NYSE:FDSFactSet Research Systems Stock Price, Forecast & News

FactSet Research Systems' stock was trading at $254.93 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FDS shares have increased by 39.6% and is now trading at $355.76.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FactSet Research Systems in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings and 10 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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FactSet Research Systems is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 24th 2020.
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FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) released its earnings results on Thursday, June, 25th. The business services provider reported $2.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.44 by $0.42. The business services provider earned $374.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $376.35 million. FactSet Research Systems had a net margin of 25.45% and a return on equity of 57.06%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.62 earnings per share.
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FactSet Research Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Friday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.77 per share on Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $3.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 28th. This is a boost from FactSet Research Systems's previous quarterly dividend of $0.72.
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FactSet Research Systems issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $10.40-10.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $9.99. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.485-1.49 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.49 billion.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for FactSet Research Systems' shares. Their forecasts range from $230.00 to $310.00. On average, they anticipate FactSet Research Systems' share price to reach $274.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 22.8%.
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Headlines about FDS stock have trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. FactSet Research Systems earned a media sentiment score of 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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FactSet Research Systems saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,040,000 shares, a decline of 11.4% from the January 31st total of 3,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 334,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.1 days. Approximately 8.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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FactSet Research Systems trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FDS."

FactSet Research Systems' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.47%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.41%), Everett Harris & Co. CA (0.40%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.36%), Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. (0.32%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.31%). Company insiders that own FactSet Research Systems stock include Brian G Daly, Franck AR Gossieaux, Frederick Philip Snow, Goran Skoko, James J Mcgonigle, John W Wiseman, Joseph Zimmel, Laurie Siegel, Matthew J Mcnulty, Philip A Hadley, Rachel Rebecca Stern, Robert J Robie, Robin Ann Abrams, Scott A Billeadeau and Sheila B Jordan.
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FDS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Boston Trust Walden Corp, Dock Street Asset Management Inc., UBS Group AG, ProShare Advisors LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Raub Brock Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have sold FactSet Research Systems company stock in the last year include Franck AR Gossieaux, Frederick Philip Snow, Goran Skoko, James J Mcgonigle, Joseph Zimmel, Laurie Siegel, Philip A Hadley, Rachel Rebecca Stern, Robert J Robie, Robin Ann Abrams, Scott A Billeadeau, and Sheila B Jordan.
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FDS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Assetmark Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., and Rafferty Asset Management LLC.
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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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FDS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $355.76.

FactSet Research Systems has a market capitalization of $13.52 billion and generates $1.44 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $352.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $10.00 on an earnings per share basis. FactSet Research Systems employs 9,681 workers across the globe.

The official website for FactSet Research Systems is www.factset.com.

FactSet Research Systems' mailing address is 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT, 06850. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 203-810-1000 or via email at [email protected]