FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 16.800-17.400 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 17.360. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.3 billion-$2.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.3 billion. FactSet Research Systems also updated its FY25 guidance to $16.80-$17.40 EPS.

FactSet Research Systems Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:FDS opened at $469.94 on Friday. FactSet Research Systems has a one year low of $391.84 and a one year high of $488.64. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $419.80 and a 200-day moving average of $428.28. The company has a market capitalization of $17.88 billion, a PE ratio of 35.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a current ratio of 1.28.

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 19th. The business services provider reported $3.74 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company had revenue of $562.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $547.06 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.93 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that FactSet Research Systems will post 16.28 EPS 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 $1.04 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 30th. This represents a $4.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.89%. FactSet Research Systems’s payout ratio is currently 31.37%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on FDS. Bank of America lowered FactSet Research Systems from a neutral rating to an underperform rating and reduced their target price for the company from $500.00 to $407.00 in a report on Thursday, May 30th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on FactSet Research Systems from $350.00 to $355.00 and gave the company an underweight rating in a report on Monday, June 24th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on FactSet Research Systems from $455.00 to $378.00 and set a hold rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, June 5th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded FactSet Research Systems to a hold rating in a report on Tuesday, August 13th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a sector perform rating and set a $464.00 price objective on shares of FactSet Research Systems in a report on Monday, June 24th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have issued a hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, FactSet Research Systems has an average rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $432.27.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other FactSet Research Systems news, CTO Katherine M. Stepp sold 1,057 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the chief technology officer now directly owns 687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $294,324.54. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In other news, CEO Frederick Philip Snow sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $408.98, for a total value of $1,226,940.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 12,915 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,281,976.70. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CTO Katherine M. Stepp sold 1,057 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $428.42, for a total value of $452,839.94. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 687 shares in the company, valued at $294,324.54. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 12,432 shares of company stock worth $5,166,986. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

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.