Added to YB: 2025-02-03
Pitch date: 2025-01-31
FICO [neutral]
Fair Isaac Corporation
+0.69%
current return
Author Info
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Company Info
Fair Isaac Corporation develops software with analytics and digital decisioning technologies that enable businesses to automate, enhance, and connect decisions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
Market Cap
$39.8B
Pitch Price
$1.8K
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
N/A
EV/EBITDA
46.26
P/E
64.94
EV/Sales
22.01
Sector
Software
Category
growth
Fair Isaac Corporation: Can Investors Bank on FICO’s Score?
FICO (overvalued): Near-monopoly in credit scoring with 90% US lender use. Strong financials: 42.7% op margin, 79.7% gross margin, 41% ROIC. 8.2% 5yr rev CAGR, 24.5% 2yr fwd EPS CAGR. Risks: high goodwill, increasing debt. DCF shows overvaluation at current price. Excellent business, but too expensive.
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