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Fair Isaac (Fair Isaac) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 59.09 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-17), Fair Isaac's share price is $1153.28. Fair Isaac's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $19.52. Hence, Fair Isaac's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 59.09.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fair Isaac's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

FICO' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.44   Med: 27.12   Max: 67.83
Current: 59.1

During the past 13 years, Fair Isaac's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 67.83. The lowest was 11.44. And the median was 27.12.

FICO's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
79.2% of 1466 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.355 vs FICO: 59.10

Fair Isaac's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.79. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $19.52.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Fair Isaac was 7.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 16.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 27.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 20.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Fair Isaac's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 123.40% per year. The lowest was -31.90% per year. And the median was 17.50% per year.


Fair Isaac Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fair Isaac's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Fair Isaac Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 38.90 37.13 27.97 21.56 47.41

Fair Isaac Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.82 40.95 46.20 47.41 59.64

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Fair Isaac's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fair Isaac Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fair Isaac's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fair Isaac's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Fair Isaac Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Fair Isaac's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=1153.28/19.518
=59.09

Fair Isaac's Share Price of today is $1153.28.
Fair Isaac's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $19.52.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Fair Isaac  (NYSE:FICO) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Fair Isaac (Fair Isaac) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 West Mendenhall, Suite 105, Bozeman, MT, USA, 59715
Founded in 1956, Fair Isaac Corporation is a leading applied analytics company. Fair Isaac is primarily known for its FICO credit scores, which is a widely used industry benchmark to determine the creditworthiness of an individual consumer. The firm's credit scores business accounts for most of the firm's profits and consists of business-to-business and business-to-consumer offerings. In addition to scores, Fair Isaac also sells software primarily to financial institutions for areas such as analytics, decision-making, customer workflows, and fraud.
Executives
Steven P. Weber officer: Interim Chief Financial Ofc. 5 WEST MENDENHALL, SUITE 105, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Eva Manolis director C/O SHUTTERFLY, INC., 2800 BRIDGE PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
David A Rey director 181 METRO DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Michael S Leonard officer: CAO and Vice President 181 METRO DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Joanna Rees director LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC., 6401 HOLLIS STREET SUITE 100, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Braden R Kelly director 181 METRO DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Marc F Mcmorris director 181 METRO DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
James M Wehmann officer: Executive Vice President 181 METRO DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Henry Tayloe Stansbury director C/O COUPA SOFTWARE INC., 1855 S. GRANT STREET, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Nikhil Behl officer: Executive Vice President 601 108TH AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Stephanie Covert officer: Executive Vice President 181 METRO DR., SAN JOSE CA 95110
James Kirsner director 5858 HORTON STREET, SUITE 350, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Thomas A. Bowers officer: Executive Vice President 181 METRO DR., #600, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Richard Deal officer: Vice President 181 METRO DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Mark R Scadina officer: V.P., General Counsel & Sec. 181 METRO DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110