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FactSet Research Systems Inc
(NYSE:FDS) 

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FactSet Research Systems Inc. provides integrated financial information and analytical applications to the investment and corporate communities in the Americas, EMEA, and the Asia Pacific. The company delivers insight and information through the workflow solutions of research, analytics and trading,...

Founded: 1978
Full Time Employees: 10,484
CEO: Philip Snow  
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

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At a glance:
  • Recurring Revenue Model Supports Stability: FactSet generates the majority of revenue from subscription-based financial data and analytics, which tends to be sticky and provides good visibility into future revenue.
  • Retention and Client Penetration Are Core Growth Levers: Ongoing growth is typically driven by strong client retention, upsell/cross-sell of additional content and workflows, and expanding relationships within existing buy-side and sell-side accounts.
  • Margin Profile Benefits from Scale, but Faces Cost Pressures: Operating leverage from a scaled platform can support solid margins, though headwinds can come from content/data costs, cloud and technology investments, and wage inflation for specialized talent.
  • Competitive Landscape Remains Intense: FactSet competes with other major financial data platforms and niche providers; differentiation often depends on workflow integration, unique datasets, and product innovation.
  • Capital Allocation Often Balanced Between Buybacks and Investment: The company has historically returned capital via share repurchases while also investing in product development and selective acquisitions to enhance data coverage and analytics capabilities.
Bull Thesis:
  • Strong Recurring Revenue and High Client Retention: FactSet operates on a subscription-based model, providing highly predictable and stable revenue streams. Its integrated platform becomes deeply embedded in client workflows, leading to high switching costs and consistently strong client retention rates, ensuring a stable base for future growth.
  • Continuous Product Innovation and Strategic Acquisitions: FactSet consistently invests in research and development to enhance its platform with new data sets (e.g., ESG, private markets), analytical tools, and workflow solutions. Strategic acquisitions, such as CUSIP Global Services, further expand its offerings, market reach, and competitive moat, attracting new users and increasing value for existing ones.
  • Sticky Client Base and Market Leadership in Niche Segments: Serving a critical function for investment professionals (portfolio managers, analysts, wealth managers), FactSet has cultivated a highly sticky client base. While competing with larger players, FactSet maintains a strong leadership position in specific segments due to its tailored solutions and superior user experience, fostering long-term client relationships.
  • Operating Leverage and Margin Expansion Potential: As a software and data provider, FactSet benefits from significant operating leverage. As its user base and data offerings expand, the incremental cost of serving additional clients or providing new data can be relatively low, leading to potential for continued margin expansion and improved profitability over time.
Bear Thesis:
  • Intense Competition and Pricing Pressure: FactSet operates in a highly competitive market dominated by giants like Bloomberg and Refinitiv (LSEG), as well as numerous niche players and emerging fintechs. This intense competition can lead to pricing pressure, limit market share gains, and necessitate continuous investment in R&D, potentially impacting profitability.
  • Sensitivity to Financial Market Conditions: While its revenue is recurring, FactSet's growth is inherently tied to the health and activity of the global financial markets. Downturns in asset management, investment banking, or corporate M&A activity can lead to layoffs in client firms, reduced demand for data terminals, or pressure to renegotiate contracts, impacting user growth and revenue.
  • High Valuation and Growth Expectations: FactSet often trades at a premium valuation, reflecting its stable business model and consistent performance. However, this high valuation implies significant future growth expectations. Any slowdown in revenue growth, unexpected operational challenges, or a miss on earnings could lead to a substantial correction in its stock price.
  • Technological Disruption and AI Integration Risk: The financial data and analytics space is rapidly evolving with advancements in AI, machine learning, and alternative data sources. While FactSet is investing in these areas, there's a risk that new technologies or platforms could emerge that offer superior, more cost-effective, or more integrated solutions, potentially disrupting FactSet's traditional business model if it fails to adapt quickly enough.
Main Competitors:
  • Bloomberg L.P. (Bloomberg Terminal), Bloomberg is FactSet's primary and most comprehensive competitor, offering a vast array of real-time and historical financial data, news, analytics, trading tools, and communication services through its ubiquitous terminal. It competes on breadth, depth, speed, and its integrated ecosystem, often targeting the same institutional investment professionals.
  • London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) ($LSEG) (Refinitiv Workspace, Refinitiv Data Platform), LSEG, through its acquisition of Refinitiv, is a major competitor providing extensive financial market data, analytics, trading solutions, and news. Products like Refinitiv Workspace directly compete with FactSet's platform for delivering market insights, company fundamentals, estimates, and portfolio analytics to financial professionals.
  • S&P Global Market Intelligence ($SPGI) (S&P Capital IQ Pro), S&P Global Market Intelligence competes by offering deep company-specific data, industry analysis, credit ratings, and market intelligence. Its Capital IQ Pro platform provides detailed financial data, estimates, ownership, and M&A information, directly challenging FactSet's core offerings for equity research, M&A, and credit analysis.
  • Morningstar, Inc. ($MORN) (Morningstar Direct), Morningstar specializes in investment research, fund data, and portfolio analytics, particularly for asset managers, wealth advisors, and individual investors. Its Morningstar Direct platform competes with FactSet's capabilities for fund analysis, portfolio construction, performance attribution, and manager research.
Moat:
FactSet operates in a highly competitive market for financial data and analytics, characterized by high switching costs and the critical importance of data accuracy and breadth. Its main competitors, including Bloomberg, LSEG (Refinitiv), S&P Global Market Intelligence, and Morningstar, vie for market share by offering comprehensive data, advanced analytical tools, and integrated workflow solutions. FactSet's moat lies in its robust data aggregation, customizable analytics, strong client relationships, and a reputation for a more flexible and often cost-effective alternative to some of its larger rivals, particularly Bloomberg. Competition centers on data quality, user experience, integration capabilities, and pricing.
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      revenues
    622,918,000 611,019,000 607,621,000 596,901,000 585,520,000 570,660,000 568,667,000 562,187,000 552,708,000 545,945,000 542,216,000 535,797,000 529,811,000 515,085,000 504,815,000 499,297,000 488,751,000 431,119,000 424,725,000 411,894,000 399,558,000 391,788,000      267,767,000 364,533,000 354,895,000  345,862,000 339,911,000 335,231,000 329,141,000 326,642,000 312,120,000 294,354,000 288,063,000 287,291,000 287,501,000 281,796,000 270,504,000 261,778,000 254,522,000 247,792,000 242,676,000 238,664,000 231,761,000 226,934,000 222,975,000 219,333,000 214,613,000 213,083,000 211,085,000 -597,324,207 202,311,000 199,371,000 196,448,000 191,939,000 183,647,000 177,635,000 173,289,000 168,234,000 160,301,000 157,281,000 155,243,000 155,462,000 154,387,000 156,542,000 155,632,000 153,707,000 147,399,000 140,238,000 134,175,000 129,532,000 121,075,000 116,313,000 108,881,000 105,216,000 98,815,000 93,665,000 89,654,000 79,342,000 76,472,000 74,063,000 67,682,000 63,600,000 61,371,000 59,257,000           
      yoy
    6.39% 7.07% 6.85% 6.17% 5.94% 4.53% 4.88% 4.93% 4.32% 5.99% 7.41% 7.31% 8.40% 19.48% 18.86% 21.22% 22.32% 10.04%          -22.58% 7.24% 5.87%  5.88% 8.90% 13.89% 14.26% 13.70% 8.56% 4.46% 6.49% 9.75% 12.96% 13.72% 11.47% 9.68% 9.82% 9.19% 8.84% 8.81% 7.99% 6.50% 5.63% -136.72% 6.08% 6.88% 7.45% -411.21% 10.16% 12.24% 13.36% 14.09% 14.56% 12.94% 11.62% 8.22% 3.83% 0.47% -0.25% 1.14% 4.74% 11.63% 15.99% 18.66% 21.74% 20.57% 23.23% 23.11% 22.53% 24.18% 21.45% 32.61% 29.22% 26.47% 32.46% 24.75% 24.61% 24.99%               
      qoq
    1.95% 0.56% 1.80% 1.94% 2.60% 0.35% 1.15% 1.72% 1.24% 0.69% 1.20% 1.13% 2.86% 2.03% 1.11% 2.16% 13.37% 1.51% 3.12% 3.09% 1.98%       -26.55% 2.72%   1.75% 1.40% 1.85% 0.77% 4.65% 6.04% 2.18% 0.27% -0.07% 2.02% 4.17% 3.33% 2.85% 2.72% 2.11% 1.68% 2.98% 2.13% 1.78% 1.66% 2.20% 0.72% 0.95% -135.34% -395.25% 1.47% 1.49% 2.35% 4.52% 3.38% 2.51% 3.00% 4.95% 1.92% 1.31% -0.14% 0.70% -1.38% 0.58% 1.25% 4.28% 5.11% 4.52% 3.58% 6.98% 4.09% 6.83% 3.48% 6.48% 5.50% 4.47% 13.00% 3.75% 3.25% 9.43% 6.42% 3.63% 3.57%            
      operating expenses
                                                                                                        
