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Executive at Predictive Data Analytics Company Discards Shares

Several high-ranked executives at Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) offloaded shares last week, though most sales were conducted under pre-arranged trading plans. Wayne Elliot Huyard, Executive President of Sales, Marketing and Services, sold out his entire stake of 24,457 shares on Friday at prices that fell between $125.75 and $125.76 per share. This was the only spur-of-the-moment sale observed at the company.

Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO), known for giving people credit scores, has seen its market capitalization jump by 36% in the past year. The predictive data analytics company paid a quarterly dividend of $0.02 during the December quarter, which equates to an annual dividend yield of 0.06%. Considering that Fair Isaac Corporation, mostly known as FICO, generated earnings of $37.90 million in the fourth quarter, the payout ratio for the quarter totaled a mere 1.6%. Considering the strong profitability and cash flow generation of the company, some shareholders would have loved to receive a higher dividend from FICO. This might be especially true if bearing in mind that Wall Street analysts expect FICO to generate earnings per share of $3.87 in fiscal 2017 and $4.98 in 2019. Royce & Associates, founded by Chuck Royce, reported owning 645,100 shares of Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) through its 13F filing for the December quarter.

Board Member at Truckload Carrier Sells Shares

One member of Heartland Express Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD)’s Board of Directors offloaded a sizeable block of shares last week. Board member Larry J. Gordon liquidated 95,386 shares on Wednesday at prices varying from $19.91 to $20.11 per share, cutting his ownership to 381,547 shares.

The shares of the short-to-medium haul truckload carrier of general commodities are 2% in the green thus far in 2017. Heartland Express Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) reported operating revenues of $612.9 million for 2016, which decreased from $736.3 million in 2015. The company’s top-line figure was challenged by massive pricing pressure from shippers attempting to capitalize on excess capacity in the industry. The trucking and logistics company’s net income decreased to $56.4 million from $73.1 million recorded for 2015. Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management was the equity holder of 2.23 million shares of Heartland Express Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) at year-end.

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