Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
Our common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: FICO. According to records of our transfer agent, at October 24, 2024, we had 223 stockholders of record of our common stock.
Dividends
We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock since May 2017, and we do not presently plan to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of future cash dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors, including our financial condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs, outstanding indebtedness, plans for expansion and restrictions imposed by our debt arrangements, if any.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Not applicable.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)
Average
Price Paid
per Share Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs (2)
Maximum Dollar
Value of Shares
that May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Plans or
Programs (2)
July 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024 54,370 $ 1,561.79 53,777 $ 1,000,000,000
August 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024 69,769 $ 1,721.45 69,503 $ 880,324,741
September 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024 64,985 $ 1,853.71 64,661 $ 760,475,383
189,124 $ 1,721.00 187,941 $ 760,475,383
(1) Includes 1,183 shares delivered in satisfaction of the tax withholding obligations resulting from the vesting of restricted stock units held by employees during the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
(2) In January 2024, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program (the “January 2024 program”), replacing our previously authorized October 2022 stock repurchase program, which was terminated prior to its expiration. The January 2024 program was open-ended and authorized repurchases of shares of our common stock from time to time up to an aggregate cost of $500.0 million in the open market or in negotiated transactions. In July 2024, our Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program (the “July 2024 program”), replacing the January 2024 program, which was terminated prior to its expiration and under which $29.6 million was remaining for repurchase at the time of termination. The July 2024 program is open-ended and authorizes repurchases of shares of our common stock from time to time up to an aggregate cost of $1.0 billion in the open market or in negotiated transactions. The July 2024 program remains in effect until the total authorized amount is expended or until further action by our Board of Directors.
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Performance Graph
The following graph shows the total stockholder return of an investment of $100 in cash on September 30, 2019, in (a) the Company’s common stock, (b) the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and (c) the Standard & Poor’s 500 Application Software Index, in each case with reinvestment of dividends. Our past performance may not be indicative of future performance.
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