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    Fair Isaac (FICO) Is Down 19.2% After Losing GSE FICO Exclusivity To VantageScore 4.0

    Simply Wall St·09/06/2026 10:22:53
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    • The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency recently allowed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to accept mortgages using the VantageScore 4.0 model instead of relying solely on Fair Isaac’s traditional FICO score, ending its long-standing exclusivity in GSE-backed mortgage credit scoring.
    • This policy shift not only introduces direct pricing and product competition into one of Fair Isaac’s most important markets, it also challenges the premium economics that have historically underpinned its Scores segment.
    • We’ll now examine how the end of FICO’s exclusive role in GSE mortgage scoring could reshape Fair Isaac’s investment narrative.

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    Fair Isaac Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Fair Isaac today, you need to believe its core strength in credit analytics and decisioning can offset intensifying pressure on its mortgage Scores business. The FHFA’s decision to allow VantageScore 4.0 into GSE-backed mortgages directly threatens FICO’s pricing power in a key revenue stream and is now the clearest near term risk. In the short run, the main catalyst is whether management can prove that growth in software and newer score products can cushion any mortgage-related hit.

    Against this backdrop, the recent expansion of FICO Score 10 T historical datasets with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac looks especially important. By giving lenders no cost access to over a decade of mortgage performance data, FICO is reinforcing the utility of its latest score in GSE workflows just as formal competition arrives. How effectively lenders adopt Score 10 T could influence whether the FHFA ruling becomes a manageable headwind or a deeper reset for the Scores segment.

    Yet beneath the surface, there is a further competitive risk in mortgage scoring that investors should be aware of...

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    Fair Isaac’s narrative projects $3.5 billion revenue and $1.4 billion earnings by 2029.

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    The most cautious analysts already assumed only about 11.4% annual revenue growth to US$3.3 billion and earnings of US$1.3 billion by 2029, so if you think FHFA’s move accelerates data privacy and model transparency pressures on FICO’s Scores business, you may see that bearish path as more plausible than the consensus, or you may conclude the eventual impact will be less severe and that these low end forecasts are too harsh.

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    This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.