FactSet Research Systems Reports Q3 2026 Results: Full Earnings Call Transcript

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS ) reported third-quarter financial results on Wednesday. The transcript from the company's third-quarter earnings call has been provided below. This transcript is brought to you APIs. For real-time access to our entire catalog, please visit for a consultation.

48 billion and a 34% adjusted operating margin. The company highlighted strategic initiatives including the rollout of AI-powered sales tools and the expansion of AI solutions under FactSet Intelligence, which are driving client engagement and ASV growth. Significant client wins include a mandate with a global sovereign wealth fund and enterprise contract renewals, underscoring deepening relationships. AI is a major growth driver, contributing over 10% to ASV growth, with FactSet's MCP platform seeing increased adoption.

FactSet is focused on productivity improvements, resulting in a 10% reduction in technology workforce and operational efficiencies. The company reaffirmed its guidance, with expectations to track toward the high end of revenue and EPS ranges due to strong ASV growth. FactSet announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to enhance AI capabilities and distribution, supporting its AI infrastructure strategy. Management emphasized the transition to longer-term enterprise agreements, providing flexibility and potential for future revenue growth.

Full Transcript OPERATOR Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the FactSet third quarter earnings call. At this time, all participants are in the listen-only mode. After this week's presentation, there will be a question and answer session.

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I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Kevin Toomey, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Kevin Toomey, Head of Investor Relations Thank you and good morning everyone. Welcome to FactSet's third quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call.

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During this call, unless otherwise noted, relative performance metrics reflect changes as compared to the respective fiscal 2025 period. Joining me today are Sanoke Viswanathan, Chief Executive Officer, and Josh Warren, Chief Financial Officer. I will now turn the discussion over to Sanoke. Thank you, Kevin.

Good morning, everybody, and thank you for joining the call. Q3 performance was strong with our fifth consecutive quarter of acceleration in organic ASV growth. 48 billion across all regions and client types. Adjusted operating margin was 34%, reflecting the investments that we've made this year.

1% year over year. Our client engagement and growth trends this quarter show that our four foundational strengths of connected data, embedded workflows, service excellence, and broad and deep distribution are becoming even more valuable as our clients deploy AI widely. Five example client wins from this quarter demonstrate the breadth and depth of our solutions and the tangible impact of strategic investments we've made in new products such as managed portfolio services, deep sector content, and real-time data. We won a mandate to deliver turnkey performance, risk, and reporting managed services to one of the largest global sovereign wealth funds.

We expanded our engagement with a large global OCIO to provide comprehensive reporting and digital capabilities wrapped with managed services from our subject matter experts. We signed a five-year enterprise contract renewal at a major global bank. The scope has increased to include more data consumption with deep sector content playing a key role. LPL Financial, the largest independent broker-dealer in the US that supports over 32,000 financial advisors, selected our real-time data platform to support their cloud-native trading application and intraday portfolio P&L workflows.

We displaced a long-standing incumbent to expand our presence at a large global investment manager across their front and middle office. Already a top 20 client seeking to further consolidate their operations with FactSet. Each of these five wins represents an existing client expanding their relationship with FactSet, underscoring meaningful room to grow within our current relationships. Last quarter, I shared the three priorities gu