Calamos Advisors LLC Purchases 5,239 Shares of Fair Isaac Corporation $FICO

Calamos Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) by 413.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 6,507 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,239 shares during the quarter. Calamos Advisors LLC’s holdings in Fair Isaac were worth $11,895,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Fair Isaac by 168.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 481 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $958,000 after purchasing an additional 302 shares during the period. Andra AP fonden lifted its stake in Fair Isaac by 51.1% in the second quarter. Andra AP fonden now owns 21,000 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $38,387,000 after buying an additional 7,100 shares in the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Fair Isaac in the second quarter valued at approximately $364,000. Firetrail Investments PTY Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Fair Isaac during the second quarter worth $5,793,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC raised its holdings in shares of Fair Isaac by 512.0% during the second quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 306 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $559,000 after acquiring an additional 256 shares during the period. 85.75% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on FICO shares. Griffin Securities set a $1,800.00 target price on shares of Fair Isaac in a research note on Monday, August 18th. Seaport Res Ptn raised Fair Isaac to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on Fair Isaac from $2,300.00 to $2,200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Fair Isaac from $1,750.00 to $1,825.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer cut shares of Fair Isaac from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Fair Isaac presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $2,118.50.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

Fair Isaac Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE FICO opened at $1,738.32 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $1,627.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $1,665.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.21 billion, a PE ratio of 67.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.34. Fair Isaac Corporation has a 52 week low of $1,300.00 and a 52 week high of $2,400.00.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The technology company reported $7.74 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $512.38 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $6.54 EPS. The business’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, research analysts forecast 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.