Fair Isaac vs TIC Solutions
FICO and TIC side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FICO and TIC compare
Fair Isaac is the larger company, worth 6.4 times as much as TIC Solutions ($15.7B against $2.5B).
Fair Isaac keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 32.9% compared with −5.1% at TIC Solutions.
TIC Solutions pays a dividend yielding 91.5%; Fair Isaac does not pay one.
Fair Isaac scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 6 for TIC Solutions), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FICO | TIC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $15.7B | $2.5B |
| Share price | $728.85 | $11.23 |
| Change, 1 year | −58.5% | 0.09% |
| Change, 5 years | 104% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.19 | 1.36 |
| Employees | 3,747 | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 20.1× | – |
| P/S | 6.2× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | – | 1.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.2× (better) | 16.9× |
| P/FCF | 14.7× (better) | 71.6× |
| PEG | 0.69 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.8% (better) | 1.4% |
| Fair value | $1365.33 | $13.03 |
| Margin of safety | 46.6% (better) | 13.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 27.3% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 14.0% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 28.1% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 36.9% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 22.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 86.1% (better) | 34.7% |
| Operating margin | 49.9% (better) | −0.98% |
| Net margin | 32.9% (better) | −5.1% |
| FCF margin | 42.2% (better) | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | – | −5.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 82.0% (better) | −0.50% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.76 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.93 (better) | 6.19 |
| Interest coverage | 5.7× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.99 | 2.23 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 8.45 (better) | 1.19 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 91.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Buyback yield | 19.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 19.4% | 91.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 100.0% | 85.7% |
| Held by insiders | 3.2% | 51.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$6.0M | $0 (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.1% | – |
Go deeper
- FICO stock overview
- FICO income statement
- FICO valuation and score
- TIC stock overview
- TIC income statement
- TIC valuation and score
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