FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) To Go Ex-Dividend on August 31st

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 31st will be given a dividend of 1.16 per share by the business services provider on Thursday, September 17th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 31st.

FactSet Research Systems has increased its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 27 years. FactSet Research Systems has a dividend payout ratio of 25.4% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect FactSet Research Systems to earn $19.79 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $4.64 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 23.4%.

FactSet Research Systems Trading Up 1.7%

NYSE FDS opened at $309.63 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.68. FactSet Research Systems has a one year low of $185.00 and a one year high of $377.07. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $264.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $236.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.01 billion, a PE ratio of 20.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.70.

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 1st. The business services provider reported $4.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.44 by $0.09. FactSet Research Systems had a net margin of 23.21% and a return on equity of 30.68%. The firm had revenue of $622.92 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $617.91 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $4.27 earnings per share. FactSet Research Systems’s quarterly revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. FactSet Research Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at 17.250-17.750 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that FactSet Research Systems will post 17.76 earnings per share for the current year.

About FactSet Research Systems

FactSet Research Systems Inc operates as a global provider of integrated financial data and analytics to the investment community. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, the company offers a unified platform that aggregates content from thousands of sources, delivering real-time and historical market data, company fundamentals, estimates, fixed-income information and proprietary analytics to portfolio managers, research analysts, investment bankers and risk officers.

The company’s core products include the FactSet Workstation, an application offering customizable screening, charting, portfolio analysis and news; APIs and data feeds for seamless integration into proprietary systems; and cloud-based solutions for thematic research and quantitative strategies.