesting traders expect the stock to hold or test higher resistance. Put writers are establishing heavy hedges at 210 to 240 strikes, indicating a defined downside floor. Implied volatility is notably elevated for December expirations, reflecting uncertainty around upcoming events or earnings.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.47% 1.67% 1.17% 1.04%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-29 1.160000 0.472563
2026-02-27 1.100000 0.507357
2025-11-28 1.100000 0.396725
2025-08-29 1.100000 0.294653
2025-05-30 1.100000 0.240038
2025-02-28 1.040000 0.225235
2024-11-29 1.040000 0.211955
2024-08-30 1.040000 0.245956
2024-05-31 1.040000 0.257260
2024-02-28 0.980000 0.210305
2023-11-29 0.980000 0.215674
2023-08-30 0.980000 0.225313
2023-05-30 0.980000 0.251372
2023-02-27 0.890000 0.211945
2022-11-29 0.890000 0.198165
2022-08-30 0.890000 0.203368
2022-05-27 0.890000 0.229376
2022-02-25 0.820000 0.201608
2021-11-29 0.820000 0.174680
2021-08-30 0.820000 0.215744
2021-05-27 0.820000 0.246795
2021-02-25 0.770000 0.261593
2020-11-27 0.770000 0.238575
2020-08-28 0.770000 0.218180
2020-05-28 0.770000 0.254125
2020-02-27 0.720000 0.258509
2019-11-27 0.720000 0.274967
2019-08-29 0.720000 0.265840
2019-05-30 0.720000 0.258760
2019-02-27 0.640000 0.272968
2018-11-29 0.640000 0.274031
2018-08-30 0.640000 0.283650
2018-05-30 0.640000 0.316644
2018-02-27 0.560000 0.274214
2017-11-29 0.560000 0.282429
2017-08-29 0.560000 0.360059
2017-05-26 0.560000 0.345786
2017-02-24 0.500000 0.274288
2016-11-28 0.500000 0.311779
2016-08-29 0.500000 0.280379
2016-05-26 0.500000 0.318756
2016-02-25 0.440000 0.289989
2015-11-25 0.440000 0.259648
2015-08-27 0.440000 0.276104
2015-05-27 0.440000 0.263916
2015-02-25 0.390000 0.247997
2014-11-25 0.390000 0.284672
2014-08-27 0.390000 0.305045
2014-05-28 0.390000 0.364078
2014-02-26 0.350000 0.336636
2013-11-26 0.350000 0.306695
2013-08-28 0.350000 0.336636
2013-05-29 0.350000 0.356779
2013-02-26 0.310000 0.319752
2012-11-28 0.310000 0.335934
2012-08-29 0.310000 0.334448
2012-05-29 0.310000 0.287863
2012-02-27 0.270000 0.303712
2011-11-28 0.270000 0.297521
2011-08-29 0.270000 0.310202
2011-05-26 0.270000 0.250906
2011-02-24 0.230000 0.226936
2010-11-26 0.230000 0.254735
2010-08-27 0.230000 0.308808
2010-05-26 0.230000 0.344311
2010-02-24 0.200000 0.301932
2009-11-25 0.200000 0.273448
2009-08-27 0.200000 0.357334
2009-05-27 0.200000 0.373832
2009-02-25 0.180000 0.450113
2008-11-25 0.180000 0.481155
2008-08-27 0.180000 0.284630
2008-05-27 0.180000 0.285987
2008-02-27 0.120000 0.220710
2007-11-28 0.120000 0.189424
2007-08-29 0.120000 0.211939
2007-05-29 0.120000 0.187882
2007-02-26 0.060000 0.097103
2006-11-28 0.060000 0.113787
2006-08-29 0.060000 0.136643
2006-05-26 0.060000 0.128260
2006-02-24 0.050000 0.125597
2005-11-28 0.050000 0.131891
2005-08-29 0.050000 0.144175
2005-05-26 0.050000 0.156740
2005-02-24 0.050000 0.156642
2004-12-09 0.046667 0.139443
2004-11-26 0.046667 0.134668
2004-08-27 0.046667 0.153375
2004-05-26 0.046667 0.156426
2004-02-25 0.040000 0.163265
2003-11-25 0.040000 0.144231
2003-08-27 0.040000 0.124636
2003-05-28 0.040000 0.160643
2003-02-26 0.033333 0.199599
2002-11-26 0.033333 0.169375
2002-08-28 0.033333 0.204246
2002-05-29 0.033333 0.154797
2002-02-26 0.026667 0.118450
2001-11-28 0.026667 0.134365
2001-08-29 0.026667 0.157544
2001-05-29 0.026667 0.097753
2001-02-26 0.020000 0.091185
2000-11-28 0.020000 0.086982
2000-08-29 0.020000 0.090395
2000-05-26 0.020000 0.123393
2000-02-25 0.010000 0.054422
1999-11-26 0.016667 0.080323
1999-08-27 0.016667 0.110195
1999-05-26 0.016667 0.112362
1999-02-24 0.016667 0.114945
Additional Data
dividendRate 4.64
dividendYield 1.52
exDividendDate 2026-08-31
trailingAnnualDividendRate 4.46
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014648406
lastDividendValue 1.16
lastDividendDate 2026-05-29
dividendDate 2026-09-17

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.1746096
Address1 45 Glover Avenue
Address2 7th Floor
All Time High 499.87
All Time Low 3.444444
Ask 309.4
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 10
Average Analyst Rating 3.3 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 885,280
Average Daily Volume3 Month 949,341
Average Volume 949,341
Average Volume10Days 885,280
Beta 0.687
Bid 309.1
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 4
Book Value 56.804
City Norwalk
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 308.98
Current Ratio 0.683
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 309.785
Day Low 302.98
Debt To Equity 77.284
Display Name FactSet Research Systems
