Fair Isaac (FICO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is INTU or FICO more profitable?

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 30.66% 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	30.66%	-53.40%	28.63%

Is INTU or FICO a better dividend stock?

Intuit pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Fair Isaac pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Intuit pays out 38.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fair Isaac pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Intuit has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Intuit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better 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	$17.17B	9.67	$2.96B	$10.72	55.37
Fair Isaac	$1.78B	26.58	$512.81M	$21.79	88.68

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 53 mentions for Intuit and 40 mentions for Fair Isaac. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Intuit's score of 1.22 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	38 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fair Isaac	28 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend INTU or FICO?

Intuit currently has a consensus target price of $713.56, indicating a potential upside of 20.22%. Fair Isaac has a consensus target price of $2,131.86, indicating a potential upside of 10.33%. Given Intuit's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Intuit is more favorable than Fair Isaac.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intuit	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Fair Isaac	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INTU or FICO?

Intuit received 748 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.68% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intuit	Outperform Votes 1112 68.68%	Underperform Votes 507 31.32%
Fair Isaac	Outperform Votes 364 61.28%	Underperform Votes 230 38.72%

Which has more volatility and risk, INTU or FICO?

Intuit has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fair Isaac beats Intuit on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.