Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the sixteen research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eleven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $1,553.6923.

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Fair Isaac in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Fair Isaac from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Monday, September 14th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Fair Isaac from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, June 28th. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Fair Isaac from $1,950.00 to $1,700.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 10th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Fair Isaac from $2,400.00 to $1,525.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 30th.

Fair Isaac Stock Down 0.0%

NYSE:FICO opened at $949.65 on Wednesday. Fair Isaac has a 12-month low of $870.01 and a 12-month high of $1,998.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.43, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.32. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $1,113.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1,138.14.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $12.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $11.76 by $0.42. Fair Isaac had a negative return on equity of 32.51% and a net margin of 34.05%.The company had revenue of $674.19 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $679.17 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $8.57 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Fair Isaac has set its FY 2026 guidance at 42.430-42.430 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Fair Isaac will post 37.2 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Eva Manolis sold 967 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,400.00, for a total value of $1,353,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 498 shares in the company, valued at $697,200. The trade was a 66.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 3.02% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Fair Isaac

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FICO. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board bought a new stake in Fair Isaac in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,737,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Fair Isaac by 5.7% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 133,448 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $142,461,000 after purchasing an additional 7,154 shares during the period. Titan Global Capital Management USA LLC increased its holdings in shares of Fair Isaac by 42.6% during the fourth quarter. Titan Global Capital Management USA LLC now owns 7,993 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $13,513,000 after purchasing an additional 2,387 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac in the second quarter valued at approximately $67,760,000. Finally, Altrafin AG bought a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,117,000. Institutional investors own 85.75% of the company’s stock.

About Fair Isaac

Fair Isaac Corp. (NYSE:FICO), commonly known as FICO, is an analytics and decision-management software company best known for developing the FICO Score. The company’s scoring and predictive analytics products help lenders and other businesses evaluate credit risk, manage customer relationships and make data-driven decisions.

FICO provides software and services for a range of industries, including banking, insurance, telecommunications, retail and government. Its offerings include credit scoring solutions, fraud detection and prevention tools, customer engagement platforms, marketing analytics, and decision automation software designed to help organizations manage risk and improve operational efficiency.

The company was founded in 1956 by Bill Fair and Earl Isaac and originally operated as Fair, Isaac and Company.