Company Analysis

Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO)

NYSE: FICO · Services-Business Services, NEC · Bozeman, MT · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade7.1
◀ Past 8.0● Present 7.6▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Fair Isaac Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.1/10
◀ Past8.025% of the headline
● Present7.635% of the headline
▶ Future6.040% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

8.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Fair Isaac Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+11.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Fair Isaac Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $935 million in fiscal 2017 to $2.5 billion in fiscal 2026, up 11.7% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span11.7%bottom 43% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 18% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.2% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 22 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-09-30, Fair Isaac Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 3.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 22 sales (3 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06, buying about $7 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 16% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 287%: owes 287¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-09-30, Fair Isaac Corporation's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 105 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 287 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 1% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 1% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 25% of 101 in its family; net margin 32.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Fair Isaac Corporation's standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.5 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 37% by size; a net margin of 32.9% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 18.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 31% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.53Btop 37% of its family
  • net margin32.9%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth18.8%top 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
9.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 5% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2012.

weight 22% of this tense · 95th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Fair Isaac Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lansing, William J (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2012-01-30, 14.8 years (top 10% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 11.4 years (top 2%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 2%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge1 in three years among 14 peopletop 2% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed11.4 yearstop 2% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record14.8 yearstop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Fair Isaac Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $218 million against debt of $5.3 billion leaves -243% of its assets as net cash, bottom 1% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 42.2% of revenue (top 7%); a gross margin of 86.1% (top 2%); research spending of 8.3% of revenue (bottom 42%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-243.0%bottom 1% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue42.2%top 7% of its family
  • gross margin86.1%top 2% of its family
  • research spending against revenue8.3%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 38% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Fair Isaac Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 18.8% a year over the last three filed years against 11.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 8% of its family); the newest year grew 27.3% (top 20%); research spending grew 9.4% a year (top 42%); capital spending grew -20.4% a year (bottom 18%) (its annual reports). Fair Isaac Corporation reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Scores at $1.2 billion (59%), Software at $822 million (41%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+7.0 points a yeartop 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth27.3%top 20% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending9.4%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-20.4%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 43% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Fair Isaac Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.5 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 11% above the $2.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 22% of its family); net income of $835 million against a prior three-year average of $531 million (bottom 49%); a net margin of 32.9% against 30.3% before (bottom 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace11.0%top 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+57%bottom 49% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.6 pointsbottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton FICO · research, not advice