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Fair Isaac (FICO) earnings call transcript summary & sentiment

Last call Wed 29 Jul 2026

Our read on the 29 July 2026 earnings call

Overall tone: Positive

Overall tone

Positive

Executive Summary

Fair Isaac Corporation reported 2026 Q3 revenue of $674 million, up 26% year-over-year, and GAAP earnings per share of $10.45, up 41% year-over-year.

Core Signals

Revenue Growth & Demand: Q3 total revenue rose 26% YoY to $674 million, driven by 41% growth in Scores and 66% growth in Platform software.

Bullish Signals

Scores segment revenue grew 41% YoY to $459 million, driven by strength in B2B and B2C channels.

Risk Signals

VantageScore achieved ~20% market share among prominent mortgage originators such as Rocket and UWM due to lender choice score gaming.

Q&A Signals

Repeated analyst topics: Analysts repeatedly focused on VantageScore market share trends (~20%), score gaming mechanics, FICO pull volume stability, and DLP rollout progress.

Key Investor Debate

The key investor debate centers on whether VantageScore's gain in mortgage originations market share—notably reaching approximately 20% among large originators like Rocket and UWM—signals structural volume loss for FICO. Management countered that originators are pulling VantageScore in tandem with FICO Score to…

Analyst Takeaway

Analysts view FICO's fundamentals as exceptionally robust, underpinned by strong Q3 free cash flow of $370 million and expanding Scores pricing power, but are closely watching execution headwinds.

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Date Day Period Corpusense read
2026-07-29Wednesday2026 Q3Positive
2026-04-28Tuesday2026 Q2Positive
2026-01-28Wednesday2026 Q1Positive
2025-11-05Wednesday2025 Q4—
2025-07-30Wednesday2025 Q3—
2025-04-29Tuesday2025 Q2—
2025-02-04Tuesday2025 Q1—

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