Weekly Recap | Factset Research -13.99%, consensus target above spot
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Factset Research (FDS) fell 13.99% this week to close at $259.71, trailing the S&P 500 by about 13.19 percentage points. The stock slid across all four sessions: it opened on 8 Sep (Tue) at $302.68, then marked a low of $255.87 on 11 Sep (Fri) before settling at $259.71, a clear one-way pullback with a 15.5% intraweek range. Average daily volume reached 1.27m shares, about 1.5x the 60-session median, suggesting heavier turnover during the sell-off.
The Week
Factset Research (FDS) fell 13.99% this week to close at $259.71, trailing the S&P 500 by about 13.19 percentage points. The stock slid across all four sessions: it opened on 8 Sep (Tue) at $302.68, then marked a low of $255.87 on 11 Sep (Fri) before settling at $259.71, a clear one-way pullback with a 15.5% intraweek range. Average daily volume reached 1.27m shares, about 1.5x the 60-session median, suggesting heavier turnover during the sell-off.
Analyst Ratings
Among 18 brokers covering the name, 3 rate it buy, 9 hold, 4 sell and 2 under. The consensus rating is hold, with a consensus target of $265.56, about 2.25% above the latest close of $259.71. Targets are wide apart: the highest is $340, the lowest $210, pointing to real dispersion. Within the Financial Exchanges & Data industry, FDS ranks 5th out of 26 names on analyst rating, in the upper-middle tier.
The Week Ahead
A busy macro calendar lies ahead: the New York Fed manufacturing index lands on 15 Sep (Tue), with US retail sales and the NAHB housing market index following on 16 Sep (Wed), all of which could shift expectations around financial data demand. On 30 Sep (Wed) before the open, FactSet reports fiscal Q4 results — consensus is EPS of $3.911 on revenue of $630m — a key test of whether the recent pullback holds up against fundamentals.
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