FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) Declares Quarterly Dividend of $1.16

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 13th. Investors 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) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 31st.

FactSet Research Systems has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1%annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 27 years. FactSet Research Systems has a payout ratio of 25.4% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities 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 3.6%

FactSet Research Systems stock traded up $9.93 during trading on Thursday, reaching $287.92. 686,844 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 958,554. FactSet Research Systems has a 52-week low of $185.00 and a 52-week high of $387.75. The company has a market capitalization of $10.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.97, a PEG ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.68 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $251.02 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $232.18.

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