      cost of services
    312,190,000 296,742,000 287,916,000 288,670,000 280,729,000 269,604,000 258,779,000 258,196,000 246,986,000 255,142,000 251,621,000 263,688,000 241,689,000 240,806,000 227,042,000 241,944,000 222,618,000 199,395,000 207,149,000 197,532,000 205,257,000 195,523,000 188,088,000 183,568,000 170,703,000 176,218,000 164,957,000 167,730,000 163,832,000 165,108,000 166,776,000 169,467,000 165,073,000 163,232,000 161,524,000 161,269,000 146,426,000 131,635,000 127,250,000 124,160,000 124,602,000 123,911,000 114,736,000 107,594,000 100,686,000 99,516,000 97,543,000 92,521,000 90,661,000 87,254,000 83,250,000 80,231,000 76,721,000 75,842,000 73,586,000 -202,967,463 68,878,000 67,531,000 66,833,000 65,477,000 62,224,000 60,137,000 56,785,000 53,918,000 51,355,000 50,870,000 50,407,000 52,647,000 50,847,000 52,537,000 53,332,000 50,684,000 48,134,000 47,478,000 44,943,000 41,697,000 39,429,000 36,730,000 34,941,000 32,623,000 31,543,000 29,122,000 28,064,000 23,770,000 21,293,000 22,007,000 19,727,000 18,394,000 18,198,000 17,875,000 11,633,000 18,947,000 17,960,000 17,746,000 17,709,000 17,339,000 16,598,000 16,301,000 -44,499,424 15,863,000 
      gross profit
    310,728,000 314,277,000 319,705,000 308,231,000 304,791,000 301,056,000 309,888,000 303,991,000 305,722,000 290,803,000 290,595,000 272,109,000 288,122,000 274,279,000 277,773,000 257,353,000 266,133,000 231,724,000 217,576,000 214,362,000 194,301,000 196,265,000      100,037,000 200,701,000 189,787,000  176,395,000 174,838,000 171,999,000 167,617,000 165,373,000 165,694,000 162,719,000 160,813,000 163,131,000 162,899,000 157,885,000 155,768,000 154,184,000 153,836,000 148,276,000 145,133,000 146,143,000 141,100,000 139,680,000 139,725,000 139,102,000 137,892,000 137,241,000 137,499,000 -800,291,670 133,433,000 131,840,000 129,615,000 126,462,000 121,423,000 117,498,000 116,504,000 114,316,000 108,946,000 106,411,000 104,836,000 102,815,000 103,540,000 104,005,000 102,300,000 103,023,000 99,265,000 92,760,000 89,232,000 87,835,000 81,646,000 79,583,000 73,940,000 72,593,000 67,272,000 64,543,000 61,590,000 55,572,000 55,179,000 52,056,000 47,955,000 45,206,000 43,173,000 41,382,000           
      yoy
    1.95% 4.39% 3.17% 1.39% -0.30% 3.53% 6.64% 11.72% 6.11% 6.02% 4.62% 5.73% 8.26% 18.36% 27.67% 20.06% 36.97% 18.07%          -43.29% 14.79% 10.34%  6.66% 5.52% 5.70% 4.23% 1.37% 1.72% 3.06% 3.24% 5.80% 5.89% 6.48% 7.33% 5.50% 9.03% 6.15% 3.87% 5.06% 2.33% 1.78% 1.62% -117.38% 3.34% 4.10% 6.08% -732.83% 9.89% 12.21% 11.25% 10.62% 11.45% 10.42% 11.13% 11.19% 5.22% 2.31% 2.48% -0.20% 4.31% 12.12% 14.64% 17.29% 21.58% 16.56% 20.68% 21.00% 21.37% 23.30% 20.05% 30.63% 21.92% 23.99% 28.43% 22.93% 27.81% 25.79%               
      qoq
    -1.13% -1.70% 3.72% 1.13% 1.24% -2.85% 1.94% -0.57% 5.13% 0.07% 6.79% -5.56% 5.05% -1.26% 7.93% -3.30% 14.85% 6.50% 1.50% 10.32% -1.00%       -50.16% 5.75%   0.89% 1.65% 2.61% 1.36% -0.19% 1.83% 1.19% -1.42% 0.14% 3.18% 1.36% 1.03% 0.23% 3.75% 2.17% -0.69% 3.57% 1.02% -0.03% 0.45% 0.88% 0.47% -0.19% -117.18% -699.77% 1.21% 1.72% 2.49% 4.15% 3.34% 0.85% 1.91% 4.93% 2.38% 1.50% 1.97% -0.70% -0.45% 1.67% -0.70% 3.79% 7.01% 3.95% 1.59% 7.58% 2.59% 7.63% 1.86% 7.91% 4.23% 4.79% 10.83% 0.71% 6.00% 8.55% 6.08% 4.71% 4.33%            
      gross margin %
    49.88% 51.43% 52.62% 51.64% 52.05% 52.76% 54.49% 54.07% 55.31% 53.27% 53.59% 50.79% 54.38% 53.25% 55.02% 51.54% 54.45% 53.75% 51.23% 52.04% 48.63% 50.09% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 37.36% 55.06% 53.48% NaN% 51.00% 51.44% 51.31% 50.93% 50.63% 53.09% 55.28% 55.83% 56.78% 56.66% 56.03% 57.58% 58.90% 60.44% 59.84% 59.81% 61.23% 60.88% 61.55% 62.66% 63.42% 64.25% 64.41% 65.14% 133.98% 65.95% 66.13% 65.98% 65.89% 66.12% 66.15% 67.23% 67.95% 67.96% 67.66% 67.53% 66.14% 67.07% 66.44% 65.73% 67.03% 67.34% 66.14% 66.50% 67.81% 67.43% 68.42% 67.91% 68.99% 68.08% 68.91% 68.70% 70.04% 72.16% 70.29% 70.85% 71.08% 70.35% 69.83% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 
      selling, general and administrative
    144,427,000 129,316,000 127,634,000 130,910,000 110,636,000 115,564,000 118,553,000 172,519,000 103,098,000 108,807,000 100,711,000 131,227,000 115,725,000 104,582,000 105,596,000 123,847,000 119,881,000 108,376,000 94,915,000 95,186,000 76,599,000 80,132,000 79,087,000 101,445,000 81,740,000 87,305,000 88,515,000 84,985,000 83,461,000 81,099,000 84,325,000 88,039,000 81,573,000 76,514,000 78,519,000 82,945,000 78,052,000 70,973,000 70,494,000 75,397,000 73,609,000 72,541,000 68,460,000 68,531,000 68,480,000 67,628,000 64,873,000 66,757,000 68,063,000 64,626,000 64,985,000 68,568,000 66,255,000 81,077,000 66,414,000 -192,266,734 64,939,000 64,723,000 62,862,000 67,472,000 59,600,000 59,405,000 57,075,000 56,886,000 53,262,000 51,938,000 50,789,000 48,456,000 50,234,000 51,969,000 50,970,000 52,792,000 51,346,000 49,520,000 46,735,000 45,167,000 42,429,000 41,798,000 38,519,000 39,305,000 36,319,000  34,187,000 28,205,000 28,147,000 26,211,000 24,725,000 23,375,000 21,671,000 20,343,000 19,616,000 20,656,000 19,808,000 19,202,000 19,012,000 18,956,000 18,729,000    
      total operating expenses
    456,617,000 426,058,000 415,550,000 419,580,000 391,365,000 385,168,000 377,332,000 434,329,000 350,249,000 364,003,000 353,176,000 419,694,000 357,852,000 345,835,000 332,920,000 367,078,000 391,497,000 307,771,000 302,064,000 292,718,000 281,856,000 275,655,000 267,175,000 285,013,000 252,443,000 263,523,000 253,472,000 252,715,000 247,293,000 246,207,000 251,101,000 257,506,000 246,646,000 239,746,000 240,043,000 244,214,000 224,478,000 202,608,000 197,744,000 199,557,000 198,211,000 196,452,000 183,196,000 176,125,000 169,166,000 167,144,000 162,416,000 159,278,000 158,724,000 151,880,000 148,235,000 148,799,000 142,976,000 156,919,000 140,000,000 98,941,750 133,817,000 132,254,000 129,695,000 132,949,000 121,824,000 119,542,000 113,860,000 110,804,000 104,617,000 102,808,000 101,196,000 101,103,000 101,081,000 104,506,000 104,302,000 103,476,000 99,480,000 96,998,000 91,678,000 86,864,000 81,858,000 78,528,000 73,460,000 71,928,000 67,862,000 64,021,000 62,251,000 51,975,000 49,440,000 48,218,000 44,452,000 41,769,000 39,869,000 38,218,000 31,249,000 39,603,000 37,768,000 36,948,000 36,721,000 36,295,000 35,327,000 35,592,000 -91,776,215 32,387,000 
      operating income
    166,301,000 184,961,000 192,071,000 177,321,000 194,155,000 185,492,000 191,335,000 127,858,000 202,459,000 181,942,000 189,040,000 116,103,000 171,959,000 169,250,000 171,895,000 132,219,000 97,254,000 123,348,000 122,661,000 119,176,000 117,702,000 116,133,000 121,031,000 98,577,000 121,640,000 106,257,000 113,186,000 111,568,000 117,240,000 108,688,000 100,539,000 88,356,000 93,265,000 95,485,000 89,098,000 82,428,000 87,642,000 91,746,000 90,319,000 87,734,000 89,290,000 85,344,000 87,308,000 85,653,000 85,356,000 80,648,000 80,260,000 79,386,000 73,037,000 75,054,000 74,740,000 70,534,000 71,637,000 56,164,000 71,085,000 -202,090,010 68,494,000 67,117,000 66,753,000 58,990,000 61,823,000 58,093,000 59,429,000 57,430,000 55,684,000 54,473,000 54,047,000 54,359,000 53,306,000 52,036,000 51,330,000                              
      yoy
    -14.35% -0.29% 0.38% 38.69% -4.10% 1.95% 1.21% 10.12% 17.74% 7.50% 9.97% -12.19% 76.81% 37.21% 40.14% 10.94% -17.37% 6.21% 1.35% 20.90% -3.24% 9.29% 6.93% -11.64% 3.75% -2.24% 12.58% 26.27% 25.71% 13.83% 12.84% 7.19% 6.42% 4.08% -1.35% -6.05% -1.85% 7.50% 3.45% 2.43% 4.61% 5.82% 8.78% 7.89% 16.87% 7.45% 7.39% 12.55% 1.95% 33.63% 5.14% -134.90% 4.59% -16.32% 6.49% -442.58% 10.79% 15.53% 12.32% 2.72% 11.02% 6.65% 9.96% 5.65% 4.46% 4.68% 5.29%                                  
      qoq
    -10.09% -3.70% 8.32% -8.67% 4.67% -3.05% 49.65% -36.85% 11.28% -3.75% 62.82% -32.48% 1.60% -1.54% 30.01% 35.95% -21.15% 0.56% 2.92% 1.25% 1.35% -4.05% 22.78% -18.96% 14.48% -6.12% 1.45% -4.84% 7.87% 8.11% 13.79% -5.26% -2.32% 7.17% 8.09% -5.95% -4.47% 1.58% 2.95% -1.74% 4.62% -2.25% 1.93% 0.35% 5.84% 0.48% 1.10% 8.69% -2.69% 0.42% 5.96% -1.54% 27.55% -20.99% -135.17% -395.05% 2.05% 0.55% 13.16% -4.58% 6.42% -2.25% 3.48% 3.14% 2.22% 0.79% -0.57% 1.98% 2.44% 1.38%                               
      operating margin %
    26.70% 30.27% 31.61% 29.71% 33.16% 32.50% 33.65% 22.74% 36.63% 33.33% 34.86% 21.67% 32.46% 32.86% 34.05% 26.48% 19.90% 28.61% 28.88% 28.93% 29.46% 29.64% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 41.67% 32.16% 30.63% Infinity% 25.55% 27.44% 28.48% 27.07% 25.23% 28.08% 31.17% 31.35% 30.54% 31.06% 30.29% 32.28% 32.72% 33.54% 32.55% 33.07% 33.26% 31.51% 33.07% 33.52% 32.16% 33.38% 26.36% 33.68% 33.83% 33.86% 33.66% 33.98% 30.73% 33.66% 32.70% 34.29% 34.14% 34.74% 34.63% 34.81% 34.97% 34.53% 33.24% 32.98% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 
      other income
    1,017,000 -11,679,000 10,338,000 22,466,000 -594,000 471,000 103,000 799,000 399,000 455,000 -118,000 3,279,000 3,310,000 1,346,000 322,000 -1,487,000 77,000 281,000 -1,237,000   347,000 230,000 -607,000 -289,000              -499,000 -191,250 -433,000 -424,000 93,000 391,000 482,000 534,000 430,000 227,000 334,000 344,000 341,000 345,000 361,000 357,000 428,000 314,000 483,000 496,000 277,000 194,000 172,000 132,000 125,000 72,000 86,000 151,000 238,000 96,000 181,000 197,000 618,000 835,000 852,000 1,431,000 2,042,000 2,358,000 2,143,000 1,797,000 1,487,000 1,420,000 1,060,000 562,000 1,702,000 316,000 216,000 168,000 128,000 223,000 687,000 735,000 638,000 509,000 546,000 596,000 615,000 522,000 574,000 608,000 675,750 830,000 
      interest income
    642,000 891,000 1,089,000 2,050,000 1,509,000 273,000 2,701,000 4,020,000 4,568,000 2,847,000 3,012,000 4,618,000 3,083,000                                                                                        
      interest expense
    -13,839,000 -13,062,000 -13,385,000 -12,886,000 -15,122,000 -13,916,000 -14,400,000 -15,547,000 -16,894,000 -16,599,000 -16,738,000 -16,691,000 -16,354,000 -13,834,000 -14,332,000 -14,304,000 -12,051,000 -1,673,000 -1,494,000 -1,712,000 -1,839,000 -1,814,000 -1,029,000 -1,826,000 -2,211,000 -2,661,000 -3,131,000                                                                          
      total other income
    -12,180,000 -23,850,000 -1,958,000 11,630,000 -14,207,000 -13,172,000 -11,596,000 -10,728,000 -11,927,000 -13,297,000 -13,844,000 -8,794,000 -9,961,000 -12,488,000 -14,010,000                                                                                      
      income before income taxes
    154,121,000 161,111,000 190,113,000 188,951,000 179,948,000 172,320,000 179,739,000 117,130,000 190,532,000 168,645,000 175,196,000 107,309,000 161,998,000 156,762,000 157,885,000 116,428,000 85,280,000 121,956,000 119,930,000 118,443,000 114,276,000 114,666,000 120,232,000 96,144,000 119,140,000 103,109,000 108,741,000 108,289,000 113,384,000 104,349,000 95,943,000 83,935,000 89,511,000 92,213,000 86,179,000 79,773,000 85,229,000 89,490,000 89,820,000 199,816,000 88,857,000 84,920,000 87,401,000 86,044,000 85,838,000 81,182,000 80,690,000 79,613,000 73,371,000 75,398,000 75,081,000 70,879,000 71,998,000 56,521,000 71,513,000 50,904,750 68,977,000 67,613,000 67,030,000 59,184,000 61,995,000 58,225,000 59,554,000 57,502,000 55,770,000 54,624,000 54,285,000 54,455,000 53,487,000 52,233,000 51,948,000 51,066,000 48,771,000 44,671,000 44,539,000 45,026,000 41,360,000 39,582,000 36,908,000 34,708,000 32,013,000 30,206,000 29,105,000 27,683,000 27,248,000 26,013,000 23,358,000 22,054,000 22,189,000 21,774,000 21,110,000 20,012,000 19,433,000 18,461,000 17,955,000 16,643,000 15,614,000 14,025,000 10,002,500 13,817,000 
      provision for income taxes
    27,403,000 28,055,000 37,533,000 35,335,000 31,406,000 27,460,000 29,717,000 27,634,000 32,397,000 27,705,000 26,641,000 42,190,000 27,335,000 25,169,000 21,087,000 12,006,000 10,370,000 12,018,000 12,283,000 17,381,000 13,597,000 18,023,000 19,026,000 7,065,000 17,924,000 14,423,000 14,784,000 16,762,000 21,119,000 19,647,000 11,647,000 15,112,000 14,765,000 39,076,000 15,800,000 20,221,000 19,815,000 22,780,000 23,237,000 55,509,000 22,076,000 17,157,000 27,436,000 23,860,000 24,429,000 19,584,000 24,830,000 24,206,000 21,839,000 22,972,000 22,903,000 19,916,000 18,631,000 11,982,000 21,744,000 15,837,250 20,997,000 20,867,000 21,486,000 18,304,000 18,684,000 12,971,000 17,953,000 18,211,000 17,112,000 18,505,000 18,142,000 18,180,000 14,951,000 17,678,000 16,363,000 17,482,000 16,229,000 15,179,000 15,140,000 14,310,000 12,785,000 13,101,000 13,113,000 11,265,000 10,977,000 10,964,000 9,910,000 8,132,000 10,078,000 9,616,000 8,673,000 7,367,000 7,452,000 7,866,000 7,623,000 5,744,000 7,286,000 6,925,000 6,787,000 6,291,000 5,790,000 5,414,000 3,828,500 5,245,000 
      net income
    126,718,000 133,056,000 152,580,000 153,616,000 148,542,000 144,860,000 150,022,000 89,496,000 158,135,000 140,940,000 148,555,000 65,119,000 134,663,000 131,593,000 136,798,000 104,422,000 74,910,000 109,938,000 107,647,000 101,062,000 100,679,000 96,643,000 101,206,000 89,079,000 101,216,000 88,686,000 93,957,000 91,527,000 92,265,000 84,702,000 84,296,000 68,823,000 74,746,000 53,137,000 70,379,000 59,552,000 65,414,000 66,710,000 66,583,000 144,307,000 66,781,000 67,763,000 59,965,000 62,184,000 61,409,000 61,598,000 55,860,000 55,407,000 51,532,000 52,426,000 52,178,000 50,963,000 53,367,000 44,539,000 49,769,000 -140,081,191 47,980,000 46,746,000 45,544,000 40,880,000 43,311,000 45,254,000 41,601,000 39,291,000 38,658,000 36,119,000 36,143,000 36,275,000 38,536,000 34,555,000 35,585,000 33,584,000 32,542,000 29,492,000 29,399,000 30,716,000 28,575,000 26,481,000 23,795,000 23,443,000 21,036,000  19,195,000 19,551,000 17,170,000 16,397,000 14,685,000 14,687,000 14,737,000 13,908,000 13,487,000 14,268,000 12,147,000 11,536,000 11,168,000 10,352,000 10,717,000 8,611,000 -24,662,599 8,572,000 
      yoy
    -14.69% -8.15% 1.71% 71.65% -6.07% 2.78% 0.99% 37.43% 17.43% 7.10% 8.59% -37.64% 79.77% 19.70% 27.08% 3.32% -25.60% 13.76% 6.36% 13.45% -0.53% 8.97% 7.72% -2.67% 9.70% 4.70% 11.46% 32.99% 23.44% 59.40% 19.77% 15.57% 14.27% -20.35% 5.70% -58.73% -2.05% -1.55% 11.04% 132.06% 8.75% 10.01% 7.35% 12.23% 19.17% 17.50% 7.06% 8.72% -3.44% 17.71% 4.84% -136.38% 11.23% -4.72% 9.28% -442.66% 10.78% 3.30% 9.48% 4.04% 12.04% 25.29% 15.10% 8.31% 0.32% 4.53% 1.57% 8.01% 18.42% 17.17% 21.04% 9.34% 13.88% 11.37% 23.55% 31.02% 35.84%  23.96% 19.91% 22.52%  30.71% 33.12% 16.51% 17.90% 8.88% 2.94% 21.32% 20.56% 20.76% 37.83% 13.34% 33.97% -145.28% 20.77%     
      qoq
    -4.76% -12.80% -0.67% 3.42% 2.54% -3.44% 67.63% -43.41% 12.20% -5.13% 128.13% -51.64% 2.33% -3.80% 31.00% 39.40% -31.86% 2.13% 6.52% 0.38% 4.18% -4.51% 13.61% -11.99% 14.13% -5.61% 2.65% -0.80% 8.93% 0.48% 22.48% -7.92% 40.67% -24.50% 18.18% -8.96% -1.94% 0.19% -53.86% 116.09% -1.45% 13.00% -3.57% 1.26% -0.31% 10.27% 0.82% 7.52% -1.71% 0.48% 2.38% -4.50% 19.82% -10.51% -135.53% -391.96% 2.64% 2.64% 11.41% -5.61% -4.29% 8.78% 5.88% 1.64% 7.03% -0.07% -0.36% -5.87% 11.52% -2.89% 5.96% 3.20% 10.34% 0.32% -4.29% 7.49% 7.91% 11.29% 1.50% 11.44%   -1.82% 13.87% 4.71% 11.66% -0.01% -0.34% 5.96% 3.12% -5.47% 17.46% 5.30% 3.30% 7.88% -3.41% 24.46% -134.92% -387.71%  
      net income margin %
    20.34% 21.78% 25.11% 25.74% 25.37% 25.38% 26.38% 15.92% 28.61% 25.82% 27.40% 12.15% 25.42% 25.55% 27.10% 20.91% 15.33% 25.50% 25.35% 24.54% 25.20% 24.67% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 34.18% 25.31% 23.87% Infinity% 19.90% 21.99% 15.85% 21.38% 18.23% 20.96% 22.66% 23.11% 50.23% 23.23% 24.05% 22.17% 23.75% 24.13% 24.86% 23.02% 23.22% 22.23% 23.10% 23.40% 23.24% 24.87% 20.90% 23.58% 23.45% 23.72% 23.45% 23.18% 21.30% 23.58% 25.48% 24.01% 23.35% 24.12% 22.96% 23.28% 23.33% 24.96% 22.07% 22.86% 21.85% 22.08% 21.03% 21.91% 23.71% 23.60% 22.77% 21.85% 22.28% 21.29% 0% 21.41% 24.64% 22.45% 22.14% 21.70% 23.09% 24.01% 23.47% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% 
      basic earnings per common share
    3,510 3,600 4,080 4,060 3,920 3,810 3,950 2,350 4,150 3,700 3,910 1,720 3,520 3,440 3,590 2,720 1,970 2,910 2,860 2,690 2,660 2,550 2,660 2,340 2,670 2,340 2,470 2,400 2,410 2,230 2,210 1,800 1,940 1,360 1,800 1,520 1,660 1,690 1,670 3,560 1,640 1,650 1,450 1,510 1,480 1,480 1,340 1,320 1,220 1,230 1,210 1,180 1,210 1,020 1,120 780 1,070 1,040 1,010 900 940 980 900 850 830 770 770 770 820 740 750 700 680 610 610 630 580 540 490 480 430 400 400 410 360 520 470 470 450 410 400 430 360 340 330 310 320 260 187.5 260 
      diluted earnings per common share
    3,500 3,590 4,060 4,020 3,870 3,760 3,890 2,330 4,090 3,650 3,840 1,690 3,460 3,380 3,520 2,670 1,930 2,840 2,790 2,630 2,620 2,500 2,620 2,290 2,630 2,300 2,430 2,350 2,370 2,190 2,170 1,770 1,910 1,330 1,770 1,510 1,660 1,680 1,660 3,510 1,620 1,630 1,430 1,480 1,450 1,460 1,320 1,300 1,210 1,220 1,190 1,150 1,200 1,000 1,110 -3,045.88 1,050 1,020 990 860 920 950 880 830 810 750 740 740 790 710 730 680 650 590 580 600 560 520 470 460 410 380 380 390 340 490 450 450 430 390 380 410 350 330 320 290 310 250 -709.04 250 
      basic weighted-average common shares
    36,122,000 36,927,000 37,409,000 37,924,000 37,907,000 38,015,000 38,005,000 38,059,000 38,089,000 38,103,000 38,016,000 38,194,000 38,278,000 38,281,000 38,122,000 37,864,000 37,934,000 37,837,000 37,678,000 37,856,000 37,806,000 37,916,000 38,007,000 37,936,000 37,885,000 37,875,000 37,978,000 38,144,000 38,223,000 38,055,000 38,106,000 38,733,000 38,594,000 38,991,000 39,085,000 39,444,000 39,317,000 39,489,000 39,827,000 40,880,000 40,779,000 41,117,000 41,387,000  41,628,000 41,630,000 41,683,000  42,166,000 42,547,000 43,134,000  43,954,000 43,813,000 44,316,000  44,791,000 44,880,000                                           
      diluted weighted-average common shares
    36,191,000 37,063,000 37,615,000 38,385,000 38,344,000 38,510,000 38,517,000 38,618,000 38,640,000 38,650,000 38,643,000 38,898,000 38,912,000 38,981,000 38,914,000 38,736,000 38,720,000 38,761,000 38,641,000 38,570,000 38,488,000 38,620,000 38,697,000 38,646,000 38,481,000 38,576,000 38,587,000 38,873,000 38,993,000 38,619,000 38,809,000 39,377,000 39,104,000 39,846,000 39,680,000 39,642,000 39,457,000 39,700,000 40,100,000 41,365,000 41,189,000 41,536,000 42,063,000  42,297,000 42,306,000 42,340,000  42,615,000 43,107,000 43,773,000  44,485,000 44,455,000 44,984,000 45,810 45,736,000 45,707,000                                           
      asset impairments
           3,614,000 165,000 54,000 844,000 24,779,000 438,000 447,000 282,000                                                                                      
      long-lived asset impairments
                   15,746,250 48,998,000                                                                                    
      other expense
                       -252,250 -1,587,000     -487,000 -1,314,000        -2,919,000                                                                  
      revenue
                          388,206,000 383,590,000 374,083,000 369,780,000 366,658,000    351,640,000                                                                      
      other expenses
                                                                                                        
