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Stock-Based Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Stock Options

We used the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of our stock options during fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2017			2016			2015
Stock Options:
Average expected term (years)	5.00			4.83			4.18
Expected volatility (range)	35.3	%		35.3 - 36.4	%		34.5 - 35.3	%
Weighted average volatility	35.3	%		36.0	%		34.6	%
Risk-free interest rate (range)	2.02	%		1.21 - 1.49	%		1.33 - 1.48	%
Average expected dividend yield	0.07	%		0.09	%		0.14	%
Expected dividend yield (range)	0.07	%		0.09 - 0.10	%		0.11 - 0.14	%

Summary of Option Activity

The following table summarizes option activity during fiscal 2017:

	Shares			Weighted- average Exercise Price				Weighted- average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
	(In thousands)							(In years)		(In thousands)
Outstanding at October 1, 2016	1,521			$	52.37
Granted	34			128.80
Exercised	(325	)		44.52
Outstanding at September 30, 2017	1,230			$	56.54			3.12		$	103,275
Exercisable at September 30, 2017	946			$	50.29			2.74		$	85,354
Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2017	1,223			$	56.43			3.11		$	102,843

Summary of Restricted Stock Unit and Market Stock Unit Activity

The following table summarizes the MSUs activity during fiscal 2017:

	Shares			Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Outstanding at October 1, 2016	142			$	100.40
Granted	155			108.09
Released	(166	)		89.09
Outstanding at September 30, 2017	131			$	123.82

The following table summarizes the RSUs activity during fiscal 2017:

	Shares			Weighted-average Grant-date Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Outstanding at October 1, 2016	1,211			$	76.93
Granted	460			122.47
Released	(475	)		68.54
Forfeited	(52	)		93.80
Outstanding at September 30, 2017	1,144			$	97.95

Summary of Performance Stock Unit Activity

The following table summarizes the PSUs activity during fiscal 2017:

	Shares			Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Outstanding at October 1, 2016	230			$	73.99
Granted	110			121.30
Released	(136	)		65.24
Outstanding at September 30, 2017	204			$	105.37

Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Market Stock Units

We used the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of our MSUs during fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2017			2016			2015
Expected volatility in FICO’s stock price	27.4	%		24.1	%		26.6	%
Expected volatility in Russell 3000 Index	13.6	%		12.8	%		12.2	%
Correlation between FICO and the Russell 3000 Index	59.8	%		60.2	%		55.9	%
Risk-free interest rate	1.40	%		1.25	%		1.10	%
Average expected dividend yield	0.07	%		0.09	%		0.14	%

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