Analysts Set Fair Isaac Co. (NYSE:FICO) PT at $2,078.15

Shares of Fair Isaac Co. (NYSE:FICO - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the thirteen analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $2,078.15.

FICO has been the topic of several recent research reports. Barclays increased their price objective on Fair Isaac from $2,150.00 to $2,350.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on Fair Isaac from $2,275.00 to $2,175.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on Fair Isaac from $2,515.00 to $2,409.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $2,500.00 price objective on shares of Fair Isaac in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued a "sector perform" rating and set a $2,040.00 target price on shares of Fair Isaac in a report on Thursday, November 7th.

Insider Transactions at Fair Isaac

In other Fair Isaac news, EVP James M. Wehmann sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2,195.19, for a total value of $6,585,570.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 51,911 shares in the company, valued at approximately $113,954,508.09. This trade represents a 5.46 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO William J. Lansing sold 6,010 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,804.23, for a total value of $10,843,422.30. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 42,138 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $76,026,643.74. This trade represents a 12.48 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 13,170 shares of company stock worth $27,132,248. 3.46% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FICO. Creative Planning raised its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 11.2% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 4,429 shares of the technology company's stock worth $8,608,000 after acquiring an additional 445 shares in the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 15.4% in the 3rd quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 202 shares of the technology company's stock worth $393,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 65.9% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 360 shares of the technology company's stock worth $700,000 after acquiring an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates raised its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 42,814 shares of the technology company's stock worth $83,210,000 after acquiring an additional 698 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Resonant Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC now owns 300 shares of the technology company's stock worth $583,000 after acquiring an additional 11 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.75% of the company's stock.

Fair Isaac Stock Down 1.7 %

Shares of FICO stock traded down $28.50 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $1,697.04. 151,375 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 223,727. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.44 billion, a PE ratio of 77.88, a PEG ratio of 3.33 and a beta of 1.39. Fair Isaac has a twelve month low of $1,105.65 and a twelve month high of $2,402.51. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $1,928.65 and its 200-day moving average price is $1,971.56.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $4.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $6.21 by ($2.06). Fair Isaac had a negative return on equity of 53.40% and a net margin of 30.66%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Fair Isaac will post 24.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.