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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information We are organized into the following three operating segments, each of which is a reportable segment, to align with internal management of our worldwide business operations based on product offerings.
• | Applications. This segment includes pre-configured decision management applications designed for a specific type of business problem or process — such as marketing, account origination, customer management, fraud, collections and insurance claims management — as well as associated professional services. These applications are available to our customers as on-premises software, and many are available as hosted, software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) applications through the FICO® Analytic Cloud.
• | Scores. This segment includes our business-to-business scoring solutions, our myFICO® solutions for consumers and associated professional services. Our scoring solutions give our clients access to analytics that can be easily integrated into their transaction streams and decision-making processes. Our scoring solutions are distributed through major credit reporting agencies, as well as services through which we provide our scores to clients directly.
• | Decision Management Software. This segment is composed of analytic and decision management software tools that clients can use to create their own custom decision management applications, our new FICO® Decision Management Suite, as well as associated professional services. These tools are available to our customers as on-premises software or through the FICO® Analytic Cloud.
Our Chief Executive Officer evaluates segment financial performance based on segment revenues and segment operating income. Segment operating expenses consist of direct and indirect costs principally related to personnel, facilities, consulting, travel and depreciation. Indirect costs are allocated to the segments generally based on relative segment revenues, fixed rates established by management based upon estimated expense contribution levels and other assumptions that management considers reasonable. We do not allocate broad-based incentive expense, share-based compensation expense, restructuring and acquisition-related expense, amortization expense, various corporate charges and certain other income and expense measures to our segments. These income and expense items are not allocated because they are not considered in evaluating the segment’s operating performance. Our Chief Executive Officer does not evaluate the financial performance of each segment based on its respective assets or capital expenditures; rather, depreciation amounts are allocated to the segments from their internal cost centers as described above. The following tables summarize segment information for fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015:
| Year Ended September 30, 2017
| Applications |  | Scores |  | Decision Management Software |  | Unallocated Corporate Expenses |  | Total
| (In thousands)
Segment revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transactional and maintenance | $ | 348,861 |  |  | $ | 259,780 |  |  | $ | 44,019 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 652,660 |
Professional services | 141,857 |  |  | 2,849 |  |  | 34,863 |  |  | — |  |  | 179,569 |
License | 62,449 |  |  | 3,725 |  |  | 33,766 |  |  | — |  |  | 99,940 |
Total segment revenues | 553,167 |  |  | 266,354 |  |  | 112,648 |  |  | — |  |  | 932,169 |
Segment operating expense | (393,667 | ) |  | (54,436 | ) |  | (123,466 | ) |  | (104,998 | ) |  | (676,567 | )
Segment operating income (loss) | $ | 159,500 |  |  | $ | 211,918 |  |  | $ | (10,818 | ) |  | $ | (104,998 | ) |  | $ | 255,602 |
Unallocated share-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (61,222 | )
Unallocated amortization expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (12,709 | )
Unallocated restructuring and acquisition-related expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (4,471 | )
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 177,200 |
Unallocated interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (25,790 | )
Unallocated other expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (86 | )
Income before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 151,324 |
Depreciation expense | $ | 15,857 |  |  | $ | 991 |  |  | $ | 4,783 |  |  | $ | 1,349 |  |  | $ | 22,980 |
| Year Ended September 30, 2016
| Applications |  | Scores |  | Decision Management Software |  | Unallocated Corporate Expenses |  | Total
| (In thousands)
Segment revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transactional and maintenance | $ | 328,472 |  |  | $ | 233,655 |  |  | $ | 43,792 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 605,919 |
Professional services | 138,775 |  |  | 4,185 |  |  | 26,778 |  |  | — |  |  | 169,738 |
License | 65,395 |  |  | 3,219 |  |  | 37,085 |  |  | — |  |  | 105,699 |
Total segment revenues | 532,642 |  |  | 241,059 |  |  | 107,655 |  |  | — |  |  | 881,356 |
Segment operating expense | (364,371 | ) |  | (55,975 | ) |  | (111,315 | ) |  | (110,612 | ) |  | (642,273 | )
