Factset
About: FactSet provides financial data and portfolio analytics to the Global investment community. The company aggregates data from third-party data suppliers, news sources, exchanges, brokerages, and contributors into its workstations. In addition, it provides essential portfolio analytics that companies use to monitor portfolios and address reporting requirements. Buy-side clients (including wealth and corporate clients) account for 82% of FactSet's annual subscription value. In 2015, the company acquired Portware, a provider of trade execution software. In 2017, it acquired BISAM, a risk management and performance measurement provider. In 2022, it completed its purchase of CUSIP Global Services.
Employees: 12,598
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
438% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $29.2M | Put options by funds: $5.43M
40% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q3] → 7 (+2) [Q4]
30% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 95 | Existing positions closed: 73
7% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $16.5B [Q3] → $17.6B (+$1.19B) [Q4]
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 816 [Q3] → 827 (+11) [Q4]
0.12% more ownership
Funds ownership: 94.29% [Q3] → 94.41% (+0.12%) [Q4]
8% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 265 | Existing positions reduced: 289
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
BMO Capital Jeffrey Silber 39% 1-year accuracy 16 / 41 met price target | 8%upside $466 | Market Perform Maintained | 24 Mar 2025 |
UBS Alex Kramm 58% 1-year accuracy 11 / 19 met price target | 11%upside $480 | Neutral Maintained | 21 Mar 2025 |
Wells Fargo Jason Haas 45% 1-year accuracy 24 / 53 met price target | 7%downside $402 | Underweight Downgraded | 21 Mar 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Toni Kaplan 27% 1-year accuracy 7 / 26 met price target | 10%downside $390 | Underweight Maintained | 21 Mar 2025 |
RBC Capital Ashish Sabadra 54% 1-year accuracy 29 / 54 met price target | 16%upside $503 | Sector Perform Reiterated | 10 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about FDS published over the past 30 days