      interest expense, net of interest income
                               -28,861,000 3,856,000   -2,486,250 -3,754,000 -3,272,000  -986,250 -2,413,000 -1,048,000                                                               
      interest (expense), net of interest income
                                 -4,339,000 -4,596,000                                                                      
      loss on sale of business
                                       -305,750  -1,208,000                                                               
      total other expense
                                   -2,486,250 -3,754,000 -3,272,000  -1,292,000 -2,413,000 -2,256,000                                                               
      cash dividends declared per common share
                                                  390                                                      
      weighted-average common shares
                                               41,572,000    42,436,000    43,890,000       45,107,000 45,953,000 45,969,000 46,226,000 46,283,000 46,698,000 46,544,000 46,917,000 47,156,000 47,158,000 47,120,000 47,000,000 47,412,000 48,065,000 47,934,000 48,069,000 48,381,000 48,873,000 48,911,000 48,957,000 48,957,000 48,688,000 48,849,000 48,569,000 48,373,000 48,044,000 48,001,000 31,728,000 32,272,000 31,189,000 32,928,000 33,800,000 33,637,000 33,455,000 33,617,000 33,811,000 33,642,000 33,746,000 33,546,000 33,494,000  33,173,000 
      income from operations
                                                                           50,231,000 47,919,000 43,240,000 42,497,000 42,668,000 39,217,000 37,785,000 35,421,000 33,288,000 30,953,000 29,644,000 27,403,000 27,367,000 27,032,000 25,845,000 23,230,000 21,831,000 21,502,000 21,039,000 20,472,000 19,503,000 18,887,000 17,865,000 17,340,000 16,121,000 15,040,000 13,417,000 -37,256,097 12,987,000 
      selling, general and administrative (includes sbc of 1,295 and 3,037 for the three and six months ended february 28, 2006, respectively. sbc was 0 in the year ago periods ended february 28, 2005).
                                                                                     34,899,000                   
      net income (includes sbc, net of tax of 1,372 and 3,148 for the three and six months ended february 28, 2006, respectively. sbc was 0 in the year ago periods ended february 28, 2005).
                                                                                     19,242,000                   
      the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                        
      subscription revenues
                                                                                                        
      commissions
                                                                                              12,351,000 17,109,000 16,300,000 15,995,000 17,719,000 15,598,000 15,000,000 13,879,000 10,423,750 14,757,000 
      cash fees
                                                                                              30,292,500 41,997,000 40,355,000 38,818,000 36,342,000 36,818,000 35,367,000 35,130,000 21,878,500 30,617,000 
      total subscription revenues
                                                                                              42,643,500 59,106,000 56,655,000 54,813,000 54,061,000 52,416,000 50,367,000 49,009,000 32,302,250 45,374,000 
      expenses
                                                                                                        
      data center relocation charge
                                                                                                     904,000   
      non-recurring tax benefit
                                                                                                  -223,250  -893,000    
      total provision for income taxes
                                                                                                  6,787,000 6,291,000 4,897,000    
      the accompanying notes are an integral part of unaudited these consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                        
      selling, general, and administrative
                                                                                                     18,387,000 11,835,250 16,524,000 
      retirement bonus
                                                                                                        
      total income taxes
                                                                                                      3,828,500 5,245,000 
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        assets
                                                                                                       
        cash and cash equivalents
      288,114,000 268,338,000 275,448,000 337,651,000 356,361,000 278,548,000 289,168,000 422,979,000 453,144,000 381,708,000 411,855,000 425,444,000 486,627,000 445,326,000 437,142,000 503,273,000 526,966,000 773,012,000 673,900,000 681,865,000 658,340,000 602,684,000 560,137,000 585,605,000 457,707,000 343,488,000 336,217,000 359,799,000 323,960,000 218,335,000 170,378,000 208,623,000 213,061,000 233,628,000 161,758,000 155,351,000 173,288,000 228,407,000 187,436,000 175,170,000 180,148,000 158,914,000 157,895,000 122,070,000 115,235,000 116,378,000 118,858,000 88,790,000 174,021,000 196,627,000 242,839,000 151,314,000 210,712,000 189,044,000 228,530,000 184,998,000 193,754,000 181,685,000 208,668,000 203,105,000 202,351,000 195,741,000 224,713,000 204,595,000 217,861,000 216,320,000 191,111,000 132,308,000 123,856,000 117,986,000 166,829,000 123,380,000 154,922,000 168,834,000 172,045,000 139,142,000 138,877,000 126,549,000 102,184,000 72,948,000 51,071,000 62,656,000 37,394,000 50,362,000 78,580,000 40,152,000 36,811,000 52,977,000 51,126,000 39,808,000 15,267,000 36,816,000 44,819,000 49,566,000 55,704,000 48,014,000 25,736,000 
        investments
      16,122,000 16,929,000 17,233,000 17,445,000 7,684,000 8,471,000 69,623,000 69,619,000 68,890,000 68,519,000 32,072,000 32,210,000 32,151,000 32,022,000 32,572,000 33,219,000 33,580,000 34,984,000 34,993,000 35,984,000 18,361,000 17,768,000 18,166,000 19,572,000 22,606,000 23,885,000 26,051,000 25,813,000 26,355,000 27,069,000 27,470,000 29,259,000 30,485,000 31,558,000 31,927,000 30,003,000 20,951,000 24,217,000 23,720,000 22,931,000 23,145,000 23,497,000 25,020,000 25,335,000 24,727,000 20,008,000 15,217,000 14,185,000 13,756,000 12,725,000 14,579,000 14,827,000 14,527,000 13,919,000 13,566,000 15,185,000 13,792,000             25,032,000 24,845,000 23,745,000 16,386,000 17,388,000 17,135,000 16,902,000 16,908,000 16,641,000 16,430,000 17,261,000 17,183,000 27,919,000 26,014,000 17,529,000 19,524,000 59,614,000 86,508,000 129,203,000 118,136,000 113,188,000 106,045,000 101,843,000 86,017,000 69,844,000 39,613,000 43,510,000 42,355,000 
        accounts receivable
      289,990,000 320,233,000 289,000,000 270,684,000 271,851,000 277,636,000 252,521,000 228,054,000 240,096,000 272,177,000 245,318,000 237,665,000 237,794,000 257,408,000 227,489,000 204,102,000 226,488,000 188,308,000 157,390,000 151,187,000 161,073,000 171,574,000 156,218,000 155,011,000 151,398,000 168,139,000 145,434,000 146,309,000 153,461,000 176,356,000 159,890,000 156,639,000 145,255,000 165,493,000 147,455,000 130,825,000 109,680,000 97,797,000 104,666,000 105,928,000 98,630,000 95,064,000 91,860,000 100,038,000 88,453,000 90,354,000 86,069,000 97,564,000 76,348,000 73,290,000 69,143,000 85,763,000 78,895,000 74,251,000 66,568,000 71,459,000 64,833,000 75,004,000 67,537,000 70,501,000 63,869,000 59,693,000 58,495,000 68,193,000 60,310,000 62,854,000 70,579,000 81,621,000 71,313,000 74,859,000 69,369,000 70,767,000                          
        prepaid taxes
      58,325,000 28,681,000 26,040,000 33,600,000 61,048,000 75,931,000 78,682,000 55,103,000 44,416,000 42,570,000 25,678,000 24,206,000 21,566,000 41,605,000 32,178,000 38,539,000 31,366,000 36,569,000 23,840,000 13,917,000 29,436,000 22,425,000 25,908,000 38,067,000 42,250,000 25,917,000  15,033,000 10,365,000 25,730,000  6,274,000 9,236,000 8,110,000 5,344,000 4,760,000    2,107,000  4,808,000 12,190,000 15,282,000  6,532,000 3,136,000 14,487,000 821,000 16,937,000 16,303,000 14,962,000  2,485,000 2,792,000 3,549,000   6,776,000 9,282,000   1,270,000 9,481,000 7,213,000 7,415,000 2,796,000 382,000  1,090,000 3,385,000 10,244,000                   362,000    1,346,000   
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      74,968,000 89,997,000 100,851,000 70,379,000 63,534,000 67,055,000 60,702,000 60,093,000 51,729,000 58,047,000 50,848,000 50,610,000 66,171,000 82,293,000 99,826,000 91,214,000 55,070,000 57,786,000 58,445,000 50,625,000 52,844,000 53,262,000 43,660,000 43,675,000 34,468,000 39,676,000 38,513,000 36,858,000 35,030,000 40,475,000 33,445,000 30,121,000 31,573,000 33,278,000 24,076,000 20,408,000 18,045,000 15,697,000 15,736,000 17,808,000 16,401,000 19,786,000 15,479,000 17,583,000 15,332,000 14,662,000 15,156,000 13,536,000 12,997,000 15,652,000 14,071,000 14,040,000 11,555,000 14,341,000 13,436,000 13,078,000 11,361,000 12,473,000                                        
        total current assets
      727,519,000 724,178,000 708,572,000 729,759,000 760,478,000 707,641,000 750,696,000 835,848,000 858,275,000 823,021,000 765,771,000 770,135,000 844,309,000 858,654,000 829,207,000 870,347,000 873,470,000 1,090,659,000 948,568,000 933,578,000 920,054,000 867,713,000 804,089,000 841,930,000 708,429,000 601,105,000 546,215,000 583,812,000 549,171,000 487,965,000 391,183,000 430,916,000 429,610,000 472,067,000 373,183,000 344,040,000 324,659,000 369,276,000 383,019,000 327,341,000 320,848,000 304,174,000 304,214,000 281,925,000 245,732,000 249,775,000 240,103,000 232,036,000 280,969,000 318,034,000 360,088,000 284,561,000 320,046,000 299,125,000 328,695,000 292,037,000 287,561,000 273,170,000 298,490,000 298,452,000 278,894,000 265,145,000 295,427,000 293,299,000 295,562,000 299,410,000 278,327,000 226,110,000 207,683,000 234,523,000 273,223,000 236,186,000 241,581,000 252,332,000 251,079,000 231,713,000 222,395,000 206,980,000 185,938,000 157,407,000 133,665,000 154,601,000 139,158,000 131,580,000 154,748,000 149,595,000 169,835,000 224,901,000 212,347,000 197,839,000 167,523,000 180,333,000 172,063,000 158,421,000 137,628,000 127,250,000 108,616,000 
        property, equipment and leasehold improvements
      82,319,000 84,427,000 84,964,000 85,203,000 79,627,000 79,739,000 81,524,000 82,513,000 80,843,000 80,971,000 83,168,000 86,107,000 81,908,000 81,790,000 79,296,000 80,843,000 85,625,000 114,789,000 122,407,000 131,377,000 135,850,000 132,871,000 135,121,000 133,102,000 136,655,000 135,016,000 137,726,000 132,524,000 105,287,000 104,829,000 101,566,000 100,545,000 94,380,000 97,470,000 97,442,000 89,450,000 90,438,000 84,622,000 78,082,000 75,667,000 69,717,000 59,264,000 54,458,000 56,693,000 55,908,000 57,641,000 58,045,000 60,627,000 64,284,000 65,371,000 67,707,000 71,083,000 75,521,000 76,530,000 77,173,000 78,595,000 80,065,000 81,620,000 81,787,000 81,336,000 80,628,000 79,495,000 79,067,000 82,463,000 88,427,000 88,379,000 89,820,000 91,589,000 92,278,000 91,113,000 88,125,000 80,805,000 79,280,000 78,945,000 70,314,000 65,773,000 63,461,000 59,812,000 59,828,000 52,529,000 50,428,000 50,924,000 46,382,000 45,253,000  21,942,000 18,797,000 19,505,000 19,347,000 20,195,000 23,233,000 24,219,000 27,555,000 28,993,000 30,947,000 33,205,000  
        goodwill
      1,283,377,000 1,287,221,000 1,279,593,000 1,284,708,000 1,277,855,000 1,245,315,000 1,092,202,000 1,011,129,000 1,004,749,000 1,003,883,000 1,005,269,000 1,004,736,000 982,162,000 977,359,000 974,846,000 965,848,000 978,860,000 786,172,000 783,025,000 754,205,000 749,896,000 746,041,000 738,575,000 709,703,000 688,484,000 690,637,000 691,321,000 685,729,000 690,956,000 700,029,000 694,897,000 701,833,000 704,807,000 716,912,000 695,667,000 506,832,000 507,656,000 452,915,000 460,393,000 489,340,000 498,636,000 308,287,000 307,231,000 305,893,000 279,421,000 285,608,000 287,287,000 287,545,000 259,345,000 244,573,000 243,080,000 243,638,000 246,734,000 245,791,000 221,757,000 225,275,000 224,776,000 228,265,000 228,559,000 226,924,000 223,203,000 221,991,000 172,053,000 176,769,000 183,123,000 181,355,000 180,301,000 171,527,000 175,196,000 187,780,000 160,211,000 159,989,000 149,127,000 146,187,000 144,728,000 143,763,000 144,058,000 141,354,000 140,510,000 135,098,000 127,654,000 74,466,000 77,243,000 71,738,000 19,937,000 19,937,000 13,677,000 13,677,000 13,677,000 13,677,000 13,677,000 9,861,000 9,861,000 9,861,000 9,961,000 9,961,000  
        intangible assets
      1,868,418,000 1,884,910,000 1,899,838,000 1,916,102,000 1,931,210,000 1,935,488,000 1,870,332,000 1,844,141,000 1,851,395,000 1,860,609,000 1,848,051,000 1,859,202,000 1,859,242,000 1,869,774,000 1,882,983,000 1,895,909,000 1,912,738,000 135,042,000 139,313,000 134,986,000 130,521,000 130,897,000 134,896,000 121,095,000 127,207,000 128,243,000 131,679,000 120,551,000 129,205,000 136,409,000 141,037,000 148,935,000 155,776,000 164,687,000 175,534,000 104,695,000 109,032,000 93,161,000 97,978,000 106,753,000 111,934,000 40,052,000 41,561,000 43,313,000 38,075,000 41,855,000 44,603,000 47,390,000 40,216,000 36,223,000 37,371,000 39,145,000 41,854,000 43,371,000 38,298,000 41,470,000 43,077,000 46,310,000 48,578,000 49,980,000 50,584,000 52,179,000 35,942,000 40,073,000 45,068,000 46,350,000 48,003,000 45,654,000 49,409,000 58,333,000 36,239,000 37,847,000 36,360,000 36,789,000 38,375,000 39,948,000 42,000,000 43,074,000 44,962,000 45,160,000 44,715,000 27,465,000 30,060,000 28,771,000 5,944,000 6,387,000 4,813,000 5,004,000 5,195,000 5,385,000 5,576,000 1,503,000 1,589,000 1,675,000 1,761,000 1,847,000 12,237,000 
        deferred tax assets
      41,945,000 61,495,000 59,533,000 61,226,000                                                                                              
        lease right-of-use assets
      119,364,000 120,460,000 125,603,000 121,776,000 119,191,000 118,129,000 117,514,000 130,494,000 137,229,000 133,917,000 138,262,000 141,837,000 156,786,000 150,174,000 154,125,000 159,458,000 176,884,000 206,237,000 227,904,000 239,064,000 251,062,000 256,028,000 257,591,000 248,929,000 254,391,000 235,930,000 216,957,000                                                                       
        other assets
      69,055,000 57,139,000 62,681,000 105,498,000 103,531,000 101,584,000 96,000,000 89,578,000 70,471,000 64,120,000 86,866,000 73,676,000 61,462,000 57,662,000 53,430,000 38,747,000 37,725,000 39,089,000 31,022,000 29,480,000 31,062,000 29,957,000 29,154,000 28,629,000 32,539,000 30,469,000 27,820,000 29,943,000 31,285,000 29,025,000 27,801,000 27,502,000 14,683,000 15,569,000 11,089,000 7,950,000 7,066,000 5,781,000 5,246,000 4,860,000 4,923,000 4,295,000 4,081,000 4,966,000 5,629,000 5,956,000 6,011,000 4,496,000 3,862,000 3,973,000 4,226,000 4,706,000 5,637,000 6,213,000 6,252,000 6,809,000 8,057,000 7,909,000 8,396,000 6,930,000 6,591,000 6,197,000 5,413,000 5,778,000 5,394,000 5,348,000 4,534,000 4,246,000 4,296,000 3,246,000 2,747,000 2,471,000 2,407,000 2,286,000 2,571,000 2,569,000 2,422,000 2,454,000 2,392,000 2,487,000 2,190,000 2,697,000 2,715,000 2,435,000 2,291,000 2,266,000 2,247,000 2,411,000 2,126,000 2,108,000 2,096,000 2,010,000 2,010,000 1,991,000 1,965,000 1,976,000 1,902,000 
        total assets
      4,191,997,000 4,219,830,000 4,220,784,000 4,304,272,000 4,338,762,000 4,241,442,000 4,048,585,000 4,055,040,000 4,039,701,000 3,990,866,000 3,951,226,000 3,962,922,000 3,997,910,000 4,001,075,000 3,977,540,000 4,014,305,000 4,068,564,000 2,374,157,000 2,254,364,000 2,224,940,000 2,218,445,000 2,163,507,000 2,099,426,000 2,083,388,000 1,947,705,000 1,828,572,000 1,762,232,000 1,560,130,000 1,511,901,000 1,464,994,000 1,365,927,000 1,419,447,000 1,407,172,000 1,472,492,000 1,358,014,000 1,061,829,000 1,046,165,000 1,019,161,000 1,038,975,000 1,021,705,000 1,017,687,000 736,671,000 728,076,000 709,572,000 646,479,000 663,212,000 659,636,000 653,965,000 671,158,000 690,197,000 735,330,000 669,978,000 711,856,000 694,143,000 694,519,000 663,824,000 663,506,000 657,440,000 684,631,000 683,070,000 659,407,000 644,608,000 604,715,000 613,427,000 630,250,000 633,137,000 613,610,000 551,265,000 541,763,000 587,274,000 569,794,000 525,900,000 517,666,000 523,750,000 513,557,000 489,144,000 478,555,000 457,228,000 436,283,000 394,508,000 359,482,000 310,377,000 299,330,000 282,273,000 229,927,000 204,492,000 214,880,000 268,596,000 256,159,000 243,376,000 217,444,000 222,807,000 217,411,000 205,152,000 186,172,000 177,561,000 161,592,000 
        liabilities
                                                                                                       
