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FactSet Workstation

Score8.4 out of 10

68 Reviews and Ratings

What is FactSet Workstation?

The FactSet Workstation is a dynamic platform designed to empower financial professionals with seamless data access, advanced analytics, and technology. Integrating over 800 data sources across asset classes and markets, it consolidates crucial insights and elevates decision-making.

Its AI-powered tools include smart search and chat features. The workstation simplifies complex workflows, enabling users to uncover insights quickly and improve collaboration. From research and portfolio construction to wealth management, the platform adapts to diverse needs, offering configurability and real-time integration within existing workflows. With a focus on productivity and streamlining processes, the FactSet Workstation provides customizable solutions for workflows such as:

• Investment & Quantitative Research
• Portfolio Management & Trading
• Risk & Performance Analysis
• Banking
• Wealth Management
• Managed Services
• Investor Relations
• Private Capital
• Industry Research & Analysis

For more information, visit www.factset.com.

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Screenshot of FactSet Internal Research Notes (IRN), which streamlines research with one connected platform. These can be used to organize, share, and analyze everything from market trends to individual securities. Its AI tools help to boost collaboration, enhance workflows, and drive smarter investment decisions.
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Top Performing Features

  • Macroeconomic News

    The quality and completeness of news and information about current macroeconomic events and trends

    Category average: 7.9

  • Search Tools

    The quality and effectiveness of tools to help locate specific and relevant information within the platform

    Category average: 8.4

  • M&A Analysis

    The quality and completeness of mergers and acquisitions filings, news, rumors, etc.

    Category average: 7.5

Areas for Improvement

  • Independent Research Access

    The ability to access third-party analyses, e.g., Morningstar reports

    Category average: 8

  • ESG Data

    The quality and completeness of data on Environmental, Social, and Governance practices

    Category average: 6.4

  • Private Company Data

    The ability to access fundamentals, earnings, or other information for companies that are not publicly listed

    Category average: 6.2

Too much data to verify.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Financial estimates from analyst estimates, screening for M&A transactions and capital raises, screening for shareholder rights plans and being able to use the date to complete various analyses. Using FactSet to check financials. We use FactSet often to complete public company analyses is our most likely use cases and is able to quickly do calendar figures even if the company is on an off calendar fiscal year.

Pros

  • Market Figures (Stock Price, Ent Value, Equity Value)
  • Rights Plan Data
  • Screening for Selected Data

Cons

  • Often unclear where estimates come from
  • Excel popup for formulas is often difficult to use and glitchy
  • Providing source of data

Return on Investment

  • improved time to complete an analysis
  • Often data is incorrect or no source provided
  • Only source we've found to support a rights plan and takeover defense analysis

Usability

Alternatives Considered

PitchBook and AlphaSense

Other Software Used

PitchBook, AlphaSense, Bloomberg Terminal

FactSet Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

FactSet is a great one-stop application to use for market data, news, research, modeling, and alerts. During the quarterly earnings reporting season, it is a very valuable tool to stay organized and stay informed when multiple companies are reporting earnings on the same day and I need to stay focused on changes that impact investment decision making. It is also a very user-friendly interface whether working at my desktop, a notebook, tablet or my mobile phone.

Pros

  • Excel Integration
  • Email alerts
  • News and market research
  • Economic data

Cons

  • Better way to get email news efficiently
  • More AI driven Excel modeling
  • Better help desk access

Return on Investment

  • It is a reasonably good price point compared to competitors
  • It is very intuitive and user-friendly
  • It saves me time

Usability

Alternatives Considered

LSEG Eikon

Other Software Used

Orion Practice Management System, Redtail CRM, Microsoft 365

Innovative Product and Great Value

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use FactSet as our main portfolio analytics and report tool, with access to live pricing, benchmarks, and commonly used ratios to report to our advisors and clients/prospective clients about the strategies we manage. In addition, we use FactSet for investment research, earnings reports transcripts and calls, and access to analyst reports.

Pros

  • Live pricing and portfolio monitoring
  • Portfolio analytics
  • Earnings report logging and analyst estimates

Cons

  • Support turnarounds on new features sometimes backlogged
  • Occasional connection issues
  • Confusing file storage system

Return on Investment

  • We were able to end contracts with a few vendors because FactSet provided everything we need for stock screening, modeling, and analytics directly saving us capital that could be repurposed elsewhere
  • Having a an all in one system that does everything speeds up training and learning curve for users
  • Cheaper than main competitor Bloomberg

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Bloomberg Terminal

Other Software Used

SS&C Salentica

A top-notch financial data repository for buy-side equity analysts

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

FactSet Workstation has provided me with all the essential information I need as an analyst to conduct detailed reports on equity securities. It also allows me to monitor our company holdings in clients’ portfolios with ease of use. By having one place to go, I can keep up-to-date on every equity security and save time from jumping back and forth between a company’s investor relations page and other sources during earnings season.

Pros

  • Consolidates large financial datasets
  • Provides historical financial data
  • Provides real-time price data for most asset classes (equities, bonds, commodities, etc.)

Cons

  • AI Capabilities, where FactSet Workstation can quickly provide me with information and consolidate information it holds on its platform
  • Can be difficult to find specific information quickly
  • FactSet Workstation can be challenging to navigate due to its extensive tools

Return on Investment

  • FactSet Workstation has certainly cut down the time it takes to search for specific financial metrics such as CAGRs, valuation ratios, and historical financial data.
  • FactSet Workstation has saved time scouring through conference call transcripts and company fillings

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Quartr, Koyfin and S&P Capital IQ

Other Software Used

Quartr, Microsoft Excel, Morningstar Direct

FactSet Workstation

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use FactSet Workstation for portfolio analysis, risk models, equity screening, data management and market monitoring in my role as a portfolio manager. FactSet screens and tools help with generating investment ideas and portfolio attribution. The main problem FactSet solves for our firm is the aggregation of data into one platform. That feature is a huge time saver compared to piece-meal data from several sources.

Pros

  • Aggregating financial and economic data
  • Adding new features
  • Reliability in data and uptime

Cons

  • More timely customer service
  • Easier uploading of data
  • Price negotiation

Return on Investment

  • A lot of time savings due to the centralized data
  • Risk reporting / insights have saved us a few times
  • Incremental performance gains with portfolio analytics

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Bloomberg Terminal

Other Software Used

Bloomberg Terminal