Q4 EPS Estimates for Fair Isaac Raised by Redburn Atlantic

Fair Isaac Co. (NYSE:FICO - Free Report) - Research analysts at Redburn Atlantic lifted their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Fair Isaac in a report released on Tuesday, April 15th. Redburn Atlantic analyst S. Clinch now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings per share of $6.83 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $6.77. The consensus estimate for Fair Isaac's current full-year earnings is $24.15 per share.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $4.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $6.21 by ($2.06). Fair Isaac had a negative return on equity of 53.40% and a net margin of 30.66%.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on FICO. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded Fair Isaac from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $2,040.00 to $2,170.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on shares of Fair Isaac from $1,975.00 to $1,775.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Fair Isaac from $2,650.00 to $2,600.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Oppenheimer cut 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. Finally, UBS Group decreased their target price on Fair Isaac from $2,250.00 to $2,100.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $2,210.23.

Fair Isaac Stock Performance

Fair Isaac stock traded up $57.30 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $1,930.20. The stock had a trading volume of 87,862 shares, compared to its average volume of 180,173. The stock has a market capitalization of $47.13 billion, a PE ratio of 88.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.27 and a beta of 1.37. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $1,823.87 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1,980.17. Fair Isaac has a twelve month low of $1,105.65 and a twelve month high of $2,402.52.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 160.0% during the fourth quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 13 shares of the technology company's stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 8 shares during the last quarter. Pinnacle Holdings LLC bought a new position in Fair Isaac in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Berbice Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Avalon Trust Co acquired a new position in shares of Fair Isaac during the fourth quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, OFI Invest Asset Management acquired a new position in shares of Fair Isaac during the fourth quarter worth approximately $42,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.75% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO William J. Lansing sold 6,010 shares of the company's 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 transaction of $10,843,422.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 42,138 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $76,026,643.74. This represents a 12.48 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 13,058 shares of company stock valued at $23,119,030. Company insiders own 3.46% 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.