Dividend Date 1,789,603,200
Dividend Rate 4.64
Dividend Yield 1.52
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,782,910,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,782,910,800
Earnings Growth -0.096
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.147
Earnings Timestamp 1,782,909,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,789,648,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,789,648,200
Ebitda 932,542,016
Ebitda Margins 0.38243
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.142
Enterprise To Revenue 5.026
Enterprise Value 12,255,447,040
Eps Current Year 17.8291
Eps Forward 19.70975
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 15.42
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,134,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 262.0292
Fifty Day Average Change 46.950806
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.17918158
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -17.46096
Fifty Two Week High 377.07
Fifty Two Week High Change -68.09
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.18057653
Fifty Two Week Low 185.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 123.98001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6701622
Fifty Two Week Range 185.0 - 377.07
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 835,968,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.03
Float Shares 35,442,486
Forward Eps 19.70975
Forward P E 15.676506
Free Cashflow 621,161,344
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 12,694
Fullday Change 4.51001
Fullday Change Percent 1.48127
Fullday Price 308.68
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.51382
Gross Profits 1,252,941,056
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0043200003
Held Percent Institutions 1.153
Implied Shares Outstanding 35,565,543
Industry Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Disp Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Key financial-data-stock-exchanges
Ir Website http://investor.factset.com/stockquote.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,012,800
Last Dividend Value 1.16
Last Fiscal Year End 1,756,598,400
Last Split Date 1,107,734,400
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 10,989,041,664
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_347669
Most Recent Quarter 1,780,185,600
Net Income To Common 565,969,984
Next Fiscal Year End 1,788,134,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 10,828,640,877
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 308.69
Operating Cashflow 829,592,000
Operating Margins 0.30542
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.2938
Peg Ratio 1.33
Phone 203 810 1000
Post Market Change -0.3000183
Post Market Change Percent -0.09709959
Post Market Price 308.68
Post Market Time 1,787,960,959
Previous Close 304.47
Price Eps Current Year 17.330095
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.439406
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.5065517
Profit Margins 0.2321
Quick Ratio 0.558
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.33333
Region US
Regular Market Change 4.51001
Regular Market Change Percent 1.48127
Regular Market Day High 309.785
Regular Market Day Low 302.98
Regular Market Day Range 302.98 - 309.785
Regular Market Open 308.69
Regular Market Previous Close 304.47
Regular Market Price 308.98
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,203
Regular Market Volume 715,165
Return On Assets 0.11079001
Return On Equity 0.27032
Revenue Growth 0.064
Revenue Per Share 65.804
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 35,565,543
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1011
Shares Short 3,594,250
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 5,024,927
Short Name FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1162
Short Ratio 4.06
Source Interval 15
State CT
Symbol FDS
Target High Price 340.0
Target Low Price 210.0
Target Mean Price 259.0625
Target Median Price 253.5
Total Cash 304,236,000
Total Cash Per Share 8.554
Total Debt 1,570,642,048
Total Revenue 2,438,458,880
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 4.46
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014648406
Trailing Eps 15.42
Trailing P E 20.037615
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.3334
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 248.65366
Two Hundred Day Average Change 60.326355
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.24261197
Type Disp Equity
Volume 715,165
Website https://www.factset.com
Zip 6,850