Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) Stock Now Rated “Moderate Buy” by Sell-Side Brokerages

Shares of Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the sixteen research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have issued a hold recommendation and ten have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $1,143.50.

FICO has been the subject of several recent research reports. Credit Suisse Group set a $1,150.00 price target on Fair Isaac in a research note on Wednesday, September 30th. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on Fair Isaac from $1,549.00 to $1,070.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Wall Street Zen cut Fair Isaac from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, June 28th. Bank of America cut Fair Isaac from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $1,400.00 to $700.00 in a report on Wednesday, September 30th. Finally, Raymond James Financial decreased their target price on shares of Fair Isaac from $1,750.00 to $1,230.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday.

Fair Isaac Stock Up 7.0%

NYSE FICO opened at $769.73 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $16.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.23, a PEG ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.35. Fair Isaac has a twelve month low of $586.05 and a twelve month high of $1,858.91. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $940.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1,076.78.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $12.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $11.76 by $0.42. The business had revenue of $674.19 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $679.17 million. Fair Isaac had a negative return on equity of 32.51% and a net margin of 34.05%. Fair Isaac’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $8.57 EPS. Fair Isaac has set its FY 2026 guidance at 42.430-42.430 EPS. Research analysts expect that Fair Isaac will post 36.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Eva Manolis sold 967 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,400.00, for a total value of $1,353,800.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 498 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $697,200. This represents 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. Company insiders own 3.02% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Fair Isaac

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. V Square Quantitative Management LLC raised its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 833 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $494,000 after acquiring an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac during the 3rd quarter valued at about $13,534,000. Ninety One SA Pty Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac during the 3rd quarter valued at about $490,000. Mather Group LLC. boosted its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 85.7% during the 3rd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 455 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $270,000 after purchasing an additional 210 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mitchell & Pahl Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Fair Isaac by 10.3% during the third quarter. Mitchell & Pahl Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,123 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $665,000 after purchasing an additional 105 shares during the period. 85.75% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Fair Isaac Company Profile

Fair Isaac Corporation, known as FICO, develops analytics and software used by businesses to make decisions about credit, risk, fraud, customer engagement and other operational activities. The company is best known for the FICO Score, a credit-risk scoring system used by lenders to help evaluate consumer creditworthiness.

FICO’s offerings include credit scoring solutions, decision-management software, fraud detection and identity verification tools, and analytics platforms. Its products are used by financial institutions, insurers, retailers, telecommunications companies and other organizations to automate decisions, manage risk and improve customer relationships.