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Note 7 - Segment Information
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
7.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which they
may
earn revenues and incur expenses, whos
e operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise’s chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and for which discrete financial information is available. Financial information at the operating segment level is reviewed jointly by the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and senior management. Senior management consists of executives who directly report to the CEO, comprising the Chief Financial Officer
, Chief Operating Officer, Global Head of Sales and Client Solutions, General Counsel, and Chief Human Resources Officer. Senior management, along with the CEO, constitute FactSet’s chief operating decision making group (“CODMG”) and is responsible for making decisions about resources allocated among the operating segments based on actual results.
 
FactSet
’s operating segments are aligned with how the Company, including its CODMG, manages the business and the demographic markets in which FactSet serves. The Company’s internal financial reporting structure is based on
three
segments; the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. FactSet believes this alignment helps it better manage the business and view the markets the Company serves, which are centered on providing integrated global financial and economic information. Sales, consulting, data collection, product development and software engineering are the primary functional groups within the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific segments that provide global financial and economic information to investment managers, investment banks and other financial services professionals. The U.S. segment services investment professionals including financial institutions throughout the Americas
. The European and Asia Pacific segments service investment professionals located throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific region, respectively. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the Note
3,
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
.
 
The European segment
maintains office locations in Bulgaria, Dubai, England
, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. The Asia Pacific segment has office locations in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Singapore. Segment revenues reflect direct sales to clients based in their respective geographic locations. There are
no
intersegment or intercompany sales of FactSet services. Each segment records compensation expense, including stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, depreciation of furniture and fixtures, amortization of leasehold improvements, communication costs, professional fees, rent expense, travel, marketing, office and other direct expenses.
 
Expenditures associated with the Company
’s data centers,
third
party data costs and corporate headquarters charges are recorded by the U.S. segment and are
not
allocated to the other segments. The content collection centers located in India and the Philippines benefit all of the Company’s operating segments and thus the expenses incurred at these locations are allocated to each segment based on a percentage of revenues. Of the total
$707.6
million of goodwill reported by the Company at
August 31, 2017,
54%
was recorded in the U.S. segment,
45%
in the European segment and the remaining
1%
in the Asia Pacific segment.
 
The following reflects the results of operations of the segments consistent with the Company
’s management system. These results are used, in part, by management, both in evaluating the performance of, and in allocating resources to, each of the segments
.
 
(in thousands)
 
Year Ended August 31, 201
7
 
U.S.
   
Europe
   
Asia Pacific
   
Total
 
Revenues from clients
  $
784,146
    $
330,332
    $
106,701
    $
1,221,179
 
Segment operating profit
   
137,104
     
153,676
     
61,355
     
352,135
 
Total assets
   
703,941
     
609,368
     
100,006
     
1,413,315
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
35,244
     
9,837
     
3,213
     
48,294
 
Stock-based compensation
   
30,247
     
3,320
     
616
     
34,183
 
Capital expenditures
   
29,561
     
2,385
     
4,916
     
36,862
 
 
Year Ended August 31, 201
6
 
U.S.
   
Europe
   
Asia Pacific
   
Total
 
Revenues from clients
  $
755,492
    $
277,682
    $
93,918
    $
1,127,092
 
Segment operating profit
   
165,251
     
131,410
     
53,015
     
349,676
 
Total assets
   
654,796
     
279,864
     
84,501
     
1,019,161
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
31,529
     
4,220
     
2,303
     
38,052
 
Stock-based compensation
   
25,776
     
3,459
     
558
     
29,793
 
Capital expenditures
   
38,631
     
4,092
     
5,017
     
47,740
 
 
Year Ended August 31, 201
5
 
U.S.
   
Europe
   
Asia Pacific
   
Total
 
Revenues from clients
  $
678,774
    $
251,522
    $
76,472
    $
1,006,768
 
Segment operating profit
   
172,980
     
116,310
     
42,628
     
331,918
 
Total assets
   
427,990
     
239,689
     
68,992
     
736,671
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
23,645
     
5,135
     
2,569
     
31,349
 
Stock-based compensation
   
23,006
     
2,991
     
374
     
26,371
 
Capital expenditures
   
22,459
     
460
     
2,763
     
25,682
 
 
GE
OGRAPHIC INFORMATION
- The following table sets forth information for those countries that are
10%
or more of revenues:
 
   
Years e
nded August 31,
 
 
(in thousands)
 
201
7
   
201
6
   
201
5
 
Revenues
(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
  $
784,146
    $
755,492
    $
678,774
 
United Kingdom
   
163,732
     
154,902
     
144,769
 
All other European countries
   
166,600
     
122,780
     
106,753
 
Asia Pacific
   
106,701
     
93,918
     
76,472
 
Total revenues
  $
1,221,179
    $
1,127,092
    $
1,006,768
 
 
 
(
1
)
Revenues are attributed to countries based on the location of the client.
 
The following table sets forth long-
lived assets by geographic area:
 
   
At August 31,
 
(in thousands)
 
201
7
   
201
6
   
201
5
 
Long-lived Assets
(
1
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
  $
79,299
    $
70,646
    $
49,923
 
United Kingdom
   
6,012
     
5,772
     
3,655
 
All other European countries
   
6,306
     
1,018
     
1,322
 
Asia Pacific
   
8,837
     
7,186
     
4,364
 
Total long-lived assets
  $
100,454
    $
84,622
    $
59,264
 
 
(
1
)
Long-lived assets consist of property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization and exclude goodwill, intangible assets, deferred taxes and other assets.