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
      163,982,000 149,243,000 149,277,000 135,262,000 144,487,000 131,103,000 151,297,000 178,250,000 138,381,000 128,155,000 150,191,000 121,816,000 110,282,000 120,223,000 122,710,000 108,395,000 100,319,000 90,262,000 105,481,000 85,777,000 80,672,000 80,606,000 84,738,000 82,094,000 80,048,000 73,454,000 87,172,000 79,620,000 67,174,000 66,846,000 61,271,000 72,059,000 62,772,000 59,395,000 63,611,000 51,121,000 50,526,000 45,836,000 38,033,000 39,210,000 36,525,000 33,880,000 31,445,000 30,290,000 30,996,000 26,971,000 27,295,000 27,821,000 29,711,000 29,864,000 26,892,000 29,699,000 28,538,000 27,680,000 28,416,000 24,960,000 29,216,000 24,603,000 22,744,000 23,580,000 26,982,000 23,976,000 24,138,000 23,472,000 29,309,000 25,121,000 21,321,000 22,676,000 26,606,000 22,366,000 27,116,000 23,237,000 18,611,000 23,461,000 16,056,000 19,009,000 19,174,000 18,110,000 23,216,000 21,450,000 16,785,000 18,369,000 17,868,000 19,903,000 21,123,000 16,131,000 13,373,000 14,481,000 13,793,000 13,901,000 14,278,000 12,615,000 11,427,000 10,014,000 10,926,000 9,075,000 5,374,000 
        current debt
      499,159,000      62,460,000 124,842,000 187,144,000                                                                                         
        current lease liabilities
      33,963,000 33,575,000 32,609,000 33,145,000 33,219,000 32,560,000 31,434,000 31,073,000 30,130,000 28,965,000 28,834,000 28,839,000 29,600,000 28,573,000 28,970,000 29,185,000 30,757,000 31,010,000 31,240,000 31,576,000 32,421,000 31,983,000 30,954,000 29,056,000 29,225,000 27,830,000 29,406,000                                                                       
        accrued compensation
      137,431,000 88,479,000 59,627,000 130,596,000 98,131,000 70,846,000 51,760,000 93,279,000 79,383,000 72,319,000 52,407,000 112,892,000 75,803,000 63,720,000 48,067,000 114,808,000 78,483,000 68,749,000 50,088,000 104,403,000 71,746,000 61,650,000 36,486,000 81,873,000 50,114,000 40,810,000 18,632,000 64,202,000 42,515,000 40,140,000 22,268,000 66,479,000 40,257,000 37,797,000 36,722,000 33,183,000 16,670,000 51,036,000 43,393,000 35,079,000 22,379,000 44,916,000 36,780,000 28,959,000 18,989,000 42,481,000 33,290,000 24,649,000 17,687,000 40,137,000 29,519,000 19,205,000 14,934,000 41,274,000 33,980,000 24,699,000 16,493,000 41,536,000 32,138,000 29,336,000 16,861,000 48,607,000 32,870,000 26,499,000 14,018,000 41,889,000 31,005,000 23,485,000 11,641,000 38,095,000 25,322,000 20,922,000 9,288,000 30,105,000 19,954,000 15,631,000 6,981,000 21,407,000 16,148,000 10,431,000 7,795,000 13,798,000 9,334,000 6,371,000 17,328,000 14,018,000 8,495,000 5,349,000 15,228,000 12,841,000 8,074,000 5,137,000 13,590,000 11,730,000 7,065,000 4,409,000 10,857,000 
        deferred revenues
      183,494,000 188,722,000 162,586,000 167,852,000 170,897,000 177,325,000 157,062,000 159,761,000 168,053,000 175,121,000 150,152,000 152,430,000 147,813,000 164,190,000 150,264,000 152,039,000 169,361,000 72,152,000 54,778,000                                                                               
        current taxes payable
      5,182,000 5,607,000 13,704,000 13,041,000 30,545,000 30,483,000 44,551,000 40,391,000 28,825,000 17,832,000 37,003,000 31,009,000                                                                      3,319,000 1,360,000   6,399,000 3,946,000 7,517,000 2,457,000 4,053,000  6,001,000 1,523,000 1,904,000  6,351,000 3,018,000 
        dividends payable
      41,500,000 40,305,000 40,969,000 41,410,000 41,644,000 39,511,000 39,572,000 39,470,000 39,589,000 37,360,000 37,299,000 37,265,000 37,442,000 34,099,000 34,010,000 33,860,000 33,795,000 31,065,000 30,973,000 30,845,000 30,972,000 29,141,000 29,266,000 29,283,000 29,188,000 27,251,000 27,290,000 27,445,000 27,506,000 24,385,000 24,372,000 24,443,000 24,566,000 21,799,000 21,951,000 19,709,000 19,852,000 20,019,000 20,328,000 18,044,000 18,208,000 18,179,000 18,274,000 16,234,000 16,216,000 16,299,000 16,386,000 14,827,000 15,046,000 15,164,000 15,413,000 13,510,000 13,746,000 13,727,000 13,893,000 12,085,000 12,181,000 12,165,000 12,374,000 10,612,000 10,660,000 10,586,000 10,655,000 9,329,000 9,423,000 9,348,000 9,430,000 8,447,000 8,480,000 8,634,000 8,639,000 5,744,000 5,788,000 5,802,000 5,864,000 2,931,000 2,939,000 2,933,000 2,931,000 2,434,000 2,420,000 2,394,000 2,404,000 2,233,000 2,182,000 2,174,000 1,918,000 2,031,000 2,020,000 2,012,000 1,669,000 1,690,000 1,689,000 1,688,000 1,345,000 1,339,000  
        total current liabilities
      1,064,711,000 505,931,000 458,772,000 521,306,000 518,923,000 481,828,000 538,136,000 667,066,000 671,505,000 459,752,000 455,886,000 484,251,000 400,940,000 410,805,000 384,021,000 438,287,000 412,715,000 293,238,000 272,560,000 315,705,000 280,935,000 271,303,000 227,883,000 276,293,000 247,300,000 228,529,000 207,650,000 218,923,000 191,524,000 198,782,000 157,122,000 221,134,000 197,793,000 186,493,000 182,131,000 155,088,000 136,216,000 158,210,000 154,698,000 140,037,000 128,731,000 139,780,000 134,852,000 121,697,000 120,567,000 127,291,000 119,197,000 109,290,000 97,713,000 118,253,000 105,146,000 94,813,000 95,333,000 113,176,000 106,190,000 90,694,000 95,281,000 109,423,000 97,277,000 91,327,000 85,512,000 109,276,000 85,208,000 79,069,000 70,830,000 99,363,000 85,372,000 79,111,000 80,731,000 92,626,000 84,486,000 72,745,000 64,920,000 90,650,000 72,147,000 70,030,000 72,865,000 79,301,000 79,072,000 66,411,000 55,764,000 55,207,000 49,215,000 53,340,000 57,787,000 48,549,000 36,086,000 38,316,000 43,374,000 43,036,000 32,394,000 35,271,000 39,898,000 36,272,000 27,881,000 30,945,000 31,684,000 
        long-term debt
      890,542,000 1,369,216,000 1,368,738,000 1,368,260,000 1,430,197,000 1,472,162,000 1,296,643,000 1,241,131,000 1,240,626,000 1,489,488,000 1,551,134,000 1,612,700,000 1,674,194,000 1,735,609,000 1,859,096,000 1,982,424,000 2,105,142,000 574,625,000 574,580,000 574,535,000 574,490,000 574,399,000 575,511,000 574,354,000 574,309,000 574,264,000 574,219,000 574,174,000 574,129,000 574,848,000 574,812,000 574,775,000 574,739,000 574,702,000 575,000,000 365,000,000 365,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000                                                      
        deferred tax liabilities
      13,040,000 14,728,000 15,125,000 14,902,000                                                                                              
        taxes payable
      41,315,000 41,387,000 44,513,000 45,095,000 48,072,000 46,313,000 41,896,000 40,452,000 36,748,000 35,734,000 31,256,000 30,344,000 36,448,000 34,825,000 35,334,000 34,211,000 29,095,000 31,002,000 31,305,000 30,279,000 29,249,000 29,789,000 28,795,000 27,739,000 26,816,000 25,958,000 3,825,000  3,820,000 8,233,000 8,403,000 8,453,000 12,670,000 1,774,000 6,856,000 13,056,000 15,815,000 7,781,000 4,333,000 3,345,000 10,311,000 3,755,000 2,959,000 4,590,000 19,627,000 5,036,000 4,568,000 6,576,000 5,112,000 3,769,000 4,985,000 5,346,000 7,222,000 5,464,000 5,249,000 5,513,000 10,416,000 2,867,000 6,795,000 7,459,000 5,425,000 1,073,000 6,952,000 7,095,000 6,761,000 6,437,000 5,972,000 4,937,000 12,162,000    8,920,000 5,552,000 4,401,000 6,909,000 19,026,000 9,689,000 9,841,000 9,358,000 10,841,000   9,255,000 7,624,000             
        long-term lease liabilities
      146,978,000 150,866,000 158,687,000 157,104,000 157,088,000 158,419,000 161,372,000 177,521,000 183,642,000 185,759,000 192,647,000 198,382,000 200,740,000 196,669,000 201,964,000 208,622,000 227,047,000 233,275,000 249,752,000 259,980,000 272,122,000 277,410,000 279,723,000 272,269,000                                                                          
        other liabilities
      3,121,000 8,590,000 7,065,000 10,568,000 12,415,000 10,585,000 3,015,000 6,614,000 6,904,000 6,970,000 6,767,000 6,844,000 3,107,000 3,276,000 3,309,000 3,341,000 3,698,000 3,785,000 3,768,000 4,942,000                                                                              
        total liabilities
      2,159,707,000 2,090,718,000 2,052,900,000 2,117,859,000 2,183,580,000 2,184,525,000 2,057,024,000 2,142,580,000 2,149,297,000 2,189,112,000 2,250,486,000 2,342,992,000 2,329,077,000 2,393,921,000 2,503,412,000 2,682,897,000 2,800,842,000 1,158,176,000 1,155,469,000 1,208,587,000 1,187,146,000 1,183,039,000 1,146,853,000 1,187,013,000 1,154,747,000 1,111,812,000 1,070,354,000 887,874,000 857,492,000 865,473,000 824,718,000 893,547,000 871,839,000 860,402,000 830,461,000 568,599,000 549,382,000 501,780,000 495,318,000 480,647,000 459,918,000 205,087,000 195,701,000 180,488,000 144,846,000 152,130,000 144,368,000 136,311,000 124,536,000 148,418,000 132,041,000 122,798,000 125,343,000 141,879,000 134,133,000 119,800,000 127,141,000 142,252,000 130,194,000 124,883,000 116,849,000 142,202,000 117,305,000 111,765,000 104,333,000 132,308,000 118,063,000 107,558,000 109,619,000 121,803,000 114,071,000 102,019,000 93,612,000 114,439,000 92,902,000 90,586,000 92,930,000 98,540,000 98,145,000 84,412,000 74,422,000 71,195,000 65,597,000 69,348,000 65,381,000 56,028,000 43,290,000 39,038,000 43,930,000 43,611,000 32,973,000 35,796,000 40,445,000 36,837,000 28,459,000 31,544,000 32,272,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                       
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                       
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                                       
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
      432,000 432,000 431,000 430,000 430,000 429,000 428,000 426,000 426,000 425,000 423,000 421,000 420,000 420,000 418,000 417,000 416,000 415,000 414,000 412,000 410,000 409,000 409,000 408,000 406,000 405,000 402,000                                                                       
        additional paid-in capital
      1,710,826,000 1,677,738,000 1,648,754,000 1,621,753,000 1,598,605,000 1,569,319,000 1,531,278,000 1,478,839,000 1,453,830,000 1,421,133,000 1,366,343,000 1,323,631,000 1,290,596,000 1,261,452,000 1,225,947,000 1,190,350,000 1,163,081,000 1,131,166,000 1,094,467,000 1,048,305,000 1,019,381,000 989,918,000 968,375,000 939,067,000 900,663,000 875,488,000 835,968,000 806,973,000 781,705,000 732,538,000 694,078,000 667,531,000 642,906,000 625,394,000 720,020,000 704,522,000 675,773,000 623,195,000 616,954,000 595,030,000 577,921,000 542,355,000 508,402,000 471,805,000 428,865,000 413,754,000 377,805,000 359,253,000 343,593,000 326,869,000 274,950,000 204,721,000 159,672,000 137,569,000 125,723,000 101,579,000 448,845,000 432,538,000 415,047,000 395,836,000 375,721,000 344,144,000 329,464,000 313,135,000 296,214,000 248,840,000 239,275,000 224,336,000 214,724,000 206,585,000                            
        treasury stock
      -2,212,648,000 -2,007,132,000 -1,842,292,000 -1,695,429,000 -1,586,497,000 -1,504,381,000 -1,438,678,000 -1,375,696,000 -1,309,684,000 -1,248,707,000 -1,195,491,000 -1,122,077,000 -1,010,081,000 -942,496,000 -941,705,000 -930,715,000 -927,818,000 -927,814,000 -927,505,000 -905,917,000 -811,532,000 -753,954,000 -682,224,000 -636,956,000 -606,405,000 -593,980,000 -519,678,000 -433,799,000 -371,722,000 -324,167,000 -278,146,000 -213,428,000 -145,342,000 -23,379,000 -1,560,466,000 -1,512,127,000 -1,430,560,000 -1,321,700,000 -1,181,695,000 -1,104,567,000 -1,033,211,000 -988,873,000 -910,210,000 -838,972,000 -785,286,000 -734,746,000 -660,071,000 -601,101,000 -514,979,000 -454,917,000 -310,815,000 -261,759,000 -150,990,000 -122,749,000 -60,559,000 -33,242,000 -839,114,000 -824,382,000 -740,749,000 -682,943,000 -633,905,000 -607,798,000 -568,474,000 -522,100,000 -467,114,000 -414,995,000 -381,786,000 -370,771,000 -353,523,000 -311,248,000 -299,105,000 -298,760,000 -263,043,000 -233,372,000 -186,810,000 -174,505,000 -158,196,000  -144,185,000 -137,507,000 -137,076,000 -141,126,000 -130,410,000 -131,133,000 -139,504,000    -28,991,000         
        retained earnings
      2,612,987,000 2,527,769,000 2,435,018,000 2,323,407,000 2,211,201,000 2,104,303,000 1,998,954,000 1,888,504,000 1,838,478,000 1,719,932,000 1,616,352,000 1,505,096,000 1,477,242,000 1,380,021,000 1,282,527,000 1,179,739,000 1,109,177,000 1,068,062,000 989,189,000 912,515,000 842,298,000 772,591,000 705,089,000 633,149,000 573,354,000 501,326,000 439,892,000 373,225,000 309,147,000 244,388,000 184,071,000 122,843,000 78,463,000 28,283,000 1,421,122,000 1,377,659,000 1,330,658,000 1,283,927,000 1,159,579,000 1,113,126,000 1,063,406,000 1,021,651,000 977,645,000 934,510,000 889,149,000 849,504,000 810,396,000 775,251,000 737,651,000 700,519,000 664,719,000 626,766,000 595,736,000 559,714,000 524,903,000 490,815,000 945,442,000 912,078,000 883,365,000 852,428,000 817,786,000 786,844,000 758,139,000 730,136,000 703,346,000 676,626,000 649,699,000 620,594,000 594,486,000 567,381,000 542,431,000 518,528,000 494,781,000 469,880,000 444,966,000 422,256,000 398,705,000 377,846,000 357,343,000 339,227,000 322,410,000 289,407,000 272,249,000 257,484,000 243,324,000 230,821,000 218,308,000 205,489,000 193,611,000 182,144,000 169,879,000 159,407,000 149,561,000 140,082,000 131,421,000 122,048,000 107,402,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -79,307,000 -69,695,000 -74,027,000 -63,748,000 -68,557,000 -112,753,000 -100,421,000 -79,613,000 -92,646,000 -91,029,000 -86,887,000 -87,141,000 -89,344,000 -92,243,000 -93,059,000 -108,383,000 -77,134,000 -55,848,000 -57,670,000 -38,962,000 -19,258,000 -28,496,000 -39,076,000 -39,293,000 -75,060,000 -66,479,000 -64,706,000 -74,544,000 -65,121,000 -53,635,000 -59,188,000 -51,439,000 -41,085,000 -18,598,000 -53,640,000 -77,341,000 -79,603,000 -68,553,000 -51,690,000 -63,038,000 -50,854,000 -44,052,000 -43,963,000 -38,756,000 -31,588,000 -17,921,000 -13,349,000 -16,234,000 -20,126,000 -31,173,000 -26,039,000 -23,012,000 -18,365,000 -22,726,000 -30,136,000 -15,579,000 -19,424,000 -5,660,000 -3,839,000 -7,745,000 -17,652,000 -21,385,000 -32,318,000 -20,105,000 -7,121,000               -3,893,000 -4,550,000    -46,000 -380,000 -225,000 -131,000          
        total stockholders’ equity
      2,032,290,000 2,129,112,000 2,167,884,000 2,186,413,000 2,155,182,000 2,056,917,000 1,991,561,000 1,912,460,000 1,890,404,000 1,801,754,000 1,700,740,000 1,619,930,000 1,668,833,000 1,607,154,000 1,474,128,000 1,331,408,000 1,267,722,000 1,215,981,000 1,098,895,000 1,016,353,000 1,031,299,000 980,468,000 952,573,000 896,375,000 792,958,000 716,760,000 691,878,000 672,256,000 654,409,000 599,521,000 541,209,000 525,900,000 535,333,000 612,090,000 527,553,000 493,230,000 496,783,000 517,381,000 543,657,000 541,058,000 557,769,000 531,584,000 532,375,000 529,084,000 501,633,000 511,082,000 515,268,000 517,654,000 546,622,000 541,779,000 603,289,000 547,180,000 586,513,000 552,264,000 560,386,000 544,024,000 536,365,000 515,188,000 554,437,000 558,187,000 542,558,000 502,406,000 487,410,000 501,662,000 525,917,000 500,829,000 495,547,000 443,707,000 432,144,000 465,471,000 455,723,000 423,881,000 424,054,000 409,311,000 420,655,000 398,558,000 385,625,000 358,688,000 338,138,000 310,096,000 285,060,000 239,182,000 233,733,000 212,925,000 164,546,000 148,464,000 171,590,000 229,558,000 212,229,000 199,765,000 184,471,000 187,011,000 176,966,000 168,315,000 157,713,000 146,017,000 129,320,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      4,191,997,000 4,219,830,000 4,220,784,000 4,304,272,000 4,338,762,000 4,241,442,000 4,048,585,000 4,055,040,000 4,039,701,000 3,990,866,000 3,951,226,000 3,962,922,000 3,997,910,000 4,001,075,000 3,977,540,000 4,014,305,000 4,068,564,000 2,374,157,000 2,254,364,000 2,224,940,000 2,218,445,000 2,163,507,000 2,099,426,000 2,083,388,000 1,947,705,000 1,828,572,000 1,762,232,000 1,560,130,000 1,511,901,000 1,464,994,000 1,365,927,000 1,419,447,000 1,407,172,000 1,472,492,000 1,358,014,000 1,061,829,000 1,046,165,000 1,019,161,000 1,038,975,000 1,021,705,000 1,017,687,000 736,671,000 728,076,000 709,572,000 646,479,000 663,212,000 659,636,000 653,965,000 671,158,000 690,197,000 735,330,000 669,978,000 711,856,000 694,143,000 694,519,000 663,824,000 663,506,000 657,440,000 684,631,000 683,070,000 659,407,000 644,608,000 604,715,000 613,427,000 630,250,000 633,137,000 613,610,000 551,265,000 541,763,000 587,274,000 569,794,000 525,900,000 517,666,000 523,750,000 513,557,000 489,144,000 478,555,000 457,228,000 436,283,000 394,508,000 359,482,000 310,377,000 299,330,000 282,273,000 229,927,000 204,492,000 214,880,000 268,596,000 256,159,000 243,376,000 217,444,000 222,807,000 217,411,000 205,152,000 186,172,000 177,561,000 161,592,000 
        deferred revenues, non-current
         624,000 312,000 446,000 914,000 1,344,000 1,928,000 3,177,000 3,470,000 3,734,000 7,580,000 6,137,000 8,697,000 7,212,000 8,172,000 7,233,000 7,720,000                                                                               
        deferred taxes
          66,870,000 53,546,000 40,317,000 61,337,000 36,739,000 24,345,000 23,839,000 27,229,000 12,041,000 5,662,000 3,653,000 3,153,000 3,262,000 2,169,000 2,125,000 2,250,000 16,018,000 15,141,000 18,444,000   7,172,000 10,514,000 7,571,000 5,997,000 6,737,000 9,443,000  7,916,000  2,623,000 2,693,000 2,695,000 3,158,000 2,521,000 3,397,000 2,524,000 2,105,000 1,770,000 1,617,000 1,985,000 1,841,000 1,667,000 3,474,000 3,026,000 2,803,000 3,153,000 3,655,000 4,357,000 5,085,000 3,803,000 3,768,000 3,821,000 4,008,000 4,156,000 4,300,000 4,015,000 2,812,000 4,268,000 4,381,000 4,321,000 4,319,000 4,394,000 3,552,000 3,500,000 3,271,000 3,121,000 3,019,000 2,930,000 2,808,000 1,718,000 1,557,000 1,500,000 1,600,000 1,903,000 5,474,000 5,335,000 5,420,000 4,759,000 5,243,000 5,875,000 5,870,000 5,086,000 5,108,000 5,493,000 6,245,000 5,305,000 5,387,000 6,085,000 5,630,000 4,426,000 4,750,000 5,384,000 
        deferred revenue
                         63,104,000 65,124,000 67,923,000                                                                            
        deferred revenue, non-current
                         8,394,000 8,680,000 9,428,000                                                                            
        other non-current liabilities
                          5,652,000 5,569,000 7,350,000 7,326,000 5,916,000 2,920,000 2,927,000                                                             722,000 556,000 575,000 579,000       
        deferred fees
                            46,439,000 53,987,000 58,725,000 59,184,000 41,325,000 47,656,000 50,509,000 59,178,000 40,808,000 49,700,000 57,528,000 65,728,000 51,210,000 37,252,000 32,940,000 33,247,000 34,076,000 44,038,000 40,801,000 38,488,000 44,323,000 40,577,000 34,529,000 36,504,000 37,658,000 35,417,000 30,157,000 29,319,000 33,322,000 32,399,000 30,893,000 30,495,000 29,901,000 28,950,000 26,975,000 28,252,000 30,021,000 27,799,000 25,584,000 25,034,000 17,545,000 19,769,000 18,080,000 23,005,000 23,616,000 24,503,000 21,842,000 23,531,000 23,409,000 22,842,000 22,313,000 25,730,000 25,872,000 25,550,000 22,821,000 25,322,000 25,141,000 21,073,000 17,923,000 17,327,000 18,249,000 15,578,000 9,530,000 9,827,000 8,354,000 8,938,000 9,876,000         
        lease liabilities
                              276,019,000 257,235,000 237,040,000                                                                       
        deferred rent and other non-current liabilities
                                 42,006,000 36,760,000 36,420,000 36,070,000 38,989,000 39,663,000 37,738,000 37,035,000 35,535,000 36,005,000 33,080,000 30,877,000 30,653,000 22,595,000 21,834,000 17,757,000 14,787,000 15,901,000 16,417,000 16,922,000 18,953,000 19,415,000 22,334,000 19,479,000 20,138,000 21,729,000 20,646,000 20,158,000 20,740,000 20,948,000 21,913,000 22,287,000 22,289,000 21,256,000 21,849,000 22,569,000 22,484,000 22,882,000 22,714,000 22,715,000 19,876,000 19,835,000 20,150,000 20,112,000 19,021,000 18,477,000 17,339,000 14,049,000 12,576,000 11,692,000 10,703,000 10,278,000 9,483,000 9,036,000 9,137,000 8,876,000 8,337,000 7,594,000             
        preferred stock, .01 par value...
                                                                                                       
