Fair Isaac Corporation

NYSE:FICO Stock Report

Market Cap: US$32.7b

Fair Isaac Valuation

Is FICO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FICO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$1.36k
Fair Value
4.4% overvalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: FICO ($1415.9) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($1356.06)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FICO is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FICO?

Key metric: As FICO is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FICO. This is calculated by dividing FICO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FICO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio53.7x
EarningsUS$632.62m
Market CapUS$32.69b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FICO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FICO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average47x
PTC PTC
50.2x12.42%US$25.4b
TYL Tyler Technologies
79.1x14.00%US$24.5b
ZM Zoom Communications
21x0.034%US$22.1b
ROP Roper Technologies
37.5x11.26%US$56.7b
FICO Fair Isaac
53.7x16.35%US$32.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FICO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (53.7x) compared to the peer average (47x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FICO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NXTT Next Technology Holding
1.7xn/aUS$565.77m
XNET Xunlei
0.6xn/aUS$445.66m
YXT YXT.COM Group Holding
0.9xn/aUS$50.74m
MGTI MGT Capital Investments
0.5xn/aUS$249.07k
FICO 53.7xIndustry Avg. 35.0xNo. of Companies13PE020406080100+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FICO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (53.7x) compared to the US Software industry average (35x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FICO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FICO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio53.7x
Fair PE Ratio38.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FICO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (53.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FICO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$1,415.90
US$1,893.33
+33.72%
13.61%US$2,300.00US$1,230.00n/a19
Aug ’26US$1,381.07
US$1,931.96
+39.89%
12.27%US$2,300.00US$1,230.00n/a19
Jul ’26US$1,843.18
US$2,196.55
+19.17%
22.03%US$3,700.00US$1,364.00n/a19
Jun ’26US$1,726.28
US$2,193.82
+27.08%
22.09%US$3,700.00US$1,364.00n/a19
May ’26US$2,001.68
US$2,114.33
+5.63%
17.10%US$2,800.00US$1,364.00n/a19
Apr ’26US$1,868.47
US$2,040.57
+9.21%
16.66%US$2,600.00US$1,257.00n/a18
Mar ’26US$1,886.35
US$2,038.22
+8.05%
16.66%US$2,600.00US$1,257.00n/a18
Feb ’26US$1,873.56
US$2,145.80
+14.53%
17.99%US$2,661.00US$1,194.00n/a18
Jan ’26US$1,990.93
US$2,187.30
+9.86%
18.06%US$2,661.00US$1,194.00n/a18
Dec ’25US$2,375.03
US$2,101.33
-11.52%
18.65%US$2,500.00US$1,194.00n/a17
Nov ’25US$1,988.91
US$1,898.12
-4.56%
17.94%US$2,350.00US$1,126.00n/a17
Oct ’25US$1,915.69
US$1,738.24
-9.26%
18.58%US$2,200.00US$1,010.00n/a17
Sep ’25US$1,730.27
US$1,653.47
-4.44%
17.03%US$2,100.00US$1,010.00n/a15
Aug ’25US$1,578.95
US$1,529.09
-3.16%
19.55%US$1,900.00US$940.00US$1,381.0714
Jul ’25US$1,496.51
US$1,340.87
-10.40%
13.88%US$1,517.00US$940.00US$1,843.1813
Jun ’25US$1,289.93
US$1,320.70
+2.39%
13.85%US$1,502.00US$940.00US$1,726.2813
May ’25US$1,140.73
US$1,316.08
+15.37%
13.60%US$1,500.00US$940.00US$2,001.6813
Apr ’25US$1,254.37
US$1,319.34
+5.18%
14.08%US$1,500.00US$891.00US$1,868.4712
Mar ’25US$1,295.20
US$1,318.62
+1.81%
13.98%US$1,500.00US$891.00US$1,886.3513
Feb ’25US$1,243.17
US$1,297.77
+4.39%
15.94%US$1,500.00US$810.00US$1,873.5613
Jan ’25US$1,164.01
US$1,072.21
-7.89%
18.08%US$1,350.00US$725.00US$1,990.9313
Dec ’24US$1,127.71
US$1,041.33
-7.66%
16.68%US$1,320.00US$725.00US$2,375.0312
Nov ’24US$870.99
US$930.00
+6.78%
12.49%US$1,100.00US$710.00US$1,988.9111
Oct ’24US$868.53
US$911.82
+4.98%
13.58%US$1,100.00US$660.00US$1,915.6911
Sep ’24US$896.56
US$921.56
+2.79%
12.81%US$1,100.00US$660.00US$1,730.279
Aug ’24US$829.69
US$855.00
+3.05%
12.12%US$950.00US$660.00US$1,578.959
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 19 Analysts
US$1.89k
Fair Value
25.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/08/22 22:55
End of Day Share Price 2025/08/22 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Fair Isaac Corporation is covered by 33 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jeffrey MeulerBaird
Manav PatnaikBarclays
Jeffrey SilberBMO Capital Markets Equity Research