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Immediate price drop reflects risk to FICO’s monopoly-like position in government-backed lending and potential pricing pressure from VantageScore competition; near-term revenue mix could shift as lenders experiment with a broader scoring set, especially since mortgage-originations comprise a large portion of Scores revenue.
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FHFA Director Bill Pulte ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to approve all lenders for VantageScore 4.0, removing FICO’s single-model monopoly in government-backed lending. With VantageScore already 9% of securitized mortgages and FICO Scores revenue up 41% YoY (mortgage originations >60%), FICO faces near-term pricing and market-share pressure as broader adoption unfolds.
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