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$1,505.90 -41.12 (-2.66%)
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FICO vs. UPST, TRU, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, ADSK, WDAY, ANSS, and TYL

Should you be buying Fair Isaac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fair Isaac include Upstart (UPST), TransUnion (TRU), Adobe (ADBE), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL).

Fair Isaac vs. Its Competitors

Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) and Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Upstart has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

63.0% of Upstart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Upstart 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.

Upstart currently has a consensus target price of $71.62, indicating a potential downside of 3.39%. Fair Isaac has a consensus target price of $2,263.29, indicating a potential upside of 50.29%. Given Fair Isaac's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fair Isaac is more favorable than Upstart.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Upstart
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Fair Isaac
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Fair Isaac had 51 more articles in the media than Upstart. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Fair Isaac and 4 mentions for Upstart. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Upstart's score of 0.70 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Upstart
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fair Isaac
25 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 31.36% compared to Upstart's net margin of -9.20%. Upstart's return on equity of -15.27% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Upstart-9.20% -15.27% -4.60%
Fair Isaac 31.36%-51.41%29.91%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Upstart$636.53M11.08-$128.58M-$0.75-98.84
Fair Isaac$1.84B19.92$512.81M$23.2264.85

Summary

Fair Isaac beats Upstart on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FICO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FICO vs. The Competition

MetricFair IsaacIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.66B$16.65B$28.01B$20.82B
Dividend YieldN/A1.53%3.14%3.65%
P/E Ratio64.8537.4333.0327.17
Price / Sales19.9212.371,784.7048.12
Price / Cash81.9424.7037.6422.28
Price / Book-38.094.857.454.56
Net Income$512.81M$434.10M$779.73M$995.22M
7 Day Performance-5.56%-6.21%-0.62%-1.16%
1 Month Performance-16.81%-2.07%4.96%3.18%
1 Year Performance-6.74%12.26%52,715.22%6.83%

Fair Isaac Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.9512 of 5 stars
$1,505.90
-2.7%
$2,263.29
+50.3%
-5.3%$37.66B$1.84B64.853,586High Trading Volume
UPST
Upstart
3.8335 of 5 stars
$76.35
+3.4%
$67.42
-11.7%
+147.4%$7.26B$714.41M-101.801,193Analyst Upgrade
TRU
TransUnion
4.3424 of 5 stars
$91.55
-0.1%
$109.69
+19.8%
+11.7%$17.86B$4.18B48.7013,400Positive News
ADBE
Adobe
4.9024 of 5 stars
$376.93
-0.6%
$480.08
+27.4%
-35.6%$159.89B$21.51B24.1230,709Positive News
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.0859 of 5 stars
$395.67
-2.1%
$514.42
+30.0%
+174.5%$108.18B$463.46M-18.141,534Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.4701 of 5 stars
$320.30
-2.0%
$325.23
+1.5%
+0.8%$87.45B$4.64B81.0912,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNPS
Synopsys
4.2016 of 5 stars
$536.52
-2.2%
$607.14
+13.2%
-7.6%$83.25B$6.13B38.7420,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ADSK
Autodesk
4.5992 of 5 stars
$315.31
-0.4%
$343.64
+9.0%
+14.1%$67.48B$6.13B67.5215,300Trending News
WDAY
Workday
4.9602 of 5 stars
$241.21
-0.2%
$297.68
+23.4%
-3.2%$64.40B$8.45B133.2720,400Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
ANSS
ANSYS
3.053 of 5 stars
$363.09
-1.2%
$352.50
-2.9%
+19.9%$31.92B$2.54B53.873,200Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6172 of 5 stars
$589.56
-0.1%
$680.50
+15.4%
+6.2%$25.42B$2.14B88.797,400Positive News
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This page (NYSE:FICO) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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