        common stock, .01 par value...
                                 401,000 400,000 397,000 394,000 393,000 391,000 390,000 517,000 517,000 515,000 512,000 509,000 507,000 507,000 503,000 501,000 497,000 493,000 491,000 487,000 485,000 483,000 481,000 474,000 464,000 460,000 456,000 455,000 451,000 616,000 614,000 613,000 611,000 608,000 601,000 599,000 596,000 592,000 581,000 579,000 575,000 572,000 571,000 569,000 568,000 565,000 562,000 559,000 557,000 556,000 554,000 551,000 548,000 545,000    352,000    346,000         
        property, equipment and leasehold improvements, at cost
                                         268,795,000 264,378,000 253,274,000 241,351,000 232,741,000 231,047,000 213,279,000 206,063,000 203,431,000 197,483,000 201,713,000 196,522,000 192,478,000 190,477,000 192,338,000 188,571,000 192,306,000 190,182,000 189,546,000 183,220,000 186,456,000 181,321,000 173,990,000 175,883,000 170,317,000 169,245,000 160,952,000 157,002,000 160,313,000 168,656,000 161,479,000 161,669,000 156,044,000 152,011,000 142,392,000 150,074,000 137,296,000 132,693,000 135,419,000 171,027,000 160,795,000 153,870,000 145,359,000 145,655,000 134,000,000 127,225,000 120,698,000 112,963,000 108,380,000  91,621,000 85,681,000 94,673,000 104,768,000 104,480,000 103,399,000 100,121,000 99,264,000 96,361,000 93,924,000 91,780,000  
        less accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                         -179,345,000 -173,940,000 -168,652,000 -163,269,000 -157,074,000 -161,330,000 -154,015,000 -151,605,000 -146,738,000 -141,575,000 -144,072,000 -138,477,000 -131,851,000 -126,193,000 -126,967,000 -120,864,000 -121,223,000 -114,661,000 -113,016,000 -106,047,000 -107,861,000 -101,256,000 -92,370,000 -94,096,000 -88,981,000 -88,617,000 -81,457,000 -77,935,000 -77,850,000 -80,229,000 -73,100,000 -71,849,000 -64,455,000 -59,733,000 -51,279,000 -61,949,000 -56,491,000 -53,413,000 -56,474,000 -100,713,000 -95,022,000 -90,409,000  -85,827,000 -81,471,000 -76,797,000 -69,774,000 -66,581,000 -63,127,000 -58,402,000 -69,679,000 -66,884,000 -75,168,000 -85,421,000 -84,285,000 -80,166,000 -75,902,000  -67,368,000 -62,977,000 -58,575,000  
        assets held for sale
                                            48,940,000                                                           
        liabilities held for sale
                                            14,110,000                                                           
        current assets
                                                                                                       
        long-term assets
                                                                                                       
        current liabilities
                                                                                                       
        non-current liabilities
                                                                                                       
        other current assets
                                                                11,353,000 11,264,000 8,659,000 6,899,000 6,681,000 6,649,000 5,196,000 6,715,000 6,561,000 4,707,000 4,757,000 5,908,000 5,674,000 5,031,000 4,354,000 3,723,000 5,142,000 4,325,000 3,911,000 3,000,000 3,594,000 2,806,000 3,071,000 4,423,000 3,809,000 5,405,000 4,834,000 4,152,000 2,651,000 1,902,000 1,888,000 1,828,000 1,784,000 1,693,000 1,579,000 1,575,000 2,018,000 1,865,000 2,069,000 
        prepaid factset fundamentals database updates
                                                                      661,000 1,787,000                                
        at august 31,
                                                                       2,009,000    2,008,000    2,007,000           2,004,000    2,003,000    2,002,000     
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                       -10,223,000 -12,220,000 -31,027,000 -24,115,000 2,182,000 14,012,000 13,576,000 14,180,000 9,680,000 7,942,000 6,113,000 6,653,000 3,328,000 3,005,000   1,016,000 5,695,000 5,217,000     -150,000 146,000 129,000 114,000 142,000 85,000 135,000 165,000  
        prepaid factset fundamentals database updates – current
                                                                        2,886,000 3,540,000 4,257,000                             
        prepaid factset fundamentals database updates – non-current
                                                                          618,000                             
        prepaid fundamentals database updates – current
                                                                           6,377,000                            
        prepaid fundamentals database updates – non-current
                                                                           2,000,000                            
        capital in excess of par value
                                                                            197,816,000 189,969,000 177,571,000 162,561,000 153,998,000 144,137,000 137,907,000 130,033,000 121,424,000 111,721,000 103,731,000 89,342,000 85,658,000 80,998,000 60,420,000 57,178,000 54,353,000 52,845,000 47,413,000 40,441,000 37,429,000 36,686,000 33,803,000 32,907,000 30,633,000 28,280,000 24,302,000 
        receivables from clients and clearing broker, net of reserves
                                                                              62,989,000  55,039,000 69,787,000 61,199,000                     
        receivables from clients and clearing brokers, net of reserves of 1,362 and 1,162 at august 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively
                                                                               59,579,000                        
        note payable
                                                                                  1,924,000 1,840,000 1,795,000 1,665,000 1,618,000                 
        receivables from clients and clearing brokers, net of reserves of 1,162 and 1,070 at august 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively
                                                                                   59,190,000                    
        receivables from clients and clearing broker
                                                                                    61,827,000 58,918,000 57,005,000                 
        other non-current assets
                                                                                                       
