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Financial profile · FY2026

Recurring subscription growth and cash generation, with recent margin pressure

FactSet has a subscription-led model that has delivered steady multi-year revenue growth and substantial operating cash generation with comparatively modest capital spending. Historically high operating profitability supports that cash generation, while share repurchases have reduced the diluted share count.

What is developing

Fiscal 2026 sustained revenue growth and increased free cash flow, but operating income and net income declined as costs rose faster than revenue. This is a meaningful profitability squeeze, while continued revenue growth and cash generation leave the established subscription-and-cash-generation profile intact.

What matters next

Whether operating margins stabilize as restructuring and compensation-related costs recede or change.

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Metric FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026
1.2B 1.4B 1.4B 1.5B 1.6B 1.8B 2.1B 2.2B 2.3B
(566.6m) (659.3m) (663.4m) (695.4m) (786.4m) (871.1m) (973.2m) (1B) (1.1B) (1.2B)
654.6m 690.8m 771.9m 798.7m 805m 972.8m 1.1B 1.2B 1.2B 1.3B
(298.6m) (324.6m) (333.9m) (359m) (331m) (433m) (457.1m) (485.1m) (475.7m) (553.2m)
(298.6m) (324.6m) (333.9m) (359m) (331m) (433m) (457.1m) (485.1m) (475.7m) (553.2m)
356m 366.2m 438m 439.7m 474m 539.8m 655.2m 706m 748.3m
(6.6m) (14.4m) (16.1m) (9.8m) (6.4m) (29.5m) (53.5m) (51.3m) (49.8m) (50.6m)
— — — — — — 66.3m 65.8m 56.3m 54.7m
(5.1m) 0 0 — — (64.3m) (25.9m) (4.7m) — —
— — — (2.7m) (30k) (2.4m) 8.3m 1.5m 22.4m 379k
344.3m 351.8m 422m 427.1m 467.6m 443.6m 584m 651.5m 721m 649.7m
(86.1m) (59.3m) (72.6m) (54.2m) (68m) (46.7m) (115.8m) (114.4m) (123.9m) (116.2m)
258.3m 292.6m 349.4m 372.9m 399.6m 396.9m 468.2m 537.1m 597m 533.5m
258.3m 267.1m 352.8m 372.9m 399.6m 396.9m 468.2m 537.1m 597m
6.51 6.78 9.07 9.65 10.36 10.25 12.04 13.91 15.55