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Stock-Based Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

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 2018, 2017 and 2016:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2016
Stock Options:
Average expected term (years)	4.78			5.00			4.83
Expected volatility (range)	33.6 - 35.1	%		35.3	%		35.3 - 36.4	%
Weighted average volatility	34.6	%		35.3	%		36.0	%
Risk-free interest rate (range)	2.03 - 2.65	%		2.02	%		1.21 - 1.49	%
Average expected dividend yield	—	%		0.07	%		0.09	%
Expected dividend yield (range)	—	%		0.07	%		0.09 - 0.10	%

Summary of Option Activity

The following table summarizes option activity during fiscal 2018:

	Shares			Weighted- average Exercise Price				Weighted- average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
	(In thousands)							(In years)		(In thousands)
Outstanding at October 1, 2017	1,230			$	56.54
Granted	29			167.27
Exercised	(257	)		42.85
Forfeited	(6	)		88.17
Outstanding at September 30, 2018	996			$	63.13			2.51		$	164,716
Exercisable at September 30, 2018	847			$	59.10			2.31		$	143,529
Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2018	993			$	62.97			2.50		$	164,500

Summary of Restricted Stock Unit and Market Stock Unit Activity

The following table summarizes the RSUs activity during fiscal 2018:

	Shares			Weighted-average Grant-date Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Outstanding at October 1, 2017	1,144			$	97.95
Granted	458			161.85
Released	(439	)		88.21
Forfeited	(50	)		115.57
Outstanding at September 30, 2018	1,113			$	127.34

The following table summarizes the MSUs activity during fiscal 2018:

	Shares			Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Outstanding at October 1, 2017	131			$	123.82
Granted	102			151.78
Released	(119	)		113.70
Outstanding at September 30, 2018	114			$	159.34

Summary of Performance Stock Unit Activity

The following table summarizes the PSUs activity during fiscal 2018:

	Shares			Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Outstanding at October 1, 2017	204			$	105.37
Granted	102			157.17
Released	(96	)		98.15
Outstanding at September 30, 2018	210			$	133.76

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 2018, 2017 and 2016:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2016
Expected volatility in FICO’s stock price	24.6	%		27.4	%		24.1	%
Expected volatility in Russell 3000 Index	12.7	%		13.6	%		12.8	%
Correlation between FICO and the Russell 3000 Index	63.1	%		59.8	%		60.2	%
Risk-free interest rate	1.92	%		1.40	%		1.25	%
Average expected dividend yield	—	%		0.07	%		0.09	%

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