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Fair Isaac Corporation (XNYS:FICO) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today

Primary Facts

FICO

Name:

FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION (XNYS:FICO)

Sector:

123.99M

Industry:

Software�Application

CEO:

SECMr. William Lansing

Total Employees:

3,367

Our Technological Advancement Rating

Our Rating:

D

Technological advancement compared to industry is -95.59% lower

ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION(FICO) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND SOFTWARE�APPLICATION INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022

Primary Targets/Price Insights

Previous Close ($) :

439.78

One Month Price Target:

$442.78

Six Month Price Target :

$457.77

Likely Price in One Year's Time:

Ticker:

$475.77

Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
 

$437.97

Price Upper limit ($) :

$442.23

Price Lower limit ($) :

Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)

Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:

Today:

$414.35

                                                               This week:

$382.92

                                                        This month :

$326.06

Other Primary facts

Market Cap:

11.15B

Market Cap Classification:

Mid Cap

Number of Shares

IPO Date:

25.25M

Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
 

Highest Daily Appreciation:

16.58%

-20.71%

Worst Daily Decline:

Our Options Trading Entry Points

Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time

Low risk (<2%) entry points

Buy Call:

Sell Call:

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$557.75

$503.41

$321.81

$376.15

Medium risk (<10%) entry points

Buy Call

Sell Call

$485.72

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$474.12

$393.69

$405.44

These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.

Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of

FICO

Sharpe Ratio:

2.22%

Comparison:

FICO, is amongst the top 40% stocks with highest risk-adjusted returns

Sharpe ratio is 129.83% higher than the industry

& is -2.81% lower than the market/S&P 500 average

Average Returns/Yield of

FICO

Daily returns:

0.07%

Weekly returns:

0.36%

Monthly returns:

1.44%

Yearly returns:

9.94%

Comparison of returns:

Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is 73.88% above industry average

Classification:

FICO, is amongst the top 40% highest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns

Results of T-Test of Returns:

0.83

Statistical test of Returns:

FICO has not yielded statistically significant higher returns when compared to the market

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Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)

Daily Volatility:

2.85%

Weekly Volatility:

6.37%

Monthly Volatility:

12.75%

Yearly Volatility:

44.16%

Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation) 

Average Volatility of this Week:

0.38%

Volatility in last five trading days has been -86.73% below long-term volatility

Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)

Daily VaR:

-5.78%

Weekly VaR:

-12.93%

Monthly VaR:

-25.86%

How Much Can the price of

FICO

Decline in a Recession?

Likely price decline in a recession: 

Base case (decline):

-22%

Worst case (decline):

-89.58%

This translates to price declining to:

$342.84

This translates to price declining to:

$45.84

Severe Crash Probability

Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: High (50-70%)

What is Value at Risk (VaR)?

VaR explained figure

Risk Fundamentals

FICO is a 82.51% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 56.35% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)

Risk (measured by volatility) is -20.70% below industry average

Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks

Beta Examination of

FICO

Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--1.22

Expected beta in 1 year's time:

1.005

Expected beta in 3 year's time:

1.421

Unlevered (debt free) Beta:

-0.86

Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):

1.15

Beta in relation to all global stocks::

1.051

Beta Comparison & Analysis

Beta of competitors/peers::

1.102

Beta is 10.55% higher than peers

Average Industry Beta: 

1.335

Beta is -8.81% below industry average

Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis

Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:

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Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis 

Alpha provided:

0.058

Alpha is -345.11% below industry average alpha yield

Alpha is 368% higher than market/& is unsustainably high

Analysis of Cost of Capital of

FICO

Equity cost of capital:

0.115

Equity cost of capital is -6.56% below industry mean WACC

Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:  

-8.11%

Before-tax cost of debt:

2.96%

After-tax cost of debt:

2.34%

Overall debt rating:

High AA grade (second highest grade)

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):

2.34%

WACC is -89.40% below industry mean WACC

Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis

Revenue per share:

$53.55

Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):

-20.63

Annual revenue growth rate is -73.64% below industry average

EPS:

$15.22

Expected Annual growth rate of  EPS (3Y):

27.06%

Expected future EPS growth rate is -1.08% lower than the Software�Application industry

Free cash flow (FCF) per share:

$16.21

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Debt per share

$64.12

EBITDA per share

$23.88

Valuation Analysis Today of

FICO

P/E Ratio:

32.2

P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:

22.92

P/E ratio is 40.47% higher than main peers & is -81.87% lower than the industry

Stock price/value with industry average P/E ratio: $2,703.04

FICO is -83.73% undervalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio

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P/S (Price to Sales ratio):

8.21

Price to sales ratio is -28.41% below the industry mean

P/B (Price to book value ratio):

-20.63

Price to free cash flow: 27.12

Price to free cash flow ratio is -71.72% lower than the industry

Net income growth rate (3Y):

184.67%

Net income growth rate is -24.37% lower than the industry average net income growth rate

Dividend Analysis

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Dividend History:

--$0.00

--$0.00

--$0.00

--$0.00

--$0.00

--$0.00

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In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis

Debt to equity ratio:

-300.81%

Net debt to equity ratio:

-282.76%

Debt to assets ratio:

110.66%

Net debt to assets ratio:

104.02%

Debt-to-asset ratio is 101.68% above industry average

Ability to repay debt:

Interest coverage ratio:

12.08

Interest coverage ratio is -77.25% less than industry average

Looking forward:

Debt growth rate:

57.31%

Annual debt growth is -94% lower than industry average debt growth rate

Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 32.73%

Analysis of Key Statistics  

Correlation of price movement with the market:

0.732

Statistical significance of correlation:

FICO has a statistically significant correlation with the market

Average Correlation of  the industry with the market:

0.503

Stock price is 45.52% more correlated with the market, compared to the industry average correlation

