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$1,842.50 +14.54 (+0.80%)
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FICO vs. ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, ADSK, WDAY, ANSS, TYL, GWRE, and SSNC

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

Fair Isaac vs. Its Competitors

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

Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than Fair Isaac. Adobe 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
Adobe$21.51B7.73$5.56B$15.6325.09
Fair Isaac$1.72B26.11$512.81M$23.2279.35

Adobe currently has a consensus price target of $488.08, indicating a potential upside of 24.48%. Fair Isaac has a consensus price target of $2,304.15, indicating a potential upside of 25.06%. Given Fair Isaac's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fair Isaac is more favorable than Adobe.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adobe
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Fair Isaac
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

In the previous week, Adobe had 66 more articles in the media than Fair Isaac. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for Adobe and 22 mentions for Fair Isaac. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Fair Isaac's score of 1.06 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adobe
72 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fair Isaac
13 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 31.36% compared to Adobe's net margin of 30.39%. Adobe's return on equity of 53.68% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adobe30.39% 53.68% 24.17%
Fair Isaac 31.36%-51.41%29.91%

81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Adobe has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fair Isaac beats Adobe on 9 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$44.50B$17.54B$27.42B$20.43B
Dividend YieldN/A1.51%2.94%3.76%
P/E Ratio79.3539.2135.8327.62
Price / Sales26.1112.581,993.9036.40
Price / Cash96.8225.7937.9921.79
Price / Book-46.604.937.004.52
Net Income$512.81M$434.18M$762.33M$984.47M
7 Day Performance-2.93%3.84%2.21%2.61%
1 Month Performance5.29%2.62%5.56%4.99%
1 Year Performance20.47%27.91%52,132.52%13.53%

Fair Isaac Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.8931 of 5 stars
$1,842.50
+0.8%
$2,304.15
+25.1%
+23.0%$44.50B$1.72B79.353,586Positive News
ADBE
Adobe
4.8754 of 5 stars
$380.12
+0.8%
$496.75
+30.7%
-30.0%$162.01B$22.60B24.3230,709Positive News
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.3711 of 5 stars
$367.18
-0.7%
$514.42
+40.1%
+173.3%$100.39B$463.46M-16.831,534Trending News
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CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.1717 of 5 stars
$293.56
-0.6%
$325.23
+10.8%
-0.5%$80.15B$4.64B74.3212,700Positive News
SNPS
Synopsys
4.6919 of 5 stars
$470.98
+0.1%
$607.14
+28.9%
-13.3%$73.08B$6.13B34.0120,000Positive News
ADSK
Autodesk
4.0124 of 5 stars
$300.95
+1.3%
$337.45
+12.1%
+26.8%$64.40B$6.13B64.4415,300Positive News
Insider Trade
WDAY
Workday
4.7206 of 5 stars
$236.58
-0.7%
$293.54
+24.1%
+6.5%$63.17B$8.45B130.7120,400Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
2.9714 of 5 stars
$335.00
+0.0%
$352.50
+5.2%
+10.0%$29.45B$2.54B49.703,200News Coverage
Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.4493 of 5 stars
$579.74
+1.8%
$680.50
+17.4%
+18.3%$25.00B$2.14B87.317,400Positive News
GWRE
Guidewire Software
4.3963 of 5 stars
$238.31
+0.2%
$247.00
+3.6%
+66.5%$20.06B$980.50M595.783,469Insider Trade
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.8334 of 5 stars
$80.77
+1.7%
$91.86
+13.7%
+33.7%$19.92B$5.88B25.0826,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FICO) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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