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$1,383.47 -53.25 (-3.71%)
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FICO vs. UPST, MSTR, SNPS, CDNS, ADSK, WDAY, ANSS, TYL, SSNC, and GWRE

Should you be buying Fair Isaac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fair Isaac include Upstart (UPST), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), and Guidewire Software (GWRE).

Fair Isaac vs. Its Competitors

Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) and Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 32.80% compared to Upstart's net margin of -9.20%. Upstart's return on equity of -15.27% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Upstart-9.20% -15.27% -4.60%
Fair Isaac 32.80%-48.88%31.72%

Fair Isaac has higher revenue and earnings than Upstart. Upstart 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
Upstart$636.53M11.84-$128.58M-$0.75-105.63
Fair Isaac$1.72B19.61$512.81M$25.5754.11

63.0% of Upstart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Upstart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Upstart has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Upstart currently has a consensus price target of $71.62, suggesting a potential downside of 9.60%. Fair Isaac has a consensus price target of $2,163.14, suggesting a potential upside of 56.36%. Given Fair Isaac's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fair Isaac is more favorable than Upstart.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Upstart
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Fair Isaac
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Fair Isaac had 34 more articles in the media than Upstart. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Fair Isaac and 3 mentions for Upstart. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Upstart's score of 0.43 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Upstart
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Fair Isaac
18 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Fair Isaac beats Upstart on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FICO vs. The Competition

MetricFair IsaacIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$34.97B$16.25B$29.20B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A1.68%3.08%3.67%
P/E Ratio54.1136.8848.0929.07
Price / Sales19.6112.071,544.9766.27
Price / Cash76.1024.5438.0722.84
Price / Book-24.104.567.414.43
Net Income$512.81M$434.10M$782.10M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-9.66%-9.20%-3.65%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-24.82%-8.14%-0.11%-2.06%
1 Year Performance-13.57%12.01%52,642.35%10.15%

Fair Isaac Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.8746 of 5 stars
$1,383.47
-3.7%
$2,163.14
+56.4%
-12.3%$34.97B$1.72B54.113,586Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
UPST
Upstart
3.1476 of 5 stars
$82.30
-1.5%
$71.62
-13.0%
+211.9%$7.83B$636.53M-109.731,193News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.3981 of 5 stars
$403.80
-0.5%
$531.17
+31.5%
+142.5%$110.40B$459.28M-18.511,534Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
SNPS
Synopsys
4.1067 of 5 stars
$592.63
-1.5%
$622.33
+5.0%
+14.4%$91.95B$6.13B42.7920,000Positive News
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.4137 of 5 stars
$333.76
+0.5%
$336.50
+0.8%
+36.9%$91.13B$4.64B84.5012,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ADSK
Autodesk
4.3889 of 5 stars
$304.47
+0.4%
$342.61
+12.5%
+22.8%$65.16B$6.35B65.2015,300Positive News
WDAY
Workday
4.9152 of 5 stars
$238.04
-1.5%
$296.88
+24.7%
-0.2%$63.56B$8.70B131.5120,400Positive News
Short Interest ↑
ANSS
ANSYS
3.1413 of 5 stars
$374.30
flat
$368.00
-1.7%
N/A$32.91B$2.58B55.533,200Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
3.912 of 5 stars
$556.06
-0.1%
$685.09
+23.2%
+2.5%$23.98B$2.14B83.747,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.9786 of 5 stars
$85.18
flat
$97.13
+14.0%
+16.7%$21.01B$6.05B26.7026,800Positive News
GWRE
Guidewire Software
4.4533 of 5 stars
$226.94
+1.6%
$250.92
+10.6%
+49.6%$19.11B$980.50M567.353,469Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FICO) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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