NYSE:FDS - FactSet Stock Price, Price Target & More

FactSet trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FDS."

FactSet declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.64 per share on Tuesday, June 19th. This represents a $2.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 30th. This is a boost from FactSet's previous quarterly dividend of $0.56. View FactSet's Dividend History.

FactSet announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, March 28th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

FactSet (NYSE:FDS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 27th. The business services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.06 by $0.06. The business services provider had revenue of $335.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $333.78 million. FactSet had a return on equity of 54.00% and a net margin of 19.07%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.81 earnings per share. View FactSet's Earnings History.

FactSet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, June, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for FactSet.

FactSet issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.35-8.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $8.35. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.34-1.36 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.35 billion.

13 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for FactSet's shares. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $214.00. On average, they expect FactSet's stock price to reach $192.75 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for FactSet.

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Press coverage about FDS stock has trended positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. FactSet earned a coverage optimism score of 0.29 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the business services provider an impact score of 47.04 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

FactSet's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.53%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (7.66%), Bamco Inc. NY (7.45%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (5.17%), Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C (3.17%) and Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (2.80%). Company insiders that own FactSet stock include Frederick Philip Snow, James J Mcgonigle, Joseph E Laird Jr, Mark J Hale, Matthew J Mcnulty, Maurizio Nicolelli, Philip A Hadley, Rachel Rebecca Stern, Scott A Billeadeau and Scott G Miller. View Institutional Ownership Trends for FactSet.

FDS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Bamco Inc. NY, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Citigroup Inc., Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA. Company insiders that have sold FactSet company stock in the last year include Frederick Philip Snow, James J Mcgonigle, Joseph E Laird Jr, Mark J Hale, Matthew J Mcnulty, Maurizio Nicolelli, Philip A Hadley, Scott A Billeadeau and Scott G Miller. View Insider Buying and Selling for FactSet.

FDS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C, BlackRock Inc., Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp, Stevens Capital Management LP and Fiera Capital Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for FactSet.

Shares of FDS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FDS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $202.59.

FactSet has a market capitalization of $7.85 billion and generates $1.22 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $258.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.31 on an earnings per share basis. FactSet employs 9,074 workers across the globe.

FactSet's mailing address is 601 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT, 06851. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 203-810-1000 or via email at [email protected].com.