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                       
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity current liabilities
                                                                                                       
        receivables from clients and clearing brokers
                                                                                       54,183,000 67,182,000 53,041,000  39,807,000 38,779,000 35,711,000  36,564,000 38,484,000 34,278,000 33,164,000 31,206,000 33,836,000 28,471,000 32,579,000 
        common stock
                                                                                       543,000 541,000 359,000  351,000 350,000 348,000  343,000 342,000 341,000  339,000 337,000 336,000 333,000 
        receivables from clients and clearing brokers, net of reserves of 1,105 in 2004 and 1,775 in 2003
                                                                                          45,935,000             
        property, equipment, and leasehold improvements, at cost
                                                                                          102,311,000            86,473,000 
        property, equipment, and leasehold improvements
                                                                                          43,909,000            36,249,000 
        consolidated statements of financial condition thousands, except share and per share data liabilities and stockholder’s equity
                                                                                                       
        deferred rent and other liabilities
                                                                                           7,479,000 7,204,000           
        stockholders’ equity - sum
                                                                                           287,970,000 272,786,000 258,551,000  223,074,000 207,779,000 196,548,000 183,846,000 173,413,000 162,526,000 150,829,000 132,088,000 
        less treasury stock, at cost
                                                                                           -139,506,000 -101,196,000 -28,993,000  -23,309,000 -23,308,000 -9,537,000  -5,098,000 -4,813,000 -4,812,000 -2,768,000 
        the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                       
        receivables from clients and clearing brokers, net of reserves of 1,775 in 2003 and 2,000 in 2002
                                                                                              35,704,000         
        receivables from employees
                                                                                               206,000 276,000 316,000 399,000 600,000 685,000 640,000 493,000 
        deferred fees and commissions
                                                                                               10,229,000 8,373,000 9,828,000 11,669,000 10,936,000 8,545,000 9,771,000 11,107,000 
        deferred rent
                                                                                                 525,000 547,000 565,000 578,000 599,000 588,000 
        factset research systems inc.
                                                                                                       
        lease commitments
                                                                                                       
        34,226,658 and 33,625,819 shares issued;
                                                                                                       
        33,788,442 and 33,356,238 shares outstanding at
                                                                                                       
        august 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively
                                                                                                  340,000     
        less treasury stock - 438,216 and 269,581 shares at
                                                                                                       
        august 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, at cost
                                                                                                       
        the accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                       
        credit commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                       
        long–term assets
                                                                                                       
        less accumulated depreciation
                                                                                                      -50,224,000 
        thousands
                                                                                                      2,001,000 
        dividend payable
                                                                                                      1,328,000 
        non–current liabilities
                                                                                                       
        unrealized gain on investments, net of taxes
                                                                                                      51,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-05-31 2026-02-28 2025-11-30 2025-08-31 2025-05-31 2025-02-28 2024-11-30 2024-08-31 2024-05-31 2024-02-29 2023-11-30 2023-08-31 2023-05-31 2023-02-28 2022-11-30 2022-08-31 2022-05-31 2022-02-28 2021-11-30 2021-08-31 2021-05-31 2021-02-28 2020-11-30 2020-08-31 2020-05-31 2020-02-29 2019-11-30 2019-08-31 2019-05-31 2019-02-28 2018-11-30 2018-08-31 2018-05-31 2018-02-28 2017-11-30 2017-08-31 2017-05-31 2017-02-28 2016-11-30 2016-08-31 2016-05-31 2016-02-29 2015-11-30 2015-08-31 2015-05-31 2015-02-28 2014-11-30 2014-08-31 2014-05-31 2014-02-28 2013-11-30 2013-08-31 2013-05-31 2013-02-28 2012-11-30 2012-08-31 2012-05-31 2012-02-29 2011-11-30 2011-08-31 2011-05-31 2011-02-28 2010-11-30 2010-08-31 2010-05-31 2010-02-28 2009-11-30 2009-08-31 2009-05-31 2009-02-28 2008-11-30 2008-08-31 2008-05-31 2008-02-29 2007-11-30 2007-08-31 2007-05-31 2007-02-28 2006-11-30 2006-08-31 2006-05-31 2006-02-28 2005-11-30 2005-05-31 2005-02-28 2004-11-30 2004-08-31 2004-05-31 2004-02-29 2003-11-30 2003-08-31 2003-05-31 2003-02-28 2002-11-30 2002-08-31 2002-05-31 2002-02-28 2001-11-30 
                                                                                                          
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                                          
          net income
        126,718,000 133,056,000 152,580,000 153,616,000 148,542,000 144,860,000 150,022,000 89,496,000 158,135,000 140,940,000 148,555,000 65,119,000 134,663,000 131,593,000 136,798,000 104,422,000 74,910,000 109,938,000 107,647,000 101,062,000 100,679,000 96,643,000 101,206,000 89,079,000 101,216,000 88,686,000 93,957,000 91,527,000 92,265,000 84,702,000 84,296,000 68,823,000 74,746,000 53,137,000 70,379,000 59,552,000 65,414,000 66,710,000 66,583,000 144,307,000 66,781,000 67,762,000 59,965,000 62,184,000 61,409,000 61,598,000 55,860,000 55,407,000 51,532,000 52,426,000 52,178,000 50,963,000 53,367,000 44,538,000 49,769,000 48,539,000 47,980,000 46,746,000 45,544,000 40,880,000 43,311,000 45,254,000 41,601,000 39,291,000 38,658,000 36,119,000 36,143,000 36,275,000 38,536,000 34,554,000 35,585,000 33,584,000 32,542,000 29,492,000 29,399,000 30,716,000 28,575,000 26,481,000 23,795,000 23,443,000 21,036,000 19,242,000 19,195,000 19,551,000 17,170,000 16,397,000 14,685,000 14,687,000 14,737,000 13,908,000 13,487,000 14,268,000 12,147,000 11,536,000 11,168,000 10,352,000 10,717,000 8,611,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                                          
          depreciation and amortization
        45,870,000 43,690,000 44,148,000 42,719,000 40,845,000 38,410,000 35,717,000 34,033,000 32,504,000 31,582,000 27,068,000 26,703,000 26,473,000 26,211,000 25,997,000 26,507,000 27,349,000 13,395,000 19,432,000 16,291,000 17,223,000 15,672,000 15,290,000 16,281,000 13,037,000 13,906,000 14,390,000 16,520,000 14,891,000 14,811,000 14,241,000 14,437,000 14,476,000 14,086,000 14,286,000 14,524,000 13,121,000 10,633,000 10,016,000 9,830,000 9,962,000 9,823,000 8,437,000 7,120,000 8,007,000 8,006,000 8,216,000 8,583,000 8,410,000 8,679,000 8,763,000 8,838,000 8,931,000 9,093,000 8,917,000 8,733,000 8,354,000 8,289,000 8,403,000 8,897,000 9,192,000 9,366,000 9,392,000 9,919,000 9,213,000 9,062,000 9,149,000 8,770,000 8,566,000 8,546,000 8,455,000 8,156,000 7,566,000 7,820,000 7,112,000 7,337,000 7,650,000 6,999,000 6,574,000 6,507,000 6,317,000 5,757,000 5,675,000 4,427,000 4,488,000 4,593,000 3,928,000 3,181,000 3,143,000 4,406,000 4,531,000 4,346,000 4,385,000 4,279,000 4,428,000 4,377,000 4,488,000 4,983,000 
          amortization of lease right-of-use assets
        8,084,000 8,188,000 7,997,000 7,830,000 7,975,000 7,605,000 7,572,000 7,561,000 7,583,000 7,645,000 7,618,000 3,099,000 9,649,000 9,899,000 9,697,000 10,096,000 10,764,000 11,055,000 11,117,000 10,605,000 10,724,000 10,820,000 10,697,000                                                                            
          stock-based compensation expense
        22,217,000 20,867,000 18,457,000 14,075,000 17,015,000 16,547,000 13,592,000 16,794,000 15,745,000 16,652,000 14,310,000 17,673,000 16,865,000 15,325,000 12,175,000 15,399,000 14,667,000 15,536,000 10,401,000 11,709,000 11,029,000 11,010,000 11,317,000 8,207,000 10,344,000 8,214,000 9,814,000 8,265,000 7,995,000 7,705,000 8,435,000 8,275,000 7,821,000 7,939,000 7,481,000 13,310,000 7,262,000 7,226,000 6,385,000 7,360,000 7,406,000 8,565,000 6,462,000 9,259,000 6,075,000 5,760,000 5,277,000 5,466,000 6,809,000 5,500,000 5,116,000 8,138,000 5,440,000 21,170,000 5,203,000 4,908,000 5,149,000 6,045,000 5,880,000 10,421,000 4,975,000 6,700,000 3,677,000 3,826,000 4,142,000 3,140,000 2,957,000 2,966,000 2,997,000 3,487,000 4,173,000 3,021,000 3,018,000 4,898,000 2,714,000 2,296,000 2,223,000 2,155,000 2,449,000 2,035,000 1,943,000 1,875,000 2,538,000                
          deferred income taxes
        18,427,000 -658,000 3,039,000 -6,699,000 -5,609,000 -13,180,000 21,943,000 -25,041,000 -12,611,000 -1,071,000 6,703,000 -18,403,000 -6,246,000 -5,725,000 -745,000 -3,227,000 -2,224,000 -4,771,000 1,507,000 -2,331,000 531,000 -3,239,000 437,000 3,396,000 10,321,000 3,533,000 -6,624,000 -3,572,000 206,000 1,777,000 -689,000 -2,758,000 -2,086,000 2,059,000 875,000 -3,950,000 5,797,000 -1,875,000 4,907,000 1,513,000 2,283,000 -1,656,000 2,388,000 -4,010,000 344,000 2,356,000 341,000 1,010,000 -881,000 -478,000 -679,000 1,150,000 4,419,000 -4,160,000 1,766,000 -611,000 -3,058,000 -148,000 57,000 -1,323,000 792,000 -124,000 -1,151,000 -210,000 -2,188,000 -3,108,000 -321,000 188,000 -1,029,000 -681,000 -2,796,000 -1,785,000 -1,115,000 -83,000 -1,845,000 -1,761,000 -2,879,000 -1,588,000 -961,000 -672,000 3,407,000 -1,216,000 -1,014,000                
          other
        6,047,000 14,283,000 -5,894,000 4,439,000 4,160,000 2,378,000 890,000 -11,867,000 381,000 -4,406,000 -4,148,000 -17,198,000 19,191,000 18,987,000 -1,337,000 -21,614,000 13,948,000 -3,735,000 -8,870,000 -1,579,000 4,752,000 -12,195,000 718,000 -11,576,000 5,687,000 -18,000 5,861,000 -1,070,000                                                                       
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions
                                                                                                          