Segment operating income (loss) | $ | 168,271 |  |  | $ | 185,084 |  |  | $ | (3,660 | ) |  | $ | (110,612 | ) |  | 239,083 |
Unallocated share-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (55,509 | )
Unallocated amortization expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (13,982 | )
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 169,592 |
Unallocated interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (26,633 | )
Unallocated other income, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,610 |
Income before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 144,569 |
Depreciation expense | $ | 11,852 |  |  | $ | 814 |  |  | $ | 3,657 |  |  | $ | 1,328 |  |  | $ | 17,651 |
| Year Ended September 30, 2015
| Applications |  | Scores |  | Decision Management Software |  | Unallocated Corporate Expenses |  | Total
| (In thousands)
Segment revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transactional and maintenance | $ | 320,596 |  |  | $ | 200,426 |  |  | $ | 43,210 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 564,232 |
Professional services | 124,562 |  |  | 2,901 |  |  | 24,310 |  |  | — |  |  | 151,773 |
License | 81,116 |  |  | 3,680 |  |  | 37,980 |  |  | — |  |  | 122,776 |
Total segment revenues | 526,274 |  |  | 207,007 |  |  | 105,500 |  |  | — |  |  | 838,781 |
Segment operating expense | (366,666 | ) |  | (55,793 | ) |  | (111,850 | ) |  | (89,744 | ) |  | (624,053 | )
Segment operating income (loss) | $ | 159,608 |  |  | $ | 151,214 |  |  | $ | (6,350 | ) |  | $ | (89,744 | ) |  | 214,728 |
Unallocated share-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (45,308 | )
Unallocated amortization expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (13,673 | )
Unallocated restructuring and acquisition-related expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (18,242 | )
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 137,505 |
Unallocated interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (29,150 | )
Unallocated other income, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 883 |
Income before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 109,238 |
Depreciation expense | $ | 13,861 |  |  | $ | 921 |  |  | $ | 3,087 |  |  | $ | 2,347 |  |  | $ | 20,216 |
Our revenues and percentage of revenues by reportable market segments were as follows for fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, the majority of which were derived from the sale of products and services within the banking (including consumer credit) industry:
| Year Ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (Dollars in thousands)
Applications | $ | 553,167 |  |  | 59 | % |  | $ | 532,642 |  |  | 61 | % |  | $ | 526,274 |  |  | 63 | %
Scores | 266,354 |  |  | 29 | % |  | 241,059 |  |  | 27 | % |  | 207,007 |  |  | 25 | %
Decision Management Software | 112,648 |  |  | 12 | % |  | 107,655 |  |  | 12 | % |  | 105,500 |  |  | 12 | %
Total | $ | 932,169 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 881,356 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 838,781 |  |  | 100 | %
Within our Applications segment our fraud solutions accounted for 19%, 20% and 23% of total revenues in each of fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, our customer communication services accounted for 10%, 9% and 8% of total revenues in each of these periods, respectively; and our customer management solutions accounted for 8%, 9% and 9% of total revenues in each of these periods, respectively. Our revenues and percentage of revenues on a geographical basis are summarized below for fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015:
| Year Ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (Dollars in thousands)
United States | $ | 598,765 |  |  | 64 | % |  | $ | 567,443 |  |  | 64 | % |  | $ | 505,109 |  |  | 60 | %
United Kingdom | 71,989 |  |  | 8 | % |  | 86,485 |  |  | 10 | % |  | 93,855 |  |  | 11 | %
Other countries | 261,415 |  |  | 28 | % |  | 227,428 |  |  | 26 | % |  | 239,817 |  |  | 29 | %
Total | $ | 932,169 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 881,356 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 838,781 |  |  | 100 | %
During fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, no individual customer accounted for 10% or more of our total revenues; however, we derive a substantial portion of revenues from our contracts with the three major credit reporting agencies, Experian, TransUnion and Equifax. Revenues collectively generated by agreements with these customers accounted for 20%, 19% and 16% of our total revenues in fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. At September 30, 2017 and 2016, no individual customer accounted for 10% or more of total consolidated receivables. Our property and equipment, net, on a geographical basis are summarized below at September 30, 2017 and 2016:
| September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016
| (Dollars in thousands)
United States | $ | 30,773 |  |  | 76 | % |  | $ | 36,083 |  |  | 80 | %
United Kingdom | 4,893 |  |  | 12 | % |  | 3,769 |  |  | 8 | %
Other countries | 5,037 |  |  | 12 | % |  | 5,270 |  |  | 12 | %
Total | $ | 40,703 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 45,122 |  |  | 100 | %

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