Fair Isaac (FICO) Competitors

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, INTU or FICO?

Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Fair Isaac. Intuit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fair Isaac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intuit	$16.29B	10.90	$2.96B	$10.30	61.56
Fair Isaac	$1.72B	33.06	$512.81M	$20.45	114.04

Is INTU or FICO more profitable?

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 29.86% compared to Intuit's net margin of 17.59%. Intuit's return on equity of 18.25% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intuit	17.59%	18.25%	10.42%
Fair Isaac	29.86%	-59.47%	28.78%

Do analysts rate INTU or FICO?

Intuit presently has a consensus price target of $737.44, indicating a potential upside of 16.30%. Fair Isaac has a consensus price target of $1,998.75, indicating a potential downside of 14.29%. Given Intuit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Intuit is more favorable than Fair Isaac.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intuit	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
Fair Isaac	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in INTU or FICO?

83.7% of Intuit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Intuit shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, INTU or FICO?

Intuit has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in INTU or FICO?

Intuit received 747 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.77% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intuit	Outperform Votes 1101 68.77%	Underperform Votes 500 31.23%
Fair Isaac	Outperform Votes 354 60.93%	Underperform Votes 227 39.07%

Does the media refer more to INTU or FICO?

In the previous week, Intuit had 13 more articles in the media than Fair Isaac. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Intuit and 26 mentions for Fair Isaac. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Intuit's score of 1.18 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intuit	30 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fair Isaac	20 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Intuit and Fair Isaac tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.