          accounts receivable
        26,639,000 -31,783,000 -19,232,000 -1,048,000 4,733,000 -22,848,000 -23,377,000                                                                                            
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        15,238,000 4,116,000 -23,113,000 -6,634,000 10,588,000 1,808,000 -5,697,000                       -9,370,000 -957,000 279,000 412,000 -5,199,000 -6,716,000 -1,290,000 4,422,000 -1,177,000 -2,805,000 -1,243,000 -566,000 -2,182,000 3,998,000 -4,601,000 1,742,000 -653,000 -1,011,000 396,000 -1,600,000 -3,367,000 3,036,000 852,000 481,000 -1,841,000 2,613,000 -884,000 895,000 -995,000 539,000 -558,000 -1,296,000 -2,720,000 -2,023,000                                    
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
        10,845,000 -10,277,000 22,225,000 -9,683,000 12,198,000 -23,122,000 -38,793,000 38,051,000 6,919,000 -20,907,000 31,284,000 2,523,000 -6,232,000 -6,642,000 18,744,000 -2,477,000 5,109,000 -10,519,000 20,702,000 3,780,000 -988,000 -2,964,000 2,240,000 2,027,000 44,000 -2,809,000 13,165,000 2,493,000 640,000 5,099,000 -10,522,000 8,654,000 3,276,000 -8,457,000 8,604,000 -3,774,000 -1,804,000 1,309,000 2,043,000 2,051,000 1,544,000 874,000 1,056,000 2,150,000 1,767,000 -342,000 4,548,000 -643,000 649,000 -2,593,000 -316,000 1,079,000 -2,762,000 2,187,000 2,851,000 -930,000 784,000 -2,684,000 2,839,000 1,859,000 -1,013,000 -3,619,000 2,961,000 -728,000 848,000 -5,510,000 4,082,000 3,752,000 -1,740,000 -3,751,000 4,820,000 -4,526,000 3,891,000 4,391,000 -5,016,000 7,022,000 -3,018,000 186,000 1,023,000  3,489,000 4,610,000 -5,694,000 591,000 -2,184,000 -3,459,000 4,910,000   688,000 -108,000 -355,000 1,641,000 1,188,000 1,413,000 -912,000 1,851,000 2,892,000 
          accrued compensation
        49,782,000 28,072,000 -70,313,000 31,877,000 25,259,000 19,193,000 -40,663,000 13,116,000 7,127,000 19,892,000 -60,348,000 36,504,000 11,779,000 15,082,000 -66,796,000 38,516,000 10,688,000 18,777,000 -53,457,000 32,881,000 9,813,000 24,979,000 -45,858,000 30,600,000 9,364,000 22,262,000 -45,780,000 21,929,000 2,594,000 17,785,000 -44,051,000 26,364,000 2,966,000 16,789,000 -40,384,000 23,726,000 400,000 16,562,000 -34,261,000 5,770,000 8,371,000 12,893,000 -23,073,000 9,012,000 7,257,000 10,308,000 -23,061,000 9,321,000 8,581,000 5,264,000 -21,213,000 10,738,000 10,547,000 4,440,000 -26,501,000 7,106,000 9,711,000 8,225,000 -24,523,000 9,297,000 2,674,000 12,234,000 -32,087,000 15,462,000 7,065,000 13,006,000 -28,093,000 10,694,000 6,789,000 12,308,000 -25,579,000 13,293,000 4,378,000 11,639,000 -20,911,000 10,112,000 4,285,000 8,666,000 -14,540,000 5,830,000 4,139,000 2,176,000 -10,982,000 4,500,000 2,956,000 -9,407,000         1,320,000    
          deferred revenues
        -5,192,000 26,015,000 -5,793,000 -2,706,000 -6,979,000 19,203,000 -7,269,000 -8,878,000 -8,316,000 24,675,000 -2,542,000 474,000 -14,930,000 11,359,000 -290,000                                                                                    
          taxes payable, net of prepaid taxes
        -30,219,000 -13,813,000 7,712,000 17,947,000 5,702,000 -7,004,000 -17,806,000 4,544,000 10,158,000 -31,491,000 5,341,000 22,284,000 21,688,000 -9,571,000 6,995,000 -723,000 3,272,000 -12,300,000 -9,524,000 17,532,000 -7,922,000 3,386,000 13,302,000 2,864,000 -14,906,000 -28,798,000 16,616,000 -17,006,000 15,153,000 -24,874,000 7,489,000 1,731,000 8,762,000 9,765,000 7,401,000 1,796,000 -4,480,000 -3,225,000 13,786,000 9,957,000 5,175,000 -5,423,000 20,561,000 14,224,000 13,074,000 -20,528,000 23,667,000 2,532,000 11,023,000 -9,354,000 19,108,000 13,866,000 2,927,000 -17,004,000 13,709,000 1,116,000 6,465,000 -14,351,000 10,979,000 11,468,000 6,070,000 -8,143,000 10,992,000 5,478,000 11,541,000 2,142,000 16,620,000 -3,044,000 611,000 -10,966,000 14,946,000 4,393,000                           
          lease liabilities
        -9,936,000 -10,068,000 -10,529,000 -10,395,000 -10,596,000 -9,895,000 -9,759,000 -7,633,000 -11,847,000 -10,057,000 -9,783,000 -5,663,000 -11,164,000 -11,640,000 -11,237,000 -12,667,000 -12,098,000 -13,342,000 -10,521,000 -11,594,000 -10,607,000 -10,542,000 -10,007,000                                                                            
          net cash from operating activities
        284,520,000 211,688,000 121,284,000 212,100,000 253,833,000 173,955,000 86,372,000 163,161,000 238,235,000 143,798,000 155,144,000 155,670,000 218,589,000 164,678,000 106,636,000 151,353,000 191,972,000 122,034,000 72,918,000 184,977,000 140,313,000 140,660,000 89,276,000 159,427,000 150,953,000 99,669,000 95,791,000 121,812,000 159,770,000 99,234,000 46,320,000 106,326,000 125,653,000 92,546,000 61,143,000 100,215,000 92,254,000 76,945,000 51,113,000 70,036,000 96,878,000 93,139,000 71,087,000 83,600,000 102,102,000 49,572,000 71,168,000 71,301,000 94,995,000 40,588,000 58,139,000 76,182,000 96,589,000 46,402,000 50,636,000 57,069,000 76,437,000 43,705,000 54,754,000 70,140,000 64,515,000 50,297,000 22,184,000 70,251,000 70,696,000 44,898,000 25,235,000 65,341,000 67,010,000 35,659,000 39,760,000 39,708,000 58,609,000 31,183,000 13,624,000 56,846,000 50,955,000 25,160,000 22,947,000 32,750,000 44,627,000 31,389,000 12,056,000 44,552,000 6,011,000 12,272,000 22,828,000 26,858,000 10,144,000 16,540,000 21,963,000 32,181,000 8,157,000 12,410,000 16,867,000 26,499,000 5,788,000 17,541,000 
          capital expenditures
        -30,475,000 -25,997,000 -30,847,000 -33,966,000 -25,230,000 -23,736,000 -25,874,000 -25,959,000 -21,339,000 -21,917,000 -16,466,000 635,000 -26,005,000 -17,960,000 -15,206,000 -15,404,000 -11,963,000 -8,583,000 -13,911,000 -18,656,000 -10,425,000 -18,333,000 -25,119,000 -26,780,000 -11,424,000 -11,956,000 -9,526,000 -15,145,000 -6,000,000 -6,463,000 -5,912,000 -7,935,000 -12,537,000 -13,069,000 -8,233,000 -12,053,000 -14,385,000 -10,291,000 -3,627,000 -6,950,000 -4,814,000 -6,039,000 -3,672,000 -2,594,000 -5,438,000 -5,229,000 -4,204,000 -2,987,000 -6,097,000 -5,657,000 -6,219,000 -4,590,000 -6,054,000 -6,537,000 -7,412,000 -8,021,000 -7,092,000 -4,625,000 -2,313,000 -6,738,000 -5,077,000 -3,183,000 -6,401,000 -9,379,000 -9,939,000 -12,781,000 -7,310,000 -5,750,000 -13,844,000 -10,107,000 -7,327,000 -7,973,000 -13,436,000 -5,673,000 -1,417,000 -7,972,000 -3,957,000 
          free cash flows
        254,045,000 185,691,000 90,437,000 178,134,000 228,603,000 150,219,000 60,498,000 137,202,000 216,896,000 121,881,000 138,678,000 156,305,000 192,584,000 164,678,000 88,676,000 136,147,000 176,568,000 110,071,000 64,335,000 171,066,000 121,657,000 130,235,000 70,943,000 159,427,000 150,953,000 74,550,000 69,011,000 121,812,000 148,346,000 87,278,000 36,794,000 91,181,000 119,653,000 86,083,000 55,231,000 100,215,000 84,319,000 76,945,000 38,576,000 56,967,000 88,645,000 81,086,000 56,702,000 73,309,000 98,475,000 42,622,000 66,354,000 65,262,000 91,323,000 37,994,000 52,701,000 70,953,000 92,385,000 43,415,000 44,539,000 51,412,000 70,218,000 39,115,000 48,700,000 63,603,000 64,515,000 42,885,000 14,163,000 63,159,000 66,071,000 42,585,000 18,497,000 60,264,000 63,827,000 29,258,000 30,381,000 29,769,000 45,828,000 23,873,000 7,874,000 43,002,000 40,848,000 17,833,000 14,974,000 32,750,000 31,191,000 25,716,000 10,639,000 36,580,000 6,011,000 8,315,000 22,828,000 26,858,000 10,144,000 16,540,000 21,963,000 32,181,000 8,157,000 12,410,000 16,867,000 26,499,000 5,788,000 17,541,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                                          
          purchases of property, equipment, leasehold improvements and capitalized internal-use software
        -30,475,000 -25,997,000 -30,847,000 -33,966,000 -25,230,000 -23,736,000 -25,874,000 -25,959,000 -21,339,000 -21,917,000 -16,466,000 635,000 -26,005,000                                                                                      
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired
           -5,794,000 -227,262,000 -115,199,000         -1,931,623,000 -50,018,000 -16,140,000                                                                               
          purchases of investments
        -16,982,000 -229,000 -875,000 -14,434,000 -225,000 -221,000 -3,987,000 -13,700,000 -36,183,000 -8,753,000 -125,000 -997,000 -9,892,000 -200,000 -428,000 -250,000 -17,537,000 -1,000,000 -250,000 -500,000 384,000 -2,620,000 -2,955,000 -253,000 -3,571,000 -4,356,000 -2,862,000 -121,000 -2,545,000 -6,942,000 -775,000 -4,833,000 -8,449,000 -16,700,000 -5,203,000 -404,000 -399,000 -12,131,000 -11,827,000 -12,437,000 -12,597,000 -331,000 -315,000 -7,172,000 -7,207,000 -308,000 -303,000 -7,795,000               -13,230,000 -13,678,000 -22,024,000 -3,079,000 -4,465,000 -3,635,000 -4,417,000 -5,438,000                    
          proceeds from maturity or sale of investments
        36,050,000               -1,000 2,177,000 2,547,000 1,942,000 2,257,000 2,862,000                                                                       
          net cash from investing activities
        -47,457,000 -26,226,000 4,328,000 -23,400,000 -31,249,000 -193,064,000 -145,060,000 -39,659,000 -21,339,000 -58,100,000 -25,219,000 -23,083,000 -26,005,000 -18,453,000 -27,852,000 -15,406,000 -1,947,455,000 -11,963,000 -58,851,000 -47,588,000 -18,656,000 -11,426,000 -58,322,000 -12,186,000 -11,510,000 -22,793,000 -27,143,000 -26,557,000 -10,175,000 -12,059,000 -7,309,000 -30,420,000 -6,121,000 -6,545,000 -5,445,000 -12,899,000 -239,024,000 -13,958,000 -81,425,000 140,861,000 -8,637,000 -12,452,000 -278,180,000 -11,028,000 -7,050,000   -11,184,000 -3,706,000 -34,791,000 -21,027,000 -5,513,000 -4,512,000 -3,995,000 -6,392,000 -26,986,000 -6,219,000 -4,590,000 -21,054,000 -6,537,000 -7,373,000 -7,412,000 -8,021,000 -62,272,000 -4,625,000 -2,313,000 -6,738,000 -5,077,000 -3,183,000 -6,401,000 15,881,000 -72,108,000 -13,999,000 -28,661,000 -4,500,000 -14,080,000 -10,342,000 -7,314,000 -8,257,000  -13,057,000 -12,433,000 -20,291,000 -9,870,000 -19,427,000 -48,138,000 15,054,000 14,198,000           
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                                          
          proceeds from debt
           498,410,000 250,000,000 55,000,000                           65,000,000 510,000,000 65,000,000 265,000,000                                                      
          repayments of debt
           -62,500,000 -542,500,000 -137,500,000 -62,500,000 -62,500,000 -62,500,000 -62,500,000 -62,500,000                                                                                        
          dividend payments
        -40,305,000 -40,968,000 -41,411,000 -41,644,000 -39,512,000 -39,571,000 -39,246,000 -39,370,000 -37,156,000 -37,088,000 -37,053,000 -37,224,000 -33,899,000 -33,813,000 -33,665,000 -33,600,000 -30,886,000 -30,792,000 -30,656,000 -30,783,000 -28,958,000 -29,083,000 -29,103,000 -29,001,000 -27,075,000 -27,104,000 -27,259,000 -24,283,000 -27,327,000 -24,190,000 -24,252,000 -24,371,000 -21,631,000 -21,724,000 -21,682,000 -21,774,000 -19,556,000 -19,701,000 -19,867,000 -20,176,000 -17,910,000 -18,079,000 -18,053,000 -18,147,000 -16,118,000 -16,102,000 -16,184,000 -16,271,000 -14,725,000 -14,947,000 -15,064,000 -15,309,000 -13,413,000 -13,649,000 -13,631,000 -13,800,000 -12,001,000 -12,098,000 -12,084,000 -12,294,000 -10,545,000 -10,593,000 -10,517,000 -10,586,000 -9,266,000 -9,360,000 -9,282,000 -9,366,000 -8,391,000 -8,427,000 -8,586,000 -8,597,000 -5,708,000 -5,755,000 -5,788,000 -5,862,000 -3,011,000 -2,850,000 -2,931,000  -2,395,000 -2,377,000 -2,378,000 -2,295,000 -2,132,000 -2,082,000             
          proceeds from employee stock plans
        10,871,000 8,118,000 8,545,000 9,072,000 12,272,000 21,494,000 38,850,000 8,214,000 16,953,000 38,140,000 28,404,000 16,121,000 12,280,000 20,182,000 23,423,000 11,874,000 17,245,000 21,165,000 35,763,000 17,215,000 18,436,000 10,533,000 17,993,000 30,197,000 14,836,000 33,760,000 16,727,000 28,125,000 35,564,000 29,397,000 13,965,000 14,081,000 8,745,000 26,652,000 22,132,000 7,886,000 7,434,000 18,040,000 16,685,000 18,006,000 11,997,000 6,823,000 20,025,000 19,674,000 17,459,000 27,012,000 7,381,000 25,353,000 9,918,000 7,397,000 9,484,000 33,526,000 59,705,000 18,204,000 13,102,000 6,271,000 13,633,000 6,423,000 7,420,000 5,143,000 9,975,000 7,816,000 20,145,000 8,070,000 8,869,000 9,782,000 28,529,000 5,531,000 9,872,000 4,914,000 3,487,000 4,131,000 3,753,000 4,918,000 7,760,000 4,176,000 4,840,000 2,618,000 3,978,000 4,928,000 5,546,000 4,333,000 1,822,000 2,911,000 2,885,000 10,434,000 2,604,000 2,415,000 1,365,000 2,457,000 5,592,000 2,182,000 623,000 553,000     
          repurchases of common stock
        -203,070,000 -163,031,000 -139,899,000 -106,619,000 -80,696,000 -64,352,000 -48,790,000 -63,317,000 -59,753,000 -52,255,000 -59,910,000 -109,628,000    -18,639,000 -92,492,000 -57,570,000 -71,496,000 -43,144,000  -12,410,000 -74,172,000 -84,423,000  -47,555,000 -46,021,000 -64,718,000  -121,963,000 -82,200,000 -31,706,000  -48,339,000 -81,567,000 -84,860,000                                                            
          deferred acquisition consideration
        -4,124,000 -12,052,000                                                                                                
          other financing activities
        -460,000 -263,000 -5,695,000 -6,803,000 -1,759,000 -5,542,000 -13,385,000 -969,000 -1,225,000 -960,000 -13,505,000 -1,436,000 -492,000 -791,000 -10,990,000 -2,596,000 -5,000 -308,000 -2,950,000 -1,893,000 -7,000 -236,000 -2,123,000        -502,000 1,776,000                                                                  
          net cash from financing activities
        -217,088,000 -196,144,000 -190,512,000 -208,494,000 -153,785,000 24,529,000 -70,071,000 -157,942,000 -143,681,000 -114,663,000 -144,564,000 -194,667,000 -151,703,000 -139,422,000 -146,232,000 -149,322,000                            -72,112,000 -57,715,000 -615,000 -56,884,000 -60,453,000 -61,946,000 -90,832,000 -63,498,000 -115,518,000 2,224,000 -100,376,000 -24,738,000 -73,340,000 -20,217,000 -48,943,000 -16,218,000 -89,526,000 -54,222,000 -46,401,000 -8,974,000 -39,416,000 -43,561,000 -50,802,000 -17,789,000 -36,411,000 -7,360,000 -19,650,000 -46,998,000 -15,066,000 -1,246,000 -33,894,000 -23,377,000 -46,220,000 -7,761,000 -17,596,000 -2,629,000  -1,351,000 3,007,000 -469,000 -10,100,000 504,000 8,321,000    531,000         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -2,977,000 3,572,000 -2,273,000 1,084,000 10,014,000                                                                                              
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        16,998,000 -7,110,000 -67,173,000 -18,710,000 78,813,000                                                                                              
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
        351,695,000                                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
        16,998,000 -7,110,000 284,522,000 -18,710,000 78,813,000                                                                                              
          reconciliation of total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
                                                                                                          
          cash and cash equivalents
        19,776,000 -7,110,000 275,448,000 -18,710,000 77,813,000                                                                                              
          restricted cash included in prepaid expenses and other current assets
        2,094,000 -1,937,000 5,139,000                                                                                              
          restricted cash included in other assets
        -4,872,000 1,937,000 3,935,000 1,000,000                                                                                              
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        16,998,000 -7,110,000 284,522,000 -18,710,000 78,813,000                                                                                              
          gain on divestiture of a business
                                                                                                          
