-- 獨立研究機構CFRA向提供了以下研究報告。 CFRA分析師的觀點摘要如下：我們維持1,219美元的目標價，並採用26倍的2027財年（9月）每股盈餘預期。本益比的下調反映了FHFA允許VantageScore在符合標準的抵押貸款中使用後，監管方面的不確定性。此舉首次對FICO長期壟斷地位構成了實質競爭。我們對2026財年的每股盈餘預期為41.08美元（高於先前的38.48美元），對2027財年的每股盈餘預期為46.90美元。我們維持「持有」評級，同時等待FICO的抵押貸款直接許可計劃的競爭格局和市場接受度趨勢更加明朗。目前，貸款機構的接受度仍不明朗，管理階層對競爭威脅的輕視與其採取的防禦性定價策略形成鮮明對比。儘管該公司近期業績表現強勁，並透過股票回購實現了積極的資本回報，但監管環境已發生根本性變化，因此需要保持謹慎。 FICO 的平台軟體發展勢頭、不斷擴大的營運槓桿以及轉換成本，提供了足夠的上漲空間來抵消近期行業的變化。
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