FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $16.80-$17.40 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $17.33. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.285-$2.305 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.29 billion. FactSet Research Systems also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 16.800-17.400 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on FDS. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on FactSet Research Systems from $451.00 to $469.00 and gave the stock a hold rating in a research report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on FactSet Research Systems from $455.00 to $378.00 and set a hold rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, June 5th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of FactSet Research Systems from $350.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock an underweight rating in a research report on Monday, June 24th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of FactSet Research Systems from $464.00 to $503.00 and gave the company a sector perform rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Bank of America downgraded shares of FactSet Research Systems from a neutral rating to an underperform rating and decreased their target price for the company from $500.00 to $407.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 30th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and ten have issued a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, FactSet Research Systems presently has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of $446.67.

FactSet Research Systems Stock Performance

FDS opened at $466.37 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $17.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.17, a PEG ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.75. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $421.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $428.58. The company has a quick ratio of 1.79, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. FactSet Research Systems has a 52-week low of $391.84 and a 52-week high of $488.64.

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, September 19th. The business services provider reported $3.74 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.62 by $0.12. FactSet Research Systems had a return on equity of 34.48% and a net margin of 23.56%. The business had revenue of $562.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $547.06 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.93 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts anticipate that FactSet Research Systems will post 16.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

FactSet Research Systems Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th were issued a dividend of $1.04 per share. This represents a $4.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 30th. FactSet Research Systems’s payout ratio is 31.37%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CTO Katherine M. Stepp sold 1,057 shares of FactSet Research Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $428.42, for a total transaction of $452,839.94. Following the sale, the chief technology officer now owns 687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $294,324.54. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In other news, Director Robin Ann Abrams sold 2,375 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $420.71, for a total transaction of $999,186.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 9,193 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,867,587.03. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CTO Katherine M. Stepp sold 1,057 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $428.42, for a total transaction of $452,839.94. Following the sale, the chief technology officer now owns 687 shares in the company, valued at $294,324.54. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 12,432 shares of company stock valued at $5,166,986 in the last ninety days. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

FactSet Research Systems Company Profile

FactSet Research Systems Inc, a financial data company, provides integrated financial information and analytical applications to the investment community in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company delivers insight and information through the workflow solutions of research, analytics and trading, content and technology solutions, and wealth.