Consider This Before Taking a Position in Fair Isaac (FICO)

Fair Isaac logged a -7.1% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $860.99 per share. On average, analysts give it a target price of $955.2.

Fair Isaac Corporation develops analytic, software, and data 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 large-cap company is based in the United States.

Make Sure to Consider the Following Before Buying Fair Isaac:

  • Fair Isaac has moved 99.0% over the last year.

  • FICO has a forward P/E ratio of 36.5 based on its EPS guidance of 23.58.

  • Over the last 6 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of 23.6%.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.54.

Fair Isaac Has Irregular Cash Flows

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2022-11-09 509,450 -3,771 513,221 80.74
2021-11-10 423,817 139,862 283,955 -26.61
2020-11-12 364,916 -21,989 386,905 36.08
2019-11-08 260,350 -23,981 284,331 11.79
2018-11-09 223,052 -31,299 254,351 3.62
2017-11-09 225,644 -19,828 245,472

Fair Isaac's free cash flows have a decent average of $328.04 Million over the last 6 years, but they are highly variable since their coefficient of variability is 589586604.9%. The compounded average growth rate over this period is 0.0%.

The above analysis is intended for educational purposes only and was performed on the basis of publicly available data. It is not to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Any buy, sell, or other recommendations mentioned in the article are direct quotations of consensus recommendations from the analysts covering the stock, and do not represent the opinions of Market Inference or its writers. Past performance, accounting data, and inferences about market position and corporate valuation are not reliable indicators of future price movements. Market Inference does not provide financial advice. Investors should conduct their own review and analysis of any company of interest before making an investment decision.

IN FOCUS