Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. Increases Stock Holdings in Fair Isaac Corporation $FICO

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its stake in Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,225 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s holdings in Fair Isaac were worth $16,859,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Westside Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac in the 2nd quarter worth about $26,000. ORG Partners LLC bought a new position in Fair Isaac in the second quarter worth about $27,000. Hilltop National Bank purchased a new stake in Fair Isaac in the second quarter worth about $27,000. Geo Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltd bought a new stake in Fair Isaac during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Fair Isaac during the 1st quarter worth approximately $30,000. 85.75% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on FICO. UBS Group increased their target price on Fair Isaac from $1,590.00 to $1,640.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Griffin Securities set a $1,800.00 price objective on Fair Isaac in a report on Monday, August 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Fair Isaac from $1,750.00 to $1,825.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. Oppenheimer downgraded shares of Fair Isaac from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Fair Isaac from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $2,118.50.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Fair Isaac news, CEO William J. Lansing sold 6,011 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,537.50, for a total value of $9,241,912.50. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 42,138 shares in the company, valued at $64,787,175. This trade represents a 12.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 20,432 shares of company stock valued at $32,252,997. Corporate insiders own 3.46% of the company’s stock.

Fair Isaac Price Performance

Shares of NYSE FICO opened at $1,742.98 on Friday. Fair Isaac Corporation has a 1 year low of $1,300.00 and a 1 year high of $2,400.00. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $1,631.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $1,664.41. The company has a market cap of $41.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 68.17, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.34.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The technology company reported $7.74 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $7.36 by $0.38. Fair Isaac had a negative return on equity of 48.88% and a net margin of 32.80%.The firm had revenue of $515.75 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $512.38 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $6.54 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Fair Isaac has set its FY 2026 guidance at 38.170-38.170 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Fair Isaac Corporation will post 24.15 EPS for the current year.

Fair Isaac Profile

Fair Isaac Corporation develops analytic, software, and digital decisioning technologies and services that enable businesses to automate, enhance, and connect decisions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Scores and Software. The Software segment provides pre-configured analytic and decision management solution designed for various business needs or processes, such as account origination, customer management, customer engagement, fraud detection, financial crimes compliance, and marketing, as well as associated professional services.