Fair Isaac (FICO) Competitors

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 risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, FICO or INTU?

Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuit has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FICO or INTU?

Intuit received 749 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fair Isaac	Outperform Votes 369 61.50%	Underperform Votes 231 38.50%
Intuit	Outperform Votes 1118 68.76%	Underperform Votes 508 31.24%

Is FICO or INTU more profitable?

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 Isaac	30.66%	-53.40%	28.63%
Intuit	17.59%	18.25%	10.42%

Is FICO or INTU a better dividend stock?

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 0.6%. Fair Isaac pays out 0.3% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Intuit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FICO or INTU?

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

Does the media favor FICO or INTU?

In the previous week, Fair Isaac and Fair Isaac both had 50 articles in the media. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Intuit's score of 1.18 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)	6 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intuit	36 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate FICO or INTU?

Fair Isaac presently has a consensus target price of $2,299.31, indicating a potential upside of 34.59%. Intuit has a consensus target price of $717.24, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Fair Isaac's higher possible upside, 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)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FICO or INTU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fair Isaac	$1.84B	22.60	$512.81M	$23.22	73.57
Intuit	$17.17B	10.75	$2.96B	$10.72	61.57

Summary

Fair Isaac beats Intuit on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.