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 (WHO). 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) released its earnings results 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 had revenue of $374.10 million for 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.62 EPS. View FactSet Research Systems' earnings history.

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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 28th. This is an increase 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 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for FactSet Research Systems' shares. 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 year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.6%. View analysts' price targets for FactSet Research Systems.

Media coverage about FDS stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. FactSet Research Systems earned a daily sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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]