Fair Isaac Co. (NYSE:FICO – Get Rating) saw a large drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 741,900 shares, a drop of 7.6% from the December 31st total of 803,100 shares. Currently, 3.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 214,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, Director Joanna Rees sold 244 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $594.02, for a total value of $144,940.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 3,428 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,036,300.56. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In related news, Director Joanna Rees sold 244 shares of Fair Isaac stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $594.02, for a total value of $144,940.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 3,428 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,036,300.56. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CAO Michael S. Leonard sold 640 shares of Fair Isaac stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $629.25, for a total value of $402,720.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 5,237 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,295,382.25. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 20,072 shares of company stock worth $12,180,047 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 3.37% of the company's stock.
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Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of FICO. Lindbrook Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Fair Isaac by 79.2% during the fourth quarter. Lindbrook Capital LLC now owns 43 shares of the technology company's stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the period. Fiduciary Alliance LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Accurate Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac during the fourth quarter worth about $41,000. Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Fair Isaac by 97.5% during the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the technology company's stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 39 shares during the period. Finally, Eagle Bay Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Fair Isaac by 52.6% during the fourth quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC now owns 87 shares of the technology company's stock worth $52,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.75% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages have recently weighed in on FICO. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on Fair Isaac from $715.00 to $745.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on Fair Isaac from $463.00 to $685.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a report on Friday. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Fair Isaac from $575.00 to $700.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, December 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of Fair Isaac from $709.00 to $807.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Fair Isaac from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, November 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $727.43.Fair Isaac Trading Down 2.4 %
Fair Isaac stock opened at $644.28 on Tuesday. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $611.32 and its 200-day simple moving average is $514.93. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.10 and a beta of 1.28. Fair Isaac has a twelve month low of $340.48 and a twelve month high of $676.98.
Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 9th. The technology company reported $3.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $3.56. Fair Isaac had a net margin of 27.59% and a negative return on equity of 47.61%. The company had revenue of $348.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $355.10 million. Sell-side analysts predict that Fair Isaac will post 16.07 earnings per share for the current year.
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Fair Isaac Corp. engages in the provision of decision management solutions. It operates through the following segments: Applications, Scores, and Decision Management Software. The Applications segment includes decision management applications designed for a type of business problem or process such as marketing, account origination, customer management, fraud, collections, and insurance claims management.
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