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MetricFICOFAIR ISAAC CORPIOTSamsara Inc.CRCLCircle Internet Group, Inc.PTCPTC INC.Median of the restexcluding FICO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$823.27▲ 28.06 (3.53%)
$43.78▲ 0.54 (1.25%)
$85.87▲ 4.50 (5.53%)
$194.00▼ 0.38 (0.20%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/104.7/104.7/1010.0/104.7/10
Market value$19.56B$25.11B$13.63B$23.19B
Revenue$1.99B$1.62B$109.8M$2.74B
Profit$651.9M-$9.1M-$69.5M$734.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.15.9%29.6%624.0%19.2%29.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.82.2%76.7%—83.8%80.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.46.5%-3.2%-87.8%35.9%-3.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.32.7%-0.6%-63.3%26.8%-0.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.38.7%12.8%482.3%31.3%31.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-37.3%-0.6%-2.1%19.2%-0.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.63.9%-3.8%-4.2%16.2%-3.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.30.01x——31.59x31.59x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.23.93x——22.31x22.31x
Price to book-11.21x17.68x4.09x6.06x6.06x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-2.07x0.79x22.64x0.73x0.79x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/96/84/79/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safedistressn/a for bankssafe

How FICO compares with the others

  • FICO's operating margin of 46.5% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-3.2%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 15.9% against 29.6%.
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the other company selected (30.0x against 31.6x).
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -2.1x against 0.8x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.