NYSE:FDSFactSet Research Systems Stock Price, Forecast & News

FactSet Research Systems' stock was trading at $254.93 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FDS stock has increased by 31.8% and is now trading at $335.90. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for FactSet Research Systems.

FactSet Research Systems is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for FactSet Research Systems.

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June, 25th. The business services provider reported $2.86 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $376.35 million. FactSet Research Systems had a return on equity of 57.06% and a net margin of 25.45%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.62 earnings per share. View FactSet Research Systems' earnings history.

FactSet Research Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.77 per share on Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $3.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 28th. This is a boost from FactSet Research Systems's previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. View FactSet Research Systems' dividend history.

FactSet Research Systems updated 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 EPS 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for FactSet Research Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $230.00 to $310.00. On average, they anticipate FactSet Research Systems' stock price to reach $273.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.6%. View analysts' price targets for FactSet Research Systems.

News stories about FDS stock have been trending negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. FactSet Research Systems earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about FactSet Research Systems.

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

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One share of FDS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $335.90.

FactSet Research Systems has a market capitalization of $12.72 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]