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FactSet Research Systems Inc.

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FactSet Research Systems Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $2.5 billion, up 6.65% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 6.33%, EPS fell 15.9%, free cash flow was flat and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

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Market cap: $10.2B
P/E: 19.7×
Fwd P/E: 14.5×
Dividend yield: 1.57%
F-score: 6/9
Altman Z: n/a
Beneish M: n/a
Dividend safety: n/a

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.13

Total sells 1.52

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 10,190.00

Revenue 2,476.26

Net Income 533.48

Free Cash Flow 707.48

Net Debt 1,104.69

Current Ratio 0.60

Debt/Equity 0.68

P/E ratio 19.65

Fwd P/E 14.50

P/S ratio 4.11

P/B ratio 5.00

Past 5Y EPS Growth 7.06%

This Y EPS Growth 9.15%

Next Y EPS Growth 10.32%

Next Y revenue growth 4.19%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.16%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 15.47%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 5.61%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 7.98%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.31

Annual Dividend Rate 4.52

Annual Dividend Yield 1.57%

	total	individual payouts
2028	Powerpack
2027	Powerpack
2026	4.50	1.10 1.16 1.16
2025	4.34	1.04 1.10 1.10 1.10
2024	4.10	0.98 1.04 1.04 1.04
2023	3.83	0.89 0.98 0.98 0.98
2022	3.49	0.82 0.89 0.89 0.89
2021	3.23	0.77 0.82 0.82 0.82
2020	3.03	0.72 0.77 0.77 0.77
2019	2.80	0.64 0.72 0.72 0.72
2018	2.48	0.56 0.64 0.64 0.64
2017	2.18	0.50 0.56 0.56 0.56
2016	2.44	0.44 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	2026
Cash	458	493	355	265
Receivables	238	228	271	301
Inventory	—	—	—	—
Other	51	60	—	—
	770	836	730	655

	2023	2024	2025	2026
Payables	122	178	135	136
ST’ Debt	29	125	—	499
Other	—	—	—	—
	484	667	521	1,092

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	8.19%	9.24%	5.89%
Cash Flow	9.52%	8.17%	8.40%
Earnings	4.64%	5.95%	4.45%
Book Value	14.49%	14.52%	7.31%

Revenue $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’26	608	611	623	635	2,476
’25	569	571	586	597	2,322
’24	542	546	553	562	2,203
’23	505	515	530	536	2,086
’22	425	431	489	499	1,844
’21	388	392	400	412	1,591

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’26	121	212	285	205	822
’25	86	174	254	212	726
’24	155	144	238	163	700
’23	107	165	219	156	646
’22	73	122	192	151	538
’21	89	141	140	185	555

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’26	90	186	254	177	707
’25	60	150	229	178	617
’24	139	122	217	137	615
’23	89	147	193	156	585
’22	64	110	177	136	487
’21	71	130	122	171	494

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’26	4.06	3.59	3.50	3.41	14.57
’25	3.89	3.76	3.87	4.03	15.55
’24	3.84	3.65	4.09	2.32	13.91
’23	3.52	3.38	3.46	1.68	12.03
’22	2.79	2.84	1.93	2.69	10.25
’21	2.62	2.50	2.62	2.63	10.36

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	155.09	184.48	193.83	195.22	294.21	345.92	377.89	391.84	250.50	185.00	Analyst estimates 2027–2029 Powerpack
	High	207.25	237.95	305.38	363.64	495.40	486.49	478.60	499.87	484.33	320.48
People
People	Employees	9,074	9,571	9,681	10,484	10,892	11,203	12,237	12,398	12,800	—
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.00
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	1,221	1,350	1,435	1,494	1,591	1,844	2,086	2,203	2,322	2,476
	Gross margin, %	53.60	51.17	53.78	53.45	50.59	52.76	53.33	54.07	52.72	50.61
	EBT	344	352	422	427	468	444	584	652	721	650
	EBT margin, %	28.20	26.06	29.40	28.59	29.38	24.06	28.00	29.57	31.05	26.24
	Net income	258	267	353	373	400	397	468	537	597	533
	Depreciation	48	57	60	101	107	130	138	156	189	213
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	30.96	34.86	37.63	39.39	42.04	48.70	54.60	57.89	61.22	67.90
	Earnings	6.51	6.78	9.08	9.65	10.36	10.25	12.26	14.11	15.74	14.63
	Cash flow	8.13	9.96	11.20	13.33	14.67	14.22	16.90	18.40	19.15	22.55
	Capex	(0.93)	(0.87)	(1.56)	(2.05)	(1.62)	(1.35)	(1.59)	(2.25)	(2.87)	(3.15)
	Free cash flow	7.19	9.09	9.64	11.29	13.05	12.87	15.31	16.15	16.28	19.40
	Book value	14.19	13.58	17.62	23.63	26.85	35.16	42.41	50.25	57.65	54.90
	Shares, m	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	36
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	24.11	33.83	29.80	36.31	36.67	42.28	36.16	30.24	23.42	21.46
	P/S	5.08	6.58	7.18	8.90	9.04	8.90	7.99	7.37	6.03	4.48
	P/B	11.08	16.89	15.34	14.83	14.16	12.32	10.29	8.49	6.40	5.46
	EV/Sales	5.36	6.83	7.32	8.90	8.97	9.70	8.56	7.77	6.49	4.93
	EV/FCF	23.08	26.19	28.55	31.04	28.92	36.71	30.53	27.84	24.40	17.25
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	321	386	427	506	555	538	646	700	726	822
	Capex	(37)	(34)	(59)	(78)	(61)	(51)	(61)	(86)	(109)	(115)
	Free cash flow	284	352	368	428	494	487	585	615	617	707
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	208	210	365	566	618	432	286	169	208	(438)
	Total debt	575	575	574	603	607	2,011	1,642	1,366	1,368	1,370
	Net debt	348	337	189	(2)	(111)	1,475	1,184	873	1,013	1,105
	Shareholders’ equity	560	526	672	896	1,016	1,331	1,620	1,912	2,186	2,002
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	21.23	18.86	23.68	20.47	18.55	12.72	11.74	13.40	14.28	12.63
	ROIC	24.25	26.53	31.80	30.72	32.74	10.59	14.02	15.73	14.62	14.08
	ROE	47.96	49.21	58.89	47.55	41.78	33.81	31.73	30.41	29.13	0.00

Negative figures in brackets.

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FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) key facts

Concern: Net income was $533.5 million, or $14.63 per share (basic), a net margin of 21.5%.
Strength: FactSet Research Systems Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $2.5 billion, up 6.65% from fiscal 2025.
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) is a Financial Data & Stock Exchanges company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
As of October 9, 2026, FDS traded at $287.18, a market capitalization of $10.2 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 19.7× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 4.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 15% of its own readings over the past ten years.
FactSet Research Systems Inc. pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share, a yield of 1.57%, with a payout ratio of 31.1%.
Return on equity was 0.00% and debt-to-equity 0.68.
Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 1, 2026.

Financial Analysis (summary)

Updated 5 October 2026

FactSet reported revenue of $2.5 billion in FY2026, with revenue growth of 6.65% in FY2026 against FY2025. Net income was $533.5 million in FY2026 and diluted EPS was $14.57 in FY2026, both below FY2025. Free cash flow rose to $707.5 million in FY2026.

In Q4 FY2026, revenue reached $634.7 million, while operating income was $156.6 million and net income was $121.1 million. Operating cash flow was $822.2 million in FY2026. The company returned $774.9 million to shareholders in FY2026 through dividends and net share repurchases.

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