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$67.10 -0.93 (-1.37%)
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EXPO vs. FCN, VSEC, CBZ, HURN, ICFI, CRAI, ACTG, MG, FC, and OMEX

Should you be buying Exponent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exponent include FTI Consulting (FCN), VSE (VSEC), CBIZ (CBZ), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), Charles River Associates (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Mistras Group (MG), Franklin Covey (FC), and Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.

Exponent vs. Its Competitors

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) and FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Exponent has a net margin of 18.35% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 6.82%. Exponent's return on equity of 24.19% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Exponent18.35% 24.19% 13.51%
FTI Consulting 6.82%12.88%7.90%

FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. Given FTI Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Exponent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Exponent
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Exponent has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 2 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FTI Consulting and 3 mentions for Exponent. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Exponent's score of -0.18 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Exponent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
FTI Consulting
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.4% of Exponent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Exponent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Exponent. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exponent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Exponent$558.51M6.07$109M$2.0033.55
FTI Consulting$3.70B1.40$280.09M$7.1022.54

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Exponent on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EXPO vs. The Competition

MetricExponentConsulting IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.39B$6.60B$33.43B$10.58B
Dividend Yield1.79%1.71%2.84%4.70%
P/E Ratio33.5523.2626.7626.71
Price / Sales6.072.94745.52130.98
Price / Cash28.7016.5729.3661.31
Price / Book8.095.518.346.55
Net Income$109M$272.15M$198.07M$277.50M
7 Day Performance-3.45%0.68%1.71%2.42%
1 Month Performance-6.05%4.01%12.66%8.63%
1 Year Performance-41.46%-8.12%56.94%31.60%

Exponent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXPO
Exponent
2.8994 of 5 stars
$67.10
-1.4%
N/A-41.5%$3.39B$558.51M33.551,168
FCN
FTI Consulting
3.9883 of 5 stars
$161.45
0.0%
$175.50
+8.7%
-29.0%$5.23B$3.66B22.748,374
VSEC
VSE
3.2725 of 5 stars
$164.23
-0.2%
$161.50
-1.7%
+90.7%$3.40B$1.25B146.631,400
CBZ
CBIZ
2.2681 of 5 stars
$53.84
+2.4%
N/A-13.2%$2.84B$2.42B30.9410,000Positive News
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
3.8444 of 5 stars
$145.00
-0.7%
$171.50
+18.3%
+40.7%$2.53B$1.59B25.317,230News Coverage
Insider Trade
ICFI
ICF International
3.9364 of 5 stars
$93.10
+0.1%
$128.20
+37.7%
-43.4%$1.71B$2.02B16.199,300
CRAI
Charles River Associates
4.094 of 5 stars
$205.22
+0.0%
$235.00
+14.5%
+11.1%$1.35B$687.41M24.85940
ACTG
Acacia Research
0.2082 of 5 stars
$3.25
-1.2%
N/A-27.4%$317.30M$122.31M-54.161,036Positive News
MG
Mistras Group
3.3443 of 5 stars
$9.88
+2.1%
N/A-13.9%$305.29M$729.64M26.704,800Positive News
FC
Franklin Covey
3.848 of 5 stars
$19.72
-2.3%
$27.00
+36.9%
-52.1%$255.24M$287.23M24.961,084Positive News
OMEX
Odyssey Marine Exploration
N/A$1.92
-2.5%
N/A+183.1%$89.03M$620.05K0.0010

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This page (NASDAQ:EXPO) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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