EXPO vs. ICFI, FCN, HURN, G, MEG, AUR, DNB, EXLS, MARA, and NVEI
Should you be buying Exponent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exponent include ICF International (ICFI), FTI Consulting (FCN), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Genpact (G), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), ExlService (EXLS), Marathon Digital (MARA), and Nuvei (NVEI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) and Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Exponent has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ICF International. ICF International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exponent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.1% of ICF International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Exponent shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of ICF International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Exponent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Exponent had 6 more articles in the media than ICF International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Exponent and 1 mentions for ICF International. Exponent's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat ICF International's score of 0.07 indicating that ICF International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ICF International received 39 more outperform votes than Exponent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave ICF International an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote.
Exponent has a net margin of 18.72% compared to Exponent's net margin of 4.74%. ICF International's return on equity of 28.13% beat Exponent's return on equity.
ICF International presently has a consensus price target of $162.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Exponent has a consensus price target of $99.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. Given Exponent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ICF International is more favorable than Exponent.
ICF International has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ICF International pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Exponent pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ICF International pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exponent pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Exponent has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Exponent is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Exponent beats ICF International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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