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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.

287.18 0.66 +0.23%
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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to August

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
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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Charts ten years each

FactSet Research Systems Inc. vs peers in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. $87.2B 21.9× 19.9× +4.84% (above 0%: growing) +14.09% (above 0%: growing) +29.65% (above 0%: growing) 98.61% 52.18% Compare
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CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $30.7B 23.6× — +22.95% (above 0%: growing) +50.67% (above 0%: growing) −270.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 50.71% 32.99% Compare
TRU TransUnion $12.4B 17.1× 17.1× +14.91% (above 0%: growing) +33.93% (above 0%: growing) +42.65% (above 0%: growing) 58.41% 19.70% Compare
FDS FactSet Research Systems Inc. $10.2B 19.7× 14.5× +6.33% (above 0%: growing) −15.94% (below 0%: shrinking) −0.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 48.59% 24.68%
MORN Morningstar, Inc. $7.6B 19.3× 17.9× +9.60% (above 0%: growing) +35.07% (above 0%: growing) +96.31% (above 0%: growing) 63.92% 24.22% Compare
Median of peers $43.1B 23.6× 26.1× +13.56% +33.93% +36.15% 70.11% 30.56%

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FDS metrics, ten years each

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

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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