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FactSet Research Systems Inc FDS

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$255.62 +0.60 (0.24%)
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FactSet's Historically Steady Business Faces More Uncertainty Ahead

Rajiv Bhatia, Dev Patel

FactSet has built an attractive subscription-based business providing data and analytics to the financial-services industry. FactSet is best known for its research solutions, which include its core desktop offering geared toward buy-side asset managers and sell-side investment bankers. Institutional buy-side, which includes asset managers, asset owners, and hedge funds, is FactSet’s largest client group at about half of the firm’s revenue.

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Price vs Fair Value

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FDS is trading at a 874% premium.
Price
$255.62
Fair Value
$548.00
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
$626.00
5-Star Price
$679.00
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

FactSet's data feed and wealth management businesses represent strong growth opportunities for the firm.

Bears

FactSet faces competition from well-established players such as Refinitiv, MSCI, Bloomberg, and S&P Global, as well as software and financial technology upstarts. In addition, artificial intelligence-enabled solutions could also compete with FactSet's products.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$255.02
Day Range
$249.27–259.00
52-Week Range
$185.00–453.41
Bid/Ask
$220.00 / $270.00
Shares Outstanding
36.43M
Market Cap
$9.31B
Volume/Avg
626,322 / 935,644

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
14.78
Price/Sales
4.02
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
1.74%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
1.82%
Total Yield
7.01%

Company Profile

FactSet provides financial data and portfolio analytics to the global investment community. The company aggregates data from third-party data suppliers, news sources, exchanges, brokerages, and contributors into its workstations. In addition, it provides essential portfolio analytics that companies use to monitor portfolios and address reporting requirements. Buy-side clients (including wealth and corporate clients) account for over 80% of FactSet's annual subscription value. In 2015, the company acquired Portware, a provider of trade execution software. In 2017, it acquired BISAM, a risk management and performance measurement provider. In 2022, it completed its purchase of CUSIP Global Services.
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
12,840
Website
https://www.factset.com

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Metric
FDS
SPGI
MSCI
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 14.7823.0334.48
Price/Book Value
 4.404.03—
Price/Sales
 4.028.1614.35
Price/Cash Flow
 11.4320.6728.35
Price/Earnings
FDS
SPGI
MSCI

Financial Strength

Metric
FDS
SPGI
MSCI
Quick Ratio
 1.200.570.78
Current Ratio
 1.430.680.86
Interest Coverage
 14.1222.707.61
Quick Ratio
FDS
SPGI
MSCI

Profitability

Metric
FDS
SPGI
MSCI
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 15.32%9.23%24.63%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 30.54%17.19%—
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 18.59%11.68%41.24%
Return on Assets
FDS
SPGI
MSCI

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