FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) Declares $1.10 Quarterly Dividend

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 5th. Investors of record on Friday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of 1.10 per share by the business services provider on Thursday, March 19th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 27th.

FactSet Research Systems has increased its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%annually over the last three years and has raised its dividend every year for the last 27 years. FactSet Research Systems has a payout ratio of 24.0% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect FactSet Research Systems to earn $18.68 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $4.40 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 23.6%.

FactSet Research Systems Stock Performance

FDS opened at $209.55 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a current ratio of 1.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.33, a PEG ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a fifty day moving average of $281.20 and a 200 day moving average of $310.77. FactSet Research Systems has a fifty-two week low of $201.80 and a fifty-two week high of $474.79.

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 18th. The business services provider reported $4.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.36 by $0.15. FactSet Research Systems had a net margin of 25.40% and a return on equity of 30.49%. The business had revenue of $607.62 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $599.69 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $4.37 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. FactSet Research Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at 16.900-17.600 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that FactSet Research Systems will post 17.21 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

FactSet Research Systems Company Profile

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.