Growth Metrics

Factset Research Systems (FDS) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Factset Research Systems (FDS) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $90.4 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 49.49% year-over-year to $90.4 million, compared with a TTM value of $647.4 million through Nov 2025, up 20.67%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $617.5 million, changed 0.46% over the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $90.4 million for Q4 2025 at Factset Research Systems, down from $178.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $228.6 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $60.5 million in Q4 2024.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $140.9 million, with a median of $137.9 million recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Free Cash Flow soared 74.69% in 2021, then tumbled 56.38% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $64.3 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 37.83% to $88.7 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 56.39% to $138.7 million in 2023, then plummeted by 56.38% to $60.5 million in 2024, then surged by 49.49% to $90.4 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for FDS at $90.4 million in Q4 2025, $178.1 million in Q3 2025, and $228.6 million in Q2 2025.