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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDS | -37.05% | -7.6% | -1.57% | +8,271% |
| S&P | +14.5% | +93.32% | +14.09% | +899% |
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (the Company or FactSet) is a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications and services for the investment and corporate communities. Since inception, global financial professionals have utilized the Company's content and multi-asset class solutions across each stage of the investment process. FactSet's goal is to provide a seamless user experience spanning idea generation, research, portfolio construction, trade execution, performance measurement, risk management, reporting, and portfolio analysis, in which the Company serves the front, middle, and back offices to drive productivity and improved performance. FactSet's flexible, open data and technology solutions can be implemented both across the investment portfolio lifecycle or as standalone components serving different workflows in the organization. FactSet is focused on growing the business throughout each of its three segments, the Americas, EMEA (formerly known as Europe), and Asia Pacific. The Company primarily delivers insight and information through the workflow solutions of Research, Analytics and Trading, Content and Technology Solutions (CTS) and Wealth. FactSet currently serves financial professionals, which include portfolio managers, investment research professionals, investment bankers, risk and performance analysts, wealth advisors and corporate clients. FactSet provides both insights on global market trends and intelligence on companies and industries, as well as capabilities to monitor portfolio risk and performance and to execute trades. The Company combines dedicated client service with open and flexible technology offerings, such as a configurable desktop and mobile platform, comprehensive data feeds, an open marketplace and digital portals and application programming interfaces (APIs). The Company’s revenue is primarily derived from subscriptions to products and services such as workstations, analytics, enterprise data, and research management. FactSet Research Systems was founded by Howard E. Wille and Charles J. Snyder in September 1978 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.
FactSet Research Systems reported revenue and adjusted EPS that beat estimates and management maintained its guidance for the fiscal year.
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $596.90M | 6.2% |
| Gross Profit | $308.23M | 1.4% |
| Gross Margin | 51.64% | -2.4% |
| Market Cap | $14.11B | -12.3% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $1.10M | -15.0% |
| Employees | 12.8K | 3.2% |
| Net Income | $153.62M | 71.6% |
| EBITDA | $231.44M | 34.3% |
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| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $344.17M | -18.6% |
| Accounts Receivable | $270.68M | 18.7% |
| Inventory | 0 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $1.53B | 7.5% |
| Short Term Debt | $33.15M | -78.7% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | 14.28% | 0.9% |
| Return On Invested Capital | 16.80% | -2.4% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | $178.13M | 29.8% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | $212.10M | 30.0% |
| Metric | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 35.15 | 32.81 | 33.08 | 24.00 | -21.07% |
| Price to Book | 9.74 | 8.82 | 8.46 | 6.56 | -22.98% |
| Price to Sales | 8.48 | 7.89 | 7.68 | 6.14 | -17.01% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | -19.75 | -18.09 | -15.49 | -13.41 | -19.54% |
| Price to Free Cash Flow TTM | 49.27 | 43.43 | 41.95 | 31.14 | -11.29% |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 84.47 | 79.09 | 77.19 | 66.72 | -33.81% |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 12.73% |
| Return on Equity | 29.2% | 28.1% | 26.3% | 29.1% | -4.21% |
| Total Debt | $1.55B | $1.66B | $1.62B | $1.56B | -1.02% |
FDS earnings call for the period ending November 30, 2021.
FDS earnings call for the period ending August 31, 2021.
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