FICO Announces Earnings of US$ 1,03 per Share for Second Quarter Fiscal 2018

SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 26, 2018 -
FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, today announced results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2018.

Second Quarter Fiscal 2018 GAAP Results
Net income for the quarter totaled US$ 32,3 million, or US$ 1,03 per share, versus US$ 25,1 million, or US$ 0,78 per share, reported in the prior year period.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the quarter was US$ 49,2 million versus US$ 66,4 million in the prior year period.

Second Quarter Fiscal 2018 Non-GAAP Results
Non-GAAP Net Income for the quarter was US$ 48,1 million vs. US$ 34 million in the prior year period. Non-GAAP EPS for the quarter was US$ 1,54 vs. US$ 1,05 in the prior year period. Free cash flow for the quarter was US$ 42,2 million vs. US$ 60,5 million in the prior year period. The Non-GAAP financial measures are described in the financial table captioned "Non-GAAP Results" and are reconciled to the corresponding GAAP results in the financial tables at the end of this release.

Second Quarter Fiscal 2018 GAAP Revenues
The company reported revenues of US$ 257,9 million for the quarter as compared to US$ 228,4 million reported in the prior year period.

"We delivered record revenues in our second quarter, and strong growth in net income and EPS," said Will Lansing, chief executive officer. "We are pleased with our progress and are raising our full-year guidance."

Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 across each of the company’s three operating segments were as follows:

• Applications revenues, which include the company’s preconfigured decision management applications and associated professional services, were US$ 146,7 million in the second quarter, up 9% from the prior year, primarily due to increased transactional volumes of Originations Solutions and Customer Communication Services.
• Scores revenues, which include the company’s business-to-business (B2B) scoring solutions and associated professional services, as well as business-to-consumer (B2C) service, were US$ 87,9 million in the second quarter, compared to US$ 65,4 million in the prior year quarter, an increase of 34%. B2B revenue increased 47% and B2C revenue increased 13% from the prior year quarter.
• Decision Management Software revenues, which include Blaze Advisor^®, Xpress Optimization and related professional services, were US$ 23,3 million in the second quarter compared to US$ 28,6 million in the prior year quarter, a decrease of 19%, due primarily to decreased up-front license sales.

Outlook
The company is updating guidance for fiscal 2018:

* Previous and Updated Fiscal 2018 Guidance includes excess tax benefits associated with stock compensation of US$ 20 million, or US$ 0,64 per share, and a full-year tax charge of US$ 17 million, or US$ 0,54 per share, associated with tax reform legislation.

The Non-GAAP financial measures are described in the financial table captioned “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Guidance.”

Company to Host Conference Call
The company will host a webcast today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time) to report its second quarter fiscal 2018 results and provide various strategic and operational updates. The call can be accessed at FICO's web site at www.fico.com/investors. A replay of the webcast will be available at our Past Events page through April 26, 2019.

Sobre a FICO
FICO (NYSE: FICO) powers decisions that help people and businesses around the world prosper. Founded in 1956 and based in Silicon Valley, the company is a pioneer in the use of predictive analytics and data science to improve operational decisions. FICO holds more than 165 US and foreign patents on technologies that increase profitability, customer satisfaction and growth for businesses in financial services, telecommunications, health care, retail and many other industries. Using FICO solutions, businesses in more than 100 countries do everything from protecting 2,6 billion payment cards from fraud, to helping people get credit, to ensuring that millions of airplanes and rental cars are in the right place at the right time.

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FICO is a registered trademark of Fair Isaac Corporation in the US and other countries.

Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Information
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements contained in this news release that relate to FICO or its business are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the success of the Company's Decision Management strategy and reengineering initiative, the maintenance of its existing relationships and ability to create new relationships with customers and key alliance partners, its ability to continue to develop new and enhanced products and services, its ability to recruit and retain key technical and managerial personnel, competition, regulatory changes applicable to the use of consumer credit and other data, the failure to protect such data, the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisitions, material adverse developments in global economic conditions or in the markets we serve, and other risks described from time to time in FICO's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2017 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes, FICO's results could differ materially from its expectations. FICO disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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