FactSet Research Systems Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:FDS)

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FactSet Research Systems in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" FDS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FDS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for FactSet Research Systems' stock. Their FDS share price targets range from $352.00 to $500.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $435.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.3%.
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FactSet Research Systems' stock was trading at $401.21 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FDS shares have increased by 11.0% and is now trading at $445.24.
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FactSet Research Systems saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,090,000 shares, a decrease of 18.0% from the October 31st total of 1,330,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 238,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 19th 2023.
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FactSet Research Systems will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, December 19th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September, 21st. The business services provider reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.51 by $0.58. The business services provider earned $535.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $535.32 million. FactSet Research Systems had a net margin of 22.45% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 35.45%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.13 earnings per share.

FactSet Research Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, November 30th will be given a dividend of $0.98 per share on Thursday, December 21st. This represents a $3.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 29th.
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FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 25 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 32.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FDS will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.02% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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FactSet Research Systems issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $15.65-$16.15 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $16.65. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.21 billion-$2.23 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.23 billion.

757 employees have rated FactSet Research Systems Chief Executive Officer Phil Snow on Glassdoor.com. Phil Snow has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

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FactSet Research Systems' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bamco Inc. NY (7.24%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (4.24%), Morgan Stanley (3.68%), Ninety One UK Ltd (3.11%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (2.72%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.33%). Insiders that own company stock include Frederick Philip Snow, Gene D Fernandez, Goran Skoko, Gray Mars Venus Trust, Arizona, Gregory T Moskoff, John Costigan, Jonathan Reeve, Joseph Zimmel, Katherine M Stepp, Kristina W Karnovsky, Laurie Siegel, Malcolm Frank, Rachel Rebecca Stern, Robert J Robie, Robin Ann Abrams and Sheila B Jordan.
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