FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for November 28, 2012

By NASDAQ.com News November 26, 2012, 09:00:03 AM EDT

FactSet Research Systems Inc. ( FDS ) has announced an ex-dividend date of November 28, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.31 per share scheduled for December 18, 2012. Shareholders who purchased FDS stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that FDS has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $91.39, the dividend yield is 1.36%.

The previous trading day's last sale of FDS was $91.39, representing a -16.31% decrease from the 52 week high of $109.20 and a 7.04% increase over the 52 week low of $85.38.

FDS is a part of the Technology sector, which includes companies such as Google Inc. ( GOOG ) and Facebook, Inc. ( FB ). FDS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.14. Zacks Investment Research reports FDS's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 8.52%, compared to an industry average of 11.6%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the FDS Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to FDS through an Exchange Traded Fund ( ETF )?
The following ETF(s) have FDS as a top-10 holding:

  • PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio ( PXSG ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is PXSG with an increase of 7.73% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of FDS at 0.48%.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


This article appears in: News Headlines, Stocks

Referenced Stocks: ETF, FB, FDS, GOOG, PXSG



Latest News Video



From Our Trusted News Source





Most Active by Volume:

Company Last Sale Change Net / %
BAC $ 13.21 0.10  0.75%
HPQ $ 24.86 3.63  17.10%
SIRI $ 3.545 0.01  0.28%
MU $ 11.39 0.47  4.30%
MSFT $ 34.15 0.46  1.33%
F $ 14.81 0.16  1.07%
QQQ $ 73.45 0.17  0.23%
GE $ 23.66 0.20  0.84%