R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market): 

0.503

Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):

-0.013

Covariance  of price movement with the market:

-0.021

Kurtosis 

11.086

Returns have a significant fat-tails (leptokurtic), i.e., returns considerably higher or lower than the mean returns are more probable, compared to assets with normally distributed returns

Skewness of returns:

0.197

Returns are, approximately, symmetrical

Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of

FICO

Gross Profit Margin Ratio:

312%

Operating Profit Margin Ratio:

42.68%

Operating profit margin is -322.76% lower than the industry

Net Profit Margin Ratio:

312%

Effective Tax Rate:

19.67%

Effective tax rate is -25.41% lower than the industry

Dupont Method

Net Profit Margin

Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):

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ROA

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-79.19%

Return on equity (ROE) is 505.45% higher than the industry

Financial Leverage

Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):

29.13%

Return on assets (ROA) is -858.45% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage:

-9.4x

Current Ratio:

1.44

Current ratio is -52.07% below industry average

Cash Conversion Cycle (days):

47.7

Cash conversion cycle is -49.66% below industry average

The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 0.0 years

Stock based compensation to net income ratio:

7.01%

In-depth Efficiency  Analysis

Revenue generated per employee:

401.6K

Each employee generates 16% more revenue than industry average revenue per employee

EBITDA generated per employee: 

179.1K

Each employee generates 1567% more EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee

Profit generated per employee: 

126.6K

Each employee generates -826% less net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee

Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee: 

36.8K

Each employee generates -574% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Assets/Capital per employee

297.4K

Each employee generates -574% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Research & Development (R&D) Analysis

Research & development (R&D) investment growth rate-- 2.84%

Growth rate in R&D investment/expenditure is 85.89% higher than the industry

Competitors/Peer firms of 

FICO

PAGSEGURO DIGITAL LTD. (XNYS:PAGS)

LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. (XNYS:LDOS)

GODADDY INC. (XNYS:GDDY)

CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC. (XNYS:CDAY)

Bill.com Holdings Inc (XNYS:BILL)

ZENDESK, INC. (XNYS:ZEN)

TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED (XNYS:TDY)

TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (XNYS:TYL)

BLACK KNIGHT, INC. (XNYS:BKI)

Current Analyst Ratings

Strong buy�8%

Buy�0%

Hold�13%

Sell�0%

Strong sell�0%

Overall analyst sentiment is: Hold

Income Statement

Period:

TTM

Date:

3/31/22

Revenue:

1.35B

Cost of Revenue:

Gross Profit:

R&D Expense

General & Admin Expenses:

Selling, General & Admin Expenses

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Other Expenses :

Operating Expenses :

Cost & Expenses :

Interest Income:

Interest Expenses:

Depreciation & Amortization:

EBITDA:

Operating Income:

Other Income Expenses:

Income Before Tax:

Income Tax Expense:

Net Income:

Balance Sheet

Date:

Calendar Year:

Period:

Cash & Cash Equivalents:

Short Term Investments:

Cash & Short Term Investments:

Net Receivables:

Inventory:

Other Current Assets:

Total Current Assets:

PP&E:

Goodwill: 

Intangible Assets: 

Long Term Investments: 

Tax Assets: 

Other Non-Current Assets: 

Total Non-Current Assets: 

Other Assets: 

Total Assets: 

Accounts Payable: 

Short Term Debt:

Tax Payables:

Deferred Revenue:

Other Current Liabilities:

Total Current Liabilities:

Long Term Debt:

Other Non-Current Liabilities:

Total Non Current Liabilities:

Other Liabilities:

Total Liabilities:

Common Stock:

Retained Earnings:

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:

Other Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

Total Investments:

Total Debt:

Net Debt:

295.60M

1.06B

162.34M

-

399.56M

-

2.46M

564.36M

-

49.91M

22.55M

603.12M

577.21M

426.26M

530.66M

104.40M

426.26M

Statement of Cash Flow

Date:

Period:

5.23M

Differed Income Tax :

3.91M

Stock Based Compensation :

29.88M

Change in Working Capital :

- 4171.00K

Accounts Receivables:

58.43M

Other Working Capital:

- 47584.00K

Other Non-Cash Items:

5.08M

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

124.88M

Investments in PP&E:

- 895.00K

Net Acquisitions:

2.26M

Purchases of Investments:

- 2763.00K

Sales/Maturities of Investments:

Other Investing Activities:

​Net Cash Used for Investing Activities:

Debt Repayment:

Common Stock Issued:

Common Stock Repurchased:

Dividend Paid:

Other Financing Activities:

Net Cash Used Provided by Financing Activities:

Effect of FOREX on Changes in Cash:

Net Changes in Cash:

Cash at End of Period:

Cash at Beginning of Period:

Operating Cash Flow:

Capital Expenditure:

Free Cash Flow (FCF):

12/31/21

2022

Q1

162.16M

-

162.16M

260.16M

-

39.68M

462.00M

70.66M

787.26M

3.56M

35.24M

16.61M

87.99M

1.00B

-

1.46B

20.42M

65.00M

-

98.38M

137.99M

321.80M

1.62B

60.55M

1.68B

-

2.00B

265.00K

2.67B

- 77992.0K

- 3130674.00K

December 31, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM

859.95M

- 538299.00K

1.46B

-

1.68B

1.5B

129.00K

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- 1272.00K

- 788000.00K

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- 482755.00K

-

1.12B

- 155429.00K

- 1377.00K

- 33197.00K

162.16M

195.35M

124.88M

- 895.00K

123.99M

Our Proprietary Portfolio Rating

Our Rating:

D

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Price Forecast/Expected Price in Next 5 Years of

FICO

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

$563.86

$610.01

$659.93

$713.94

$772.36

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