Growth Metrics

Factset Research Systems (FDS) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Factset Research Systems posted quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio of 14.16 for Q1 2026, up 6.23% year-on-year from 13.33 in Q1 2025, and down 1.32% on a QoQ basis from 14.35 in Q4 2025.

Factset Research Systems (FDS) has 8 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 14.16 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 6.23% year-over-year to 14.16; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at 13.75 (up 18.1% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 13.29, up 24.61% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 14.16, down from 14.35 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 14.35 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 6.01 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 11.13 (2023), against an average of 11.04.
  • Peak annual rise in Interest Coverage Ratio reached 74.98% in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 18.04% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 10.39 in 2022, then rose by 8.65% to 11.29 in 2023, then advanced by 17.65% to 13.29 in 2024, then increased by 8.0% to 14.35 in 2025, then slipped by 1.32% to 14.16 in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 14.16 (Q1 2026), 14.35 (Q4 2025), and 13.76 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn 20.85
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 30.04
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 8.20
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn -
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 7.55
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn -0.95
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 6.61
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 38.02
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn 3.95
10 Factset Research Systems 9.06 Bn 8.78 Bn 314.28 Mn 14.16

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 14.16
Nov 30, 2025 14.35
Aug 31, 2025 13.76
May 31, 2025 12.84
Feb 28, 2025 13.33
Nov 30, 2024 13.29
Aug 31, 2024 8.22
May 31, 2024 11.98
Feb 29, 2024 10.96
Nov 30, 2023 11.29
Aug 31, 2023 6.96
May 31, 2023 10.51
Feb 28, 2023 10.11
Nov 30, 2022 10.39
Aug 31, 2022 8.49
May 31, 2022 6.01
Aug 31, 2018 9.20
Aug 31, 2017 10.23
Aug 31, 2016 52.66