FactSet Research Systems Inc.

NYSE:FDS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$18.4b

FactSet Research Systems Valuation

Is FDS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FDS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: FDS ($483.52) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($410.88)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FDS is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FDS?

Key metric: As FDS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FDS. This is calculated by dividing FDS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FDS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio34.1x
EarningsUS$538.59m
Market CapUS$18.37b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FDS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FDS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average41.2x
CBOE Cboe Global Markets
25.8x6.7%US$20.1b
MORN Morningstar
44.7x9.8%US$14.6b
TW Tradeweb Markets
63.1x17.3%US$31.4b
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings
31.1x10.5%US$8.6b
FDS FactSet Research Systems
34.1x8.6%US$18.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FDS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.1x) compared to the peer average (41.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FDS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

22 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.6xn/aUS$2.24b
CET Central Securities
4.4xn/aUS$1.29b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.2xn/aUS$1.18b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
FDS 34.1xIndustry Avg. 23.6xNo. of Companies73PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FDS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.1x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FDS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FDS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34.1x
Fair PE Ratio18.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FDS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FDS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$483.52
US$473.40
-2.1%
9.5%US$536.00US$390.00n/a17
Dec ’25US$490.67
US$461.52
-5.9%
10.2%US$525.00US$373.00n/a17
Nov ’25US$458.80
US$455.11
-0.8%
9.4%US$503.00US$373.00n/a17
Oct ’25US$454.98
US$457.17
+0.5%
8.8%US$503.00US$373.00n/a17
Sep ’25US$422.84
US$431.05
+1.9%
8.7%US$500.00US$355.00n/a17
Aug ’25US$408.71
US$432.55
+5.8%
8.6%US$500.00US$355.00n/a16
Jul ’25US$411.16
US$437.17
+6.3%
8.6%US$500.00US$355.00n/a16
Jun ’25US$404.26
US$444.60
+10.0%
8.0%US$500.00US$372.00n/a16
May ’25US$419.57
US$452.86
+7.9%
8.0%US$500.00US$372.00n/a17
Apr ’25US$442.88
US$455.73
+2.9%
8.0%US$500.00US$372.00n/a16
Mar ’25US$461.32
US$452.38
-1.9%
9.1%US$500.00US$372.00n/a16
Feb ’25US$484.57
US$449.63
-7.2%
9.0%US$500.00US$372.00n/a16
Jan ’25US$477.05
US$452.19
-5.2%
8.7%US$500.00US$372.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$455.17
US$440.44
-3.2%
9.6%US$500.00US$352.00US$490.6716
Nov ’24US$436.57
US$436.38
-0.04%
9.7%US$500.00US$352.00US$458.8016
Oct ’24US$437.26
US$437.64
+0.09%
9.5%US$500.00US$352.00US$454.9816
Sep ’24US$435.48
US$435.31
-0.04%
10.1%US$500.00US$332.00US$422.8417
Aug ’24US$433.59
US$437.43
+0.9%
10.5%US$500.00US$332.00US$408.7117
Jul ’24US$400.65
US$436.61
+9.0%
10.5%US$500.00US$332.00US$411.1617
Jun ’24US$390.29
US$433.33
+11.0%
12.0%US$520.00US$335.00US$404.2616
May ’24US$411.13
US$433.09
+5.3%
12.9%US$520.00US$335.00US$419.5714
Apr ’24US$415.09
US$434.57
+4.7%
12.9%US$520.00US$335.00US$442.8814
Mar ’24US$412.77
US$430.46
+4.3%
13.6%US$520.00US$335.00US$461.3213
Feb ’24US$426.55
US$430.46
+0.9%
13.6%US$520.00US$335.00US$484.5713
Jan ’24US$401.21
US$428.08
+6.7%
13.7%US$520.00US$335.00US$477.0513
Dec ’23US$472.16
US$419.54
-11.1%
12.9%US$500.00US$335.00US$455.1713

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:04
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/11/30
Annual Earnings2024/08/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

FactSet Research Systems Inc. is covered by 42 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Manav PatnaikBarclays