FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $1.10 on March 19th

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, February 27th will be given 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 yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 27th.

FactSet Research Systems has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 27 consecutive years. FactSet Research Systems has a payout ratio of 24.0% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities 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 Trading Up 5.9%

Shares of FactSet Research Systems stock opened at $201.52 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a current ratio of 1.54. FactSet Research Systems has a 52 week low of $185.00 and a 52 week high of $474.79. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $258.85 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $290.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.48 billion, a PE ratio of 12.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.73.

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, December 18th. The business services provider reported $4.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.36 by $0.15. FactSet Research Systems had a return on equity of 30.49% and a net margin of 25.40%.The company had revenue of $607.62 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $599.69 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.37 earnings per share. FactSet Research Systems’s revenue for the quarter 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, equities analysts anticipate 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.