Quality Investor

FICO

Rank #18

Rank #18 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.80) · ROE -31.0% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.

As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0000814547 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

Financials

Stable

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowimproving
  • Gross marginstable
  • Gross profitabilityimproving
  • Net cashdeteriorating
  • Operating marginimproving
  • Return on equitydeteriorating
  • Share count (dilution)improving

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.

USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2022-09-30filed 2022-11-092018-09-30filed 2018-11-092017-09-30filed 2018-11-092016-09-30filed 2018-11-09
Income statement
Revenue1,377.31,032.5932.2881.4
Revenue growth (YoY)47.7%10.8%10.8%10.8%
Gross profit1,075.1721.8721.8721.8
Gross margin78.1%69.9%69.9%69.9%
Net income373.5142.4128.3109.4
Net margin27.1%13.8%13.8%13.8%
EPS (diluted)$14.18$4.57$3.98$3.39
EPS growth (YoY)210.3%14.8%17.4%
Cash flow
Operating cash flow509.5223.1225.6210.3
Capital expenditures6.031.3
Free cash flow503.4191.8191.8191.8

Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?