Reviewing The Case For Factset Research Systems Inc. (FDS) Going Higher

Currently, there are 38.03M common shares owned by the public and among those 38.00M shares have been available to trade.

Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 119 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 77 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 80,024 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 42 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 67,246 shares.

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However, the script later moved the day high at 465.67, down -1.21%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -4.01% and -0.03% over the past three months. FDS shares are trading -3.91% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 5.32% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $377.89 and touched a high of $487.79 over the same period. FDS has an average intraday trading volume of 235.27K shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -3.08%, -1.33%, and 5.47% respectively.

Institutional ownership of Factset Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS) shares accounts for 92.60% of the company’s 38.03M shares outstanding.

It has a market capitalization of $17.46B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.74. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 37.09, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $12.36. The company has a PEG of 3.55 and a Quick Ratio of 1.68 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 1.04. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.91% over the week and 1.61% over the month.

Analysts forecast that Factset Research Systems Inc. (FDS) will achieve an EPS of $3.86 for the current quarter, $3.99 for the next quarter and $17.63 for 2025. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $3.64 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $4.02. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $3.8 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 9.50%, and 10.71% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 10.45% over the next five years, compared to 12.16% over the past 5-year period.

Looking at the support for the FDS, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Deutsche Bank stated their Hold rating for the stock in a research note on December 08, 2023, with the firm’s price target at $471-$480.

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