Analysts await FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:FDS) to report earnings on Mar, 15 for the fiscal quarter ending Feb 2016.

They expect $1.52 EPS, up 8.55% or $0.13 from last year’s $1.39 per share.

At the moment 16 analysts are watching FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:FDS), 1 rate it “Buy”, 0 “Outperform”, 13 “Underperform”, 1 “Sell”, while 1 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Nov-16, 10 analysts have a mean sales target of 301.54 million. For the quarter ending Feb-16, 15 analysts have a mean sales target of 282.99 million whilst for the year ending Aug-16, 16 analysts have a mean target of 1,136.30 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 11 analysts have a 1.67 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Nov-16, for the quarter ending Feb-16, 15 analysts have a 1.52 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Feb-16 there are 15 estimates of 6.15 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in FactSet Research Systems Inc. include BAMCO Inc which owns 4 million shares in the company valued at $578.06 million. Vanguard Group Inc is the second biggest holder with 3 million shares currently valued at 474.09 million whilst T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. has 3 million shares valued at 415.89 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 42,674,797 with a reported 2,401,776 bought and 3,093,700 sold. These holdings make up 75.41% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 7,005,740 shares in the business which makes up 17.01% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Howard E. Wille who owns 3,600,633 shares (8.74% of those outstanding), whilst Charles J. Snyder holds 1,951,248 (4.74% of shares outstanding) and Philip A. Hadley holds 786,447 (1.91% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 0.18% or $0.28 during the last trading session, hitting $185.00. FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:FDS) has risen 10.57% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.