Factset Research Systems price to free cash flow FDS

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 16.6×
10-year median: 27.5×
Against its 10-year history: 8th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 11.2× to 37.0×
Peer median: 14.0×

Factset Research Systems' price to free cash flow is 16.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 27.5×, lower than on 92% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.2× in Feb 2026 to 37.0× in Dec 2021.

The median for 10 application software stocks of a similar size is 14.0×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 27.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	16.6×	11.2×	17.3×
2025	17.7×	15.9×	33.6×
2024	30.1×	24.2×	30.3×
2023	31.0×	26.2×	32.3×
2022	31.4×	28.3×	36.8×
2021	37.0×	24.1×	37.0×
2020	29.5×	20.7×	35.7×
2019	28.0×	21.6×	34.0×
2018	21.5×	21.0×	27.9×
2017	26.6×	23.9×	29.5×
2016	23.0×	19.9×	24.6×
2015	24.0×	22.3×	26.7×
2014	24.4×	17.0×	24.4×
2013	18.7×	18.6×	21.7×
2012	18.5×	18.2×	23.3×
2011	22.2×	22.1×	25.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Software - Application nearest Factset Research Systems' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
FDSFactset Research Systems	16.6×
PINSPinterest	9.9×
DOCNDigitalOcean	56.4×
ESTCElastic	30.8×
MTCHMatch	9.2×
HUBSHubSpot	16.9×
HNGEHinge Health	31.0×
FICOFair Isaac	17.7×
SSNCSS&C Technologies	11.1×
RNGRingCentral	10.9×
TTDTrade Desk	7.1×
Peer median	14.0×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.