Fair Isaac Co. (NYSE:FICO) Shares Bought by Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC

Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in Fair Isaac Co. (NYSE:FICO) by 9.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,939 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 170 shares during the quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Fair Isaac were worth $2,257,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of FICO. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Fair Isaac by 112,366.2% during the fourth quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 399,255 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $464,737,000 after buying an additional 398,900 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Fair Isaac by 39.6% during the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 366,865 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $318,633,000 after buying an additional 104,161 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Fair Isaac by 52.2% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 239,644 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $208,138,000 after buying an additional 82,214 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its stake in shares of Fair Isaac by 191.0% during the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 111,635 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $96,958,000 after buying an additional 73,267 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Fair Isaac by 13.6% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 359,549 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $312,279,000 after buying an additional 42,998 shares during the period. 85.75% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO William J. Lansing sold 8,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,225.93, for a total transaction of $9,807,440.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 20,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,300,743.34. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In the last three months, insiders sold 24,000 shares of company stock valued at $29,011,120. Company insiders own 3.54% of the company’s stock.

Fair Isaac Trading Up 2.7 %

Fair Isaac stock traded up $31.58 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $1,182.24. 109,833 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 165,646. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $1,247.01 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1,144.79. The firm has a market cap of $29.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.90, a PEG ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 1.21. Fair Isaac Co. has a fifty-two week low of $708.00 and a fifty-two week high of $1,349.75.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 25th. The technology company reported $3.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $382.06 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $386.55 million. Fair Isaac had a net margin of 29.20% and a negative return on equity of 57.80%. Analysts anticipate that Fair Isaac Co. will post 19.95 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FICO has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Raymond James increased their price target on shares of Fair Isaac from $1,214.00 to $1,400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 26th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $1,500.00 price target on shares of Fair Isaac in a research note on Monday. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $1,350.00 price target on shares of Fair Isaac in a research note on Friday, January 26th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Fair Isaac from $1,234.00 to $1,500.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 26th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on shares of Fair Isaac from $1,210.00 to $1,450.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Fair Isaac has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,180.45.

Fair Isaac Company Profile

Fair Isaac Corporation develops analytic, software, and digital decisioning technologies and services that enable businesses to automate, enhance, and connect decisions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Scores and Software. The Software segment provides pre-configured analytic and decision management solution designed for various business needs or processes, such as account origination, customer management, customer engagement, fraud detection, financial crimes compliance, and marketing, as well as associated professional services.