Fair Isaac (FICO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FICO or ADBE?

Fair Isaac currently has a consensus target price of $2,088.15, suggesting a potential upside of 9.62%. Adobe has a consensus target price of $538.80, suggesting a potential upside of 33.52%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Fair Isaac.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fair Isaac	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Adobe	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Which has more volatility & risk, FICO or ADBE?

Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FICO or ADBE?

In the previous week, Adobe had 84 more articles in the media than Fair Isaac. MarketBeat recorded 118 mentions for Adobe and 34 mentions for Fair Isaac. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Adobe's score of 0.97 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fair Isaac	29 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Adobe	66 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	35 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FICO or ADBE?

Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than Fair Isaac. Adobe 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
Fair Isaac	$1.78B	26.20	$512.81M	$21.79	87.42
Adobe	$22.04B	7.97	$5.56B	$15.18	26.58

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FICO or ADBE?

85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FICO or ADBE?

Adobe received 1334 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.71% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 61.08% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fair Isaac	Outperform Votes 361 61.08%	Underperform Votes 230 38.92%
Adobe	Outperform Votes 1695 70.71%	Underperform Votes 702 29.29%

Is FICO or ADBE more profitable?

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 30.66% compared to Adobe's net margin of 25.85%. Adobe's return on equity of 45.87% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fair Isaac	30.66%	-53.40%	28.63%
Adobe	25.85%	45.87%	22.76%

Summary

Fair Isaac beats Adobe on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.