DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2026

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

FactSet Research Systems Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries ("we," "our," "us," the "Company" or "FactSet") is a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider with open and flexible technologies that deliver financial intelligence to investment professionals worldwide.

Our platform delivers expansive data, sophisticated analytics, and flexible, artificial intelligence ("AI")-powered technologies used by global financial professionals to power their critical investment workflows. As of February 28, 2026, we had more than 9,000 clients comprised of over 241,000 investment professionals, including institutional asset managers, bankers, wealth managers, asset owners, hedge funds, corporate users, and private equity and venture capital professionals. Our revenues are primarily derived from subscriptions to our multi-asset class data and solutions powered by our connected data and technology platform. Our products and services include workstations, portfolio analytics and enterprise data solutions. We also offer managed services that operate as an extension of our clients' internal teams to support data, performance, risk and reporting workflows.

We drive our business based on a detailed understanding of our clients' workflows, which helps us to solve their most complex challenges. We provide financial data and market intelligence on securities, companies, industries and people to enable our clients to research investment ideas and analyze, monitor and manage their portfolios. Our solutions span the investment lifecycle of investment research, portfolio construction and analysis, trade execution, performance measurement, risk management and reporting. We provide open and flexible technology offerings, including a configurable desktop and mobile platform, comprehensive data solutions, cloud-based digital solutions, and application programming interfaces ("APIs"). AI is embedded across these offerings to enhance data discovery, automate routine workflows and improve the speed and accuracy of client insights. The CUSIP Global Services ("CGS") business supports security master files relied on by the investment industry for critical front, middle and back-office functions. All of our platforms and solutions are supported by our client service team.

We operate our business through three reportable segments ("segments"): the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Refer to Note 15, Segment Information for further discussion on our segments. Within each segment, we offer data, products and analytical applications by firm type: Institutional Buyside, Dealmakers, Wealth, and Market Infrastructure. In fiscal 2026, we renamed "Partnerships and CGS" to "Market Infrastructure".