| FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | (NY: FDS) |
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(FDS) Community Analysis from
Bulls REASONS TO BUY
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Company is cheaper than its peers |
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Impressive earnings growth, nice dividends, strong balance sheet |
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Well-prepared in case soft-dollars are eliminated |
Bears REASONS TO SELL
May 25, 2013
(Disciplined Approach to Investing,
9/1/12)
In spite of the high level of negative earnings guidance issued by companies for the third quarter, the market is shaking of this news and moving higher. Factset reports,
"For Q3...(read more)
(Stock Blog Hub,
6/14/12)
• Shares of VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) lost 5.9% after it disclosed that a Texas federal jury had given a verdict in favor of its rival CardSoft Inc. in a...(read more)
(Wall Street Sector Selector,
8/26/11)
There’s a lot of discussion about resources being a bubble and about why each faltering piece of data about slowing GDP grow signals lower demand ahead. It’s not. Demand is...(read more)
FactSet Research Systems (FDS) Company Overview
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS) sells financial data and analysis products to asset managers and investment banks.[1] The company aggregates financial information for tens of thousands of companies and securities world-wide from more than 200 information databases and implements this into a single online platform offering application suites for analysis and research.[1] All of FactSet's clients come from the financial services industry, including hedge funds, private equity firms, and investment banks;[2][1] in fiscal 2009, 82% of revenue came from investment management clients, while the remaining 18% came from investment banking institutions.[1][3]
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- Company Overview
- Business and Financial Metrics
- Business Segments
- Subscriptions and Commissions from Investment Management Clients (82% of Total Revenues)
- Subscriptions from Investment Banking Clients (18% of Total Revenues)
- Trends and Forces
- FactSet is Particularly Vulnerable to a Downturn In The Financial Services Industry
- FactSet Maintains an Extremely High Client Retention Rate While Continuing to Add New Customers
- FactSet derives 32% of its revenue from international clients
- Competition
- References
