FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) earnings on September 30, 2026
More FactSet Research Systems Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial
The company said profit margins in 2026 would be the minimum level and aimed to improve profitability. Sales from AI products more than doubled, helping the stock recover and close up 3.84%.
FDS price around the earnings
269.95
Change: +3.8%
2026-09-30, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
248.01
255.89
263.76
271.64
259.97
September 30, 2026
- Price: green if it ends above the starting price; red if it ends below
- Start of the measured window
- End of the measured window
- Market open
- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial
- Thesis published
- Results released
The technical setup points pessimistic and carried the evaluation despite some positive elements. The stock has dropped 13.41% over the past month, significantly underperforming the broader market, and the analyst consensus is neutral with a target about 1% above the current price.
Context analyzed before publication
- Reasoning
- Stock shows strong negative trend strength and relative weakness ahead of earnings. Analysts are neutral.
- Trend
- First evaluation, no trend yet.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Hold
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 3.22
- Analysts covering the stock
- 16
- Average price target
- 270
- Lowest price target
- 210
- Highest price target
- 340
- Upside to price target
- 3.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -14.7%
- Revenue growth
- 6.4%
- Forward EPS
- 19.72
- Trailing EPS
- 14.74
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 5
- Strong buy: 0
- Buy: 3
- Hold: 9
- Sell: 4
- Strong sell: 2
- Strong buy
- 0
- Buy
- 3
- Hold
- 9
- Sell
- 4
- Strong sell
- 2
- September 11, 2026 · Deutsche Bank: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- September 10, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- September 8, 2026 · William Blair: Upgrades rating (Market Perform → Outperform)
- September 8, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Underweight → Underweight)
- August 27, 2026 · RBC Capital: Maintains rating (Sector Perform → Sector Perform)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mentions
- 0
News
Sources (4)
- FactSet Research Earnings Are Imminent; These Most Accurate Analysts Revise Forecasts Ahead Of Earnings Call (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Deutsche Bank Maintains Hold on FactSet Research Systems, Raises Price Target to $299 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on FactSet Research Systems, Raises Price Target to $300 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- OpenAI Launches ChatGPT For Financial Services With GPT-6 Astra Reasoning; ChatGPT For Financial Services Developed With Morgan Stanley & Evercore Partnership; Working With Factset, S&P Global, Preqin & Datasite On Shared Sign-In & Entitlement Integrations For ChatGPT For Financial Services (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 259.89
- Average true range (ATR)
- 4%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -17.1%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -6.2%
- 30-day change (32d)
- -15.9%
- 30-day relative strength
- -15.3%
- SPY change (32d)
- -0.6%
- Nearest support
- 259.6
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.1%
- Nearest resistance
- 263.52
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 1.4%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 1.06
- Mid: 259.6 (0.1% away, 0.03 ATR, 10 touches)
- Minor: 257.65 (0.9% away, 0.22 ATR, 8 touches)
- Mid: 255.97 (1.5% away, 0.38 ATR, 15 touches)
- Mid: 263.52 (1.4% away, 0.35 ATR, 13 touches)
- Mid: 266.46 (2.5% away, 0.64 ATR, 10 touches)
- Mid: 268.58 (3.3% away, 0.84 ATR, 16 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +1.3%
- July 1, 2026: actual EPS 4.53 vs estimate 4.45 (surprise +1.8%)
- March 31, 2026: actual EPS 4.46 vs estimate 4.38 (surprise +1.9%)
- December 18, 2025: actual EPS 4.51 vs estimate 4.36 (surprise +3.5%)
- September 18, 2025: actual EPS 4.05 vs estimate 4.13 (surprise -1.9%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +3.4%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 4.8%
- 75th percentile move
- 6.6%
- 90th percentile move
- 7.8%
- Up / down moves
- 10 / 10
- Average up move
- +4.1%
- Average down move
- -5.5%
Monitoring and close
What FactSet Research Systems Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 4.52 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 4.33 |
| EPS surprise | +4.4% |
| Revenue | $635 million |
| Revenue estimate | $630 million |
| Revenue surprise | +0.8% |
Conagra reported quarterly earnings of $174.3 million, up from $164.5 million a year ago, while facing higher transportation costs that could pressure inflation.
Sources (18)
- FactSet Calls 2026 Margins the ‘Floor’ As It Targets Profitability Improvement (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- FactSet Research Systems Q4 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) — MarketBeat
- FactSet Research Systems Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- FactSet’s AI Sales More Than Double, Stock Reverses Early Losses (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- FactSet's Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Increase 6.3% Y/Y (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- FactSet Shares Fall 3.5% as Fiscal 2027 Guidance Comes in Below Expectations (opens in a new tab) — InvestorsHub
- Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About FactSet (FDS) Q4 Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) EPS Beat Fails to Offset In-Line Revenue as Shares Slide (opens in a new tab) — ChartMill
- FactSet stock falls over 3% on disappointing guidance (opens in a new tab) — Investing.com
- Earnings Scheduled For September 30, 2026 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- FactSet Research (FDS) Tops Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- FactSet (NYSE:FDS) Posts Better-Than-Expected Sales In Q3 CY2026 (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
- FactSet Research Systems Sees FY2027 GAAP EPS $17.00-$17.50 vs $17.85 Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- FactSet Research Systems Sees FY2027 Adj EPS $19.25-$19.65 vs $19.68 Est; Sees Sales $2.600B-$2.625B vs $2.616B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- FactSet Research Systems reported Q4 adjusted EPS of $4.52, beating the $4.33 estimate. Revenue of $634.7 million also exceeded expectations of $629.8 million. — Benzinga
- FactSet Research Systems Q4 Adj. EPS $4.52 Beats $4.33 Estimate, Sales $634.698M Beat $629.829M Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- FactSet Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026 (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2026 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, Results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue and the price is indicating -2.3% pre-market, a move below the stock's usual reaction (about 5%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: the price move doesn't follow the direction the results point to.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Partial
- Consolidated
- +3.8%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 4.8%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 4.7%