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FICO Fair Isaac

software · 2026-10-27

N/A
too hard · 91
Owner-earnings value$640.35
Price$708.07
Margin of safety -9.6%

Quality gate · 91/100

Returns on capital 30/30
Consistency 20.5/22
Margins / pricing power 15.9/16
Balance sheet 9.2/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.6/6

⚠ negative book equity

Median ROIC46.8%
Gross margin85.1%
Net debt / EBITDA2.3x
FCF conversion118%
Share count / yr-1.9%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)815.02M
Owner-earnings yield5.3%
Free-cash-flow yield6.3%
Growth used (normalized)10.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)12.6%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)11.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1896.52M 10.0%807.53M
2979.20M 9.2%794.45M
31.06B 8.4%776.01M
41.14B 7.7%752.57M
51.22B 6.9%724.56M
61.30B 6.1%692.52M
71.37B 5.3%657.05M
81.43B 4.6%618.79M
91.48B 3.8%578.42M
101.53B 3.0%536.63M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~13%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 10%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-27 91 $708.07 $640.35 -9.6% N/A
2026-09-22 91 $924.52 $651.07 -29.6% N/A
2026-08-19 91 $1,078.12 $672.70 -37.6% N/A
2026-07-16 90 $1,205.79 $608.82 -49.5% N/A
2026-07-02 90 $1,206.65 $617.71 -48.8% N/A
2026-06-25 90 $1,140.34 $624.25 -45.3% N/A
2026-06-23 90 $1,099.41 $616.11 -44.0% N/A