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Fair Isaac (FICO) Competitors

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$2,027.16 +37.48 (+1.88%)
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FICO vs. INTU, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, WDAY, ADSK, ANSS, TYL, and SSNC

Should you be buying Fair Isaac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fair Isaac include Intuit (INTU), Adobe (ADBE), Strategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), and SS&C Technologies (SSNC). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Fair Isaac vs.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 30.66% compared to Intuit's net margin of 17.59%. Intuit's return on equity of 18.25% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fair Isaac30.66% -53.40% 28.63%
Intuit 17.59%18.25%10.42%

Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Fair Isaac. Intuit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fair Isaac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fair Isaac$1.78B27.37$512.81M$21.7991.35
Intuit$17.17B10.22$2.96B$10.7258.53

Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuit has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Intuit received 751 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.78% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fair IsaacOutperform Votes
366
61.31%
Underperform Votes
231
38.69%
IntuitOutperform Votes
1117
68.78%
Underperform Votes
507
31.22%

Fair Isaac presently has a consensus target price of $2,277.46, indicating a potential upside of 14.42%. Intuit has a consensus target price of $717.53, indicating a potential upside of 14.35%. Given Fair Isaac's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fair Isaac is more favorable than Intuit.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fair Isaac
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Intuit
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

In the previous week, Intuit had 30 more articles in the media than Fair Isaac. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Intuit and 43 mentions for Fair Isaac. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Intuit's score of 0.80 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fair Isaac
31 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Intuit
42 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fair Isaac pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Intuit pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Fair Isaac pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intuit pays out 38.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Intuit has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Intuit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Intuit shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Intuit shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fair Isaac and Intuit tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FICO vs. The Competition

MetricFair IsaacBusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$48.60B$20.33B$23.05B$18.97B
Dividend YieldN/A2.65%2.97%4.02%
P/E Ratio91.3533.0042.1332.71
Price / Sales27.377.462,148.2327.84
Price / Cash91.3932.3034.7217.53
Price / Book-42.705.236.134.47
Net Income$512.81M$671.38M$738.82M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.80%-0.21%1.31%0.50%
1 Month Performance6.63%1.30%1.65%-2.83%
1 Year Performance74.49%19.75%52,744.84%4.36%

Fair Isaac Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.7251 of 5 stars
$2,027.16
+1.9%
$2,277.46
+12.3%
+75.7%$49.47B$1.78B92.973,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
INTU
Intuit
4.6333 of 5 stars
$618.38
-0.9%
$717.53
+16.0%
+0.3%$172.87B$17.17B60.0417,300Analyst Upgrade
ADBE
Adobe
4.7902 of 5 stars
$368.77
+0.3%
$502.88
+36.4%
-19.0%$157.17B$22.04B29.7429,200Positive News
MSTR
Strategy
4.3911 of 5 stars
$369.27
+0.2%
$508.09
+37.6%
+256.9%$95.03B$463.46M-65.552,150Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.4196 of 5 stars
$286.26
-1.2%
$321.00
+12.1%
+8.0%$78.53B$4.64B74.1610,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SNPS
Synopsys
4.9198 of 5 stars
$444.27
-0.5%
$618.31
+39.2%
-13.5%$68.69B$6.07B30.6019,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
WDAY
Workday
4.8072 of 5 stars
$240.04
+0.2%
$292.86
+22.0%
+0.1%$63.85B$8.45B39.8117,700Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ADSK
Autodesk
4.467 of 5 stars
$271.90
+0.7%
$321.36
+18.2%
+28.8%$57.91B$6.13B53.9512,600Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
3.292 of 5 stars
$318.32
-0.7%
$352.50
+10.7%
-0.9%$27.90B$2.54B48.605,600Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6137 of 5 stars
$521.79
-0.5%
$674.67
+29.3%
+17.7%$22.49B$2.19B86.107,200Analyst Revision
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.7824 of 5 stars
$73.46
+1.1%
$91.86
+25.0%
+22.2%$18.10B$5.96B24.4927,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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