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$1,540.70 -43.68 (-2.76%)
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FICO vs. UPST, TRU, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, ADSK, WDAY, ANSS, and TYL

Should you be buying Fair Isaac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fair Isaac include Upstart (UPST), TransUnion (TRU), Adobe (ADBE), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL).

Fair Isaac vs. Its Competitors

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

Fair Isaac currently has a consensus target price of $2,263.29, suggesting a potential upside of 46.90%. Upstart has a consensus target price of $67.42, suggesting a potential downside of 10.84%. Given Fair Isaac's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fair Isaac is more favorable than Upstart.

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

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 31.36% 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
Fair Isaac31.36% -51.41% 29.91%
Upstart -9.20%-15.27%-4.60%

In the previous week, Fair Isaac had 54 more articles in the media than Upstart. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Fair Isaac and 4 mentions for Upstart. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Upstart's score of -0.19 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
21 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Upstart
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
Fair Isaac$1.72B21.83$512.81M$23.2266.35
Upstart$636.53M11.30-$128.58M-$0.75-100.83

85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Upstart shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Upstart shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upstart has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FICO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$37.59B$16.57B$27.66B$20.65B
Dividend YieldN/A1.52%3.12%3.72%
P/E Ratio66.3538.8036.9327.84
Price / Sales21.8312.021,879.6642.37
Price / Cash81.7924.5737.5522.32
Price / Book-38.974.877.284.57
Net Income$512.81M$434.10M$767.99M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-16.97%-5.91%-0.26%0.20%
1 Month Performance-13.69%0.40%6.06%5.53%
1 Year Performance-3.01%14.56%52,479.79%10.30%

Fair Isaac Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.9085 of 5 stars
$1,540.70
-2.8%
$2,263.29
+46.9%
-3.0%$37.59B$1.72B66.353,586Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
UPST
Upstart
3.6938 of 5 stars
$76.35
+3.4%
$67.42
-11.7%
+178.9%$7.26B$714.41M-101.801,193Insider Trade
TRU
TransUnion
4.3779 of 5 stars
$91.55
-0.1%
$109.69
+19.8%
+14.0%$17.86B$4.18B48.7013,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ADBE
Adobe
4.9206 of 5 stars
$376.93
-0.6%
$480.08
+27.4%
-35.0%$159.89B$21.51B24.1230,709Trending News
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.035 of 5 stars
$395.67
-2.1%
$514.42
+30.0%
+211.1%$108.18B$463.46M-18.141,534Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.5106 of 5 stars
$320.30
-2.0%
$325.23
+1.5%
+1.6%$87.45B$4.64B81.0912,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNPS
Synopsys
4.2394 of 5 stars
$536.52
-2.2%
$607.14
+13.2%
-8.9%$83.25B$6.13B38.7420,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ADSK
Autodesk
4.6471 of 5 stars
$315.31
-0.4%
$343.64
+9.0%
+10.6%$67.48B$6.13B67.5215,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WDAY
Workday
4.9663 of 5 stars
$241.21
-0.2%
$297.68
+23.4%
-2.9%$64.40B$8.45B133.2720,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ANSS
ANSYS
3.6456 of 5 stars
$363.09
-1.2%
$352.50
-2.9%
+13.7%$31.92B$2.54B53.873,200Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6714 of 5 stars
$589.56
-0.1%
$680.50
+15.4%
+5.4%$25.42B$2.14B88.797,400Positive News

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