          proceeds from divestiture
                                                                                                          
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
           422,979,000 425,444,000 503,273,000 681,865,000 585,605,000 359,799,000 208,623,000 194,731,000 228,407,000 158,914,000  116,378,000  196,627,000  189,044,000  181,685,000  195,741,000  216,320,000  117,986,000  168,834,000  126,549,000  59,457,000 78,580,000  51,126,000  44,819,000  38,583,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
              -5,052,000 4,275,000 -1,779,000 -1,182,000 1,050,000 897,000 420,000 1,381,000 1,317,000 -10,318,000 -5,536,000 -1,024,000 -5,550,000 -5,911,000 2,098,000 3,595,000 -45,000 10,020,000 -569,000 -503,000 2,725,000 -1,180,000 -3,751,000 1,596,000 -2,251,000 -1,466,000 -7,026,000 2,966,000 2,318,000 5,225,000 3,272,000 43,000 -7,276,000 -8,629,000 4,543,000 -4,774,000 -3,377,000 559,000 -1,512,000 -5,039,000 -5,711,000 -2,144,000 725,000 -196,000 3,780,000 -1,363,000 -2,776,000 -1,429,000 2,162,000 3,771,000 -6,469,000 1,072,000 -5,413,000 -1,060,000 2,643,000 4,270,000 1,421,000 2,465,000 -2,392,000 -5,049,000 833,000 1,356,000 2,336,000 -1,156,000 -2,773,000 -1,377,000 85,000 -170,000 341,000 243,000 51,000 15,000 267,000  -983,000 -86,000 318,000 680,000 -56,000 -673,000             
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
              -133,811,000 -30,165,000 71,436,000 -30,147,000 -13,589,000 -61,183,000 41,301,000 8,184,000 -66,131,000 -23,693,000 -246,046,000   23,525,000 55,656,000   127,898,000 114,219,000   35,839,000 105,625,000 47,957,000 -38,245,000 -4,438,000 -20,567,000 11,695,000 27,202,000 32,973,000 6,407,000 -17,937,000 -55,119,000 40,971,000 12,266,000 -4,978,000 21,234,000 1,019,000 35,825,000   -2,480,000   -22,606,000 -46,212,000 91,525,000 -59,398,000 21,668,000 -39,486,000 43,532,000 -8,756,000 12,069,000 -26,983,000 5,563,000 754,000 6,610,000 -28,972,000 20,118,000 -13,266,000 1,541,000 25,209,000 58,803,000 8,452,000 5,870,000 -48,843,000 43,449,000 -31,542,000 -13,912,000 -3,211,000 32,903,000 265,000 12,328,000 24,365,000 29,236,000     -28,218,000    1,851,000     -4,747,000 -6,138,000 7,690,000 9,431,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
              289,168,000 -30,165,000 71,436,000 -30,147,000 411,855,000 -61,183,000 41,301,000 8,184,000 437,142,000 -23,693,000 -246,046,000 99,112,000 673,900,000 23,525,000 55,656,000 42,547,000 560,137,000 127,898,000 114,219,000 7,271,000 336,217,000 35,839,000 105,625,000 47,957,000 170,378,000 -4,438,000 -20,567,000 11,695,000 221,933,000 32,973,000 6,407,000 -17,937,000 173,288,000 40,971,000 12,266,000 -4,978,000 180,148,000  35,825,000 6,835,000 115,235,000  30,068,000 -85,231,000 174,021,000  91,525,000 -59,398,000 210,712,000  43,532,000 -8,756,000 193,754,000  5,563,000 754,000 202,351,000  20,118,000 -13,266,000 217,861,000  58,803,000 8,452,000 123,856,000  43,449,000 -31,542,000 154,922,000  32,903,000 265,000 138,877,000  29,236,000 21,877,000 51,071,000 25,262,000 -12,968,000 50,362,000  3,341,000 -16,166,000 52,977,000  24,541,000 -21,549,000 36,816,000  -6,138,000 7,690,000 48,014,000 
          asset impairments
               3,614,000 165,000 54,000 844,000 24,779,000 438,000 447,000 282,000                                                                                    
          payments of debt issuance costs
                                                                                                         
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                                                          
          cash paid during the year for interest
                                                                                                          
          cash paid during the year for income taxes, net of refunds
                                                                                                          
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions
                                                                                                          
          dividends declared, not paid
                                                                                                          
          accounts receivable, net of reserves
                32,292,000 -29,710,000 -9,758,000 -2,224,000 16,415,000 -30,647,000 -23,647,000 6,025,000 -1,301,000 -32,436,000 -5,268,000 10,441,000 8,626,000 -15,079,000 -342,000 -3,517,000 16,744,000 -22,710,000 875,000 7,093,000 22,788,000 -16,093,000 -3,583,000 -11,484,000 19,374,000 -19,818,000 3,511,000 -193,000 1,688,000 -21,013,000 -9,985,000 7,775,000 -5,633,000 -7,282,000 1,599,000 -3,141,000 8,121,000 -10,907,000 1,627,000 -4,298,000 11,465,000 -17,854,000 -2,612,000 -4,147,000 16,575,000 -6,914,000 -4,655,000 -6,248,000 4,786,000 -6,626,000 10,171,000 -7,467,000 2,964,000 -6,632,000 -4,176,000 -476,000 9,698,000 -7,883,000 2,544,000 7,725,000 11,044,000 -10,310,000 3,546,000 -5,490,000 1,398,000                          
          repayment of debt
                    -62,500,000 -125,000,000 -125,000,000                    -65,000,000                                                               
          purchases of property, equipment, leasehold improvements and internal-use software
                      -17,960,000 -15,206,000 -15,404,000 -11,963,000 -8,583,000 -13,911,000 -18,656,000 -10,425,000 -18,333,000                                                                            
          impairment charge
                       1,287,000 48,998,000                                                                                  
          deferred fees
                       -10,191,000 -2,110,000 16,449,000 -10,248,000 -3,820,000 -3,547,000 22,169,000 -9,724,000 -4,285,000 -919,000 17,258,000 -6,483,000 -4,368,000 -4,903,000 16,979,000 -7,250,000 -6,992,000 -5,071,000 21,629,000 -3,531,000 -2,867,000 1,486,000 4,270,000 -3,118,000 -2,996,000 2,783,000 3,501,000 -2,588,000 -5,898,000 3,327,000 4,320,000 -1,696,000 -1,115,000 2,249,000 2,554,000 -94,000 -3,989,000 945,000 1,527,000 410,000 -4,253,000 983,000 1,976,000 -1,279,000 -1,768,000 2,222,000 2,215,000 550,000 -2,300,000 -2,223,000 1,689,000 -4,925,000 -611,000 -887,000 2,661,000 -1,689,000 23,000 567,000 176,000 -3,417,000 -177,000 150,000 2,745,000 -2,717,000 -158,000 5,487,000 1,652,000 -949,000  2,416,000 -1,368,000             
          net cash used by financing activities
                         -9,935,000 -16,482,000 -107,953,000 -68,099,000 -90,282,000 -56,377,000  -24,655,000 -69,102,000 -94,955,000  -40,219,000 -40,814,000 -75,005,000  -133,073,000 -77,272,000 -30,814,000                                                                
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                          -7,965,000    -25,468,000    -23,582,000                    -1,143,000                                    -8,386,000 25,262,000               
          acquisition of business, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired
                             -41,916,000                                                                            
          loss on sale of assets
                               6,000 21,000   1,000 -1,000 15,000 181,000    17,000     6,000       24,000                        -130,000                            
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                          
          purchases of property, equipment, leasehold improvements and intangible assets
                                                                                                          
          acquisition of businesses and investments, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired
                                                                                                          
          repurchase of common stock
                                               -164,005,000 -77,128,000 -71,356,000 -44,339,000 -78,661,000 -71,239,000 -55,778,000 -50,539,000 -74,675,000 -58,970,000 -86,122,000 -60,062,000 -144,102,000 -49,056,000 -110,769,000 -28,241,000 -66,529,000 -27,317,000 -45,063,000 -14,732,000 -83,633,000 -57,806,000 -49,038,000 -26,107,000 -39,327,000 -46,382,000 -54,989,000 -52,118,000 -33,600,000 -10,704,000 -17,248,000 -42,275,000 -12,132,000 -350,000 -35,718,000 -29,669,000 -46,562,000 -12,305,000 -16,309,000 -5,123,000  -6,678,000 -431,000 -256,000 -10,716,000 -249,000 -31,000             
          tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
                                           -533,000 -803,000 -3,484,000 -5,511,000 -4,878,000 -2,523,000 -1,721,000 -9,083,000 -5,022,000 -12,183,000 -9,285,000 -2,458,000 -5,140,000 -1,831,000 -2,840,000 -2,144,000 -10,367,000 -4,988,000 -5,838,000 -4,032,000 -718,000 -5,468,000 -1,795,000 -3,178,000 -1,258,000 -4,154,000 -5,414,000 -7,505,000 -2,427,000 -3,218,000 -3,765,000 -15,082,000 -1,024,000 -1,863,000 -1,111,000 -376,000 -1,532,000                           
          purchases of property, equipment, leasehold improvements and intangible assets, net of proceeds from dispositions
                                                                                                          
          other financing
                                -6,000                                                                          
          purchases of property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net of proceeds from dispositions
                                 -25,119,000 -26,780,000  -11,424,000 -11,956,000 -9,526,000 -15,145,000 -6,000,000 -6,463,000 -5,912,000    -12,537,000 -13,069,000 -8,233,000 -12,053,000 -14,385,000 -10,291,000 -3,627,000 -6,950,000 -4,814,000 -6,039,000 -3,672,000 -2,594,000 -5,438,000 -5,229,000 -4,204,000 -2,987,000 -6,097,000 -5,657,000 -6,219,000 -4,590,000 -6,054,000 -6,537,000                                       
          purchases of property, equipment and leasehold improvements
                                            -7,935,000                         -7,412,000 -8,021,000 -7,092,000 -4,625,000 -2,313,000 -6,738,000 -5,077,000 -3,183,000 -6,401,000 -9,379,000 -9,939,000 -12,781,000 -7,310,000 -5,750,000 -13,844,000 -10,107,000 -7,327,000 -7,973,000  -13,436,000 -5,673,000 -1,417,000 -7,972,000               
          deferred rent and other non-current liabilities
                                     480,000 -1,126,000 -1,086,000 807,000 659,000 -845,000 -435,000 -8,000 -451,000 3,225,000 2,862,000 1,440,000 8,117,000 1,255,000 2,449,000 3,045,000 -1,006,000 -166,000 -431,000 -852,000 2,891,000 -3,280,000 -1,919,000 -645,000 -1,279,000 997,000 275,000 -258,000 -311,000 -611,000                                        
          other working capital accounts
                                     218,000 -144,000 -39,000 177,000 -51,000 65,000 321,000 -132,000 95,000 -152,000 175,000 -147,000 -132,000 110,000 -109,000 130,000   213,000 -561,000 -199,000 299,000 999,000 1,357,000 483,000 -409,000 35,000 114,000 -666,000 -66,000 1,741,000 -1,223,000 -171,000 -46,000 2,093,000 -2,834,000 -1,679,000 730,000 -2,698,000 2,038,000 903,000 -1,882,000 -1,504,000 950,000 -557,000 -491,000 -1,350,000 1,634,000 210,000 -371,000 -1,881,000 1,683,000 1,824,000 235,000 -2,960,000 2,161,000 2,271,000         -41,000    
          proceeds from maturity of investments
                                     3,468,000 6,573,000                                                                    
          loss on sale of business
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from sale of business
                                                                                                          
          proceeds from sales of investments
                                       2,587,000 2,463,000 7,409,000 3,898,000 19,501,000 4,818,000 12,423,000 12,292,000 7,535,000  6,871,000 6,923,000 7,500,000             25,260,000 13,039,000 12,460,000 14,739,000 4,154,000 4,229,000 3,400,000 4,430,000 5,154,000                    
          debt issuance costs
                                           -1,000    -12,000                                                      
          loss on disposition of assets
                                        -7,000    -109,000                                                              
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                           -1,243,000 -230,154,000 -71,689,000 1,178,000   -1,202,000 -3,423,000   297,000                                -407,000 -6,710,000 -21,163,000                
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                                                          
          purchase of business
                                          442,000                                                                
          loss (gain) on sale of business
                                                                                                          
          sale of business
                                                                                                        
          stock issued for acquisition of business
                                                                                                          
          net cash provided by financing activities
                                                                                                          
          net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
                                             -80,967,000 -17,531,000                                                            
          gain on sale of business
                                                                                                          
          net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
                                                -80,518,000 -80,891,000 231,704,000                                                        
          gain on sale of assets
                                                   -17,000 -13,000   2,000 -41,000 -23,000 -19,000 -5,000 -2,000  -1,000 -19,000 1,000 -3,000 -1,000 43,000 -6,000 40,000 -157,000 11,000 -1,000   -10,000                          
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of an acquisition
                                                                                                          
          acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                  -264,087,000        -15,288,000                                -46,157,000             
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                                          
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                          
          net cash used in investing activities
                                                      -9,716,000                                                    
          proceeds from maturities of investments
                                                                                                          
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition
                                                                                                          
          changes in assets and liabilities
                                                                                                          
          cash paid during the year for income taxes
                                                                                                          
          purchase of investments
                                                                  -15,000,000                                        
          landlord contributions
                                                                      270,000 213,000 1,949,000 687,000 335,000 467,000 117,000 90,000 2,460,000 16,000 57,000 359,000 464,000                  
          prepaid fundamentals database updates
                                                                       1,375,000 1,375,000                                
          repayment of note
                                                                                   -48,000                      
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of business acquired
                                                                                                          
          insurance proceeds from fixed asset recoveries
                                                                                  175,000                        
          gain on sale of company-owned real estate
                                                                                        -1,342,000                
          proceeds from sale of company-owned real estate
                                                                                       2,910,000                
          excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
                                                                                 -11,301,000 4,320,000                        
          taxes payable
                                                                                 -12,849,000 8,381,000 1,146,000 -2,484,000 -12,123,000 9,308,000 -63,000 404,000 -2,978,000 6,134,000   1,449,000             
          deferred rent
                                                                                 575,000 930,000                        
          income tax benefits from stock option exercises
                                                                                    2,763,000 1,155,000 1,447,000     696,000 1,079,000 4,113,000 525,000 313,000 46,000 433,000 1,271,000 738,000 22,000 81,000 21,000 765,000 820,000 53,000 
          loss on disposal of assets
                                                                                  88,000                        
          receivables from clients and clearing broker, net of reserves
                                                                                  -3,410,000                        
          net gain realized on sale of available-for-sale securities
                                                                                   -1,000                      
          receivables from clients and clearing broker
                                                                                   -4,514,000 14,804,000 -8,567,000 -1,972,000  -3,742,000 -1,637,000 -1,740,000                
          gain on sale of equipment
                                                                                                          
          accrued esop contribution
                                                                                              260,000 660,000 660,000 660,000 704,000 582,000 582,000 582,000 540,000 540,000 540,000 540,000 
          purchases of investments, net of proceeds from sales
                                                                                                          
          proceeds from sales of investments, net of purchases
                                                                                                          
          (purchases) proceeds from sales of investments
                                                                                          -621,000                
          deferred tax provision
                                                                                           2,720,000             -264,000 276,000 
          net income adjusted for non-cash items
                                                                                           26,698,000 20,697,000 22,063,000 20,054,000 18,185,000 16,139,000 19,528,000 20,099,000 19,423,000 16,738,000 16,547,000 15,559,000 13,764,000   
          receivables from clients and clearing brokers
                                                                                           12,732,000 -13,744,000 -3,390,000         -1,958,000   4,745,000 
          deferred fees and commissions
                                                                                                      733,000    
          current taxes payable
                                                                                           2,134,000    2,453,000 -3,571,000 5,060,000 -1,596,000   4,478,000    1,904,000 
          landlord contributions to leasehold improvements
                                                                                           465,000             
          (purchases) sales of investments
                                                                                           -1,862,000               
          acquisition of businesses, net of working capital acquired
                                                                                                          
          deferred tax expense
                                                                                             1,073,000    754,000 1,457,000   150,000     
          proceeds from sales (purchases) of investments
                                                                                             1,976,000             
          purchases of property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net of retirements
                                                                                             -3,957,000             
          sales (purchases) of investments
                                                                                               26,738,000           
          the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                          
          deferred tax benefit
                                                                                                          
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquired working capital
                                                                                                          
          prepaid taxes
                                                                                                          
          acquisition of business, net of working capital acquired
                                                                                                          
          acquisition of businesses, net of acquired assets
                                                                                                          
          purchases of investments, net of sales
                                                                                                          
          years ended august 31,
                                                                                                          
          receivables from employees
                                                                                                   70,000 40,000 83,000 201,000    
          acquisition of business (see note 5), net of acquired assets
                                                                                                          
          acquisition of business
                                                                                                          
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                                                                       1,435,000 1,464,000 510,000 
          the accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                          
          net income adjusted for non-cash operating items
                                                                                                         14,410,000 
          repurchase of common stock from employees
                                                                                                          
          changes in assets and liabilities net of acquired working capital
                                                                                                          
          income tax benefits from option exercises
                                                                                                          
          purchases of property, equipment, and leasehold improvements, net of retirements