FactSet (FDS) Stock Slides After Q1 FY2026 Earnings: Revenue Beat, Guidance Reaffirmed, and a $1 Billion Buyback — What Investors Are Watching (Dec. 18, 2025)
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS) delivered a “beat-and-dip” kind of morning on Thursday, December 18, 2025: the company topped Wall Street expectations for revenue and adjusted earnings in its fiscal first quarter, reaffirmed full‑year guidance, and expanded its share repurchase authorization to $1 billion—yet the stock fell sharply in trading. The Motley Fool+3GlobeNewswire+3Reuters+3 That tension captures the current mood around FactSet stock: investors are weighing steady subscription growth and durable retention against margin pressure from heavier technology/content spending—and the broader anxiety that AI tools could reshape the financial information market faster than incumbents can monetize the shift. GlobeNewswire+2MarketWatch+2 What
