A share price of Factset Research Systems Inc [FDS] is currently trading at $437.6, up 0.13%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The FDS shares have gain 3.87% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.69%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Factset Research Systems Inc [NYSE: FDS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 21, 2025, when Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Underweight but kept the price target unchanged to $402 for it. Previously, Redburn Atlantic downgraded its rating to Sell on October 09, 2024, and dropped its price target to $380. On October 02, 2024, Evercore ISI initiated with a In-line rating and assigned a price target of $470 on the stock. Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and suggested a price target of $435 on August 13, 2024. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Underperform and reduced its price target to $407 on May 30, 2024. Wolfe Research started tracking with a Underperform rating for this stock on April 11, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $430. In a note dated March 22, 2024, Barclays downgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $480 to $460.
Factset Research Systems Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $391.69 and $499.87. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $458 within the next 12 months. Factset Research Systems Inc [NYSE: FDS] shares were valued at $437.6 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.66% based on the average FDS price forecast.
Analyzing the FDS fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Factset Research Systems Inc [NYSE:FDS] were 2.29B which represents 5.94% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.53% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.31%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.28%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.23%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.12, Equity is 0.26 and Total Capital is 0.18. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.75.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 430.76 points at the first support level, and at 423.91 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 442.19, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 446.77.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Factset Research Systems Inc [NYSE:FDS] is 1.47. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.47, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.69. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.26, the price to book ratio is 8.08 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 31.60.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Snow Frederick Philip, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Jun 02 ’25 when 3000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Snow Frederick Philip completed a deal on Jun 02 ’25 to buy 3000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer Snow Frederick Philip sold 3000.0 shares on May 01 ’25.
