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FactSet Research Systems (FactSet Research Systems) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.90 (As of Feb. 2024)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

FactSet Research Systems's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $29 Mil. FactSet Research Systems's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,675 Mil. FactSet Research Systems's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $898 Mil. FactSet Research Systems's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.90.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for FactSet Research Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FDS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1   Med: 1.44   Max: 3.65
Current: 2.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of FactSet Research Systems was 3.65. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 1.44.

FDS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
55.37% of 419 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 1.56 vs FDS: 2.08

FactSet Research Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for FactSet Research Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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FactSet Research Systems Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.15 1.63 1.49 3.65 2.34

FactSet Research Systems Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.34 2.22 2.99 1.96 1.90

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, FactSet Research Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


FactSet Research Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, FactSet Research Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FactSet Research Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



FactSet Research Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

FactSet Research Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(28.839 + 1811.082) / 788.001
=2.33

FactSet Research Systems's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(28.965 + 1675.247) / 897.884
=1.90

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


FactSet Research Systems  (NYSE:FDS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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FactSet Research Systems (FactSet Research Systems) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
45 Glover Avenue, 7th Floor, Norwalk, CT, USA, 06850
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 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.
Executives
Frederick Philip Snow director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Laurie Siegel director C/O VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC., 1133 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Katherine M Stepp officer: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC., 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Rachel Rebecca Stern officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Robert J. Robie officer: EVP, Head of Trading&Analytics 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Christopher R Ellis officer: EVP, Initiatives & P'ships FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC., 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Malcolm Frank director FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC., 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Goran Skoko officer: EVP, Wealth Solutions 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Kristina W Karnovsky officer: EVP, Chief Product Officer 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
John Costigan officer: Chief Content Officer FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS, 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Catrina Harding officer: Chief People Officer FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC., 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Jonathan Reeve officer: EVP, Senior Head of CTS 601 MAIN AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06851
Shlomo Elisha Wiesel director FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC., 45 GLOVER AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06850
Sheila B Jordan director 601 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT 06851
Joseph Zimmel director 601 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT 06851