Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 28.580-28.580 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 29.750. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.0 billion-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.0 billion. Fair Isaac also updated its FY25 guidance to $28.58 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. UBS Group initiated coverage on Fair Isaac in a research report on Tuesday, October 1st. They set a “neutral” rating and a $2,100.00 target price on the stock. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Fair Isaac from $1,700.00 to $2,000.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of Fair Isaac from $1,850.00 to $2,500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on Fair Isaac from $2,130.00 to $2,374.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Fair Isaac from $2,200.00 to $2,400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $1,964.92.

Fair Isaac Stock Up 7.2 %

NYSE FICO traded up $156.19 on Friday, reaching $2,332.29. The stock had a trading volume of 275,985 shares, compared to its average volume of 154,391. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $1,947.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1,641.34. Fair Isaac has a 12-month low of $900.01 and a 12-month high of $2,351.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 114.05, a P/E/G ratio of 3.87 and a beta of 1.35.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The technology company reported $5.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.44 by ($0.10). The firm had revenue of $453.81 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $454.78 million. Fair Isaac had a net margin of 29.86% and a negative return on equity of 63.35%. Sell-side analysts forecast that Fair Isaac will post 24.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Fair Isaac declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, July 30th that allows the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the technology company to reacquire up to 2.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other Fair Isaac news, EVP Thomas A. Bowers sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,715.27, for a total transaction of $5,145,810.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 5,769 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,895,392.63. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other news, Director Joanna Rees sold 3,961 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,750.00, for a total value of $6,931,750.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas A. Bowers sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,715.27, for a total transaction of $5,145,810.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 5,769 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,895,392.63. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 3.54% of the company’s stock.

About Fair Isaac

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.