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EXPO vs. FCN, DNB, CBZ, VSEC, HURN, ICFI, CRAI, ACTG, FC, and MG

Should you be buying Exponent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exponent include FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), VSE (VSEC), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), Charles River Associates (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), and Mistras Group (MG). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

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$558.51M6.75$109M$2.0536.25
FTI Consulting$3.70B1.52$280.09M$7.3122.44

Exponent presently has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.46%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.00%. Given Exponent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Exponent is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Exponent
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 1 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FTI Consulting and 11 mentions for Exponent. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Exponent's score of 0.15 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
FTI Consulting
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Exponent has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Exponent has a net margin of 18.87% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 7.14%. Exponent's return on equity of 25.33% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Exponent18.87% 25.33% 14.10%
FTI Consulting 7.14%13.07%8.33%

Summary

Exponent beats FTI Consulting on 8 of the 15 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$3.86B$7.69B$15.42B$9.10B
Dividend Yield1.58%1.63%2.70%4.00%
P/E Ratio36.2525.1328.6320.27
Price / Sales6.753.1842.2097.55
Price / Cash32.5018.0826.7258.16
Price / Book8.976.176.185.49
Net Income$109M$272.15M$190.21M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-3.87%2.00%0.97%4.79%
1 Month Performance-1.73%1.36%3.71%7.68%
1 Year Performance-25.07%-2.64%29.60%16.43%

Exponent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXPO
Exponent
4.0603 of 5 stars
$74.32
-2.2%
$120.00
+61.5%
-23.7%$3.86B$558.51M36.251,168Trending News
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.2054 of 5 stars
$165.76
+0.5%
$175.50
+5.9%
-24.7%$5.65B$3.70B22.688,374Positive News
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.4034 of 5 stars
$9.11
+0.1%
$11.86
+30.2%
-5.5%$4.06B$2.38B-182.206,247
CBZ
CBIZ
3.1457 of 5 stars
$73.67
-0.1%
$86.00
+16.7%
-4.3%$4.01B$2.16B50.1210,000
VSEC
VSE
3.2685 of 5 stars
$126.08
-1.5%
$130.00
+3.1%
+42.6%$2.65B$1.08B157.601,400News Coverage
Analyst Revision
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
4.7571 of 5 stars
$138.63
-0.7%
$170.75
+23.2%
+33.8%$2.41B$1.52B20.787,230Positive News
ICFI
ICF International
4.4744 of 5 stars
$88.39
0.0%
$127.20
+43.9%
-33.2%$1.63B$2.02B15.169,300
CRAI
Charles River Associates
3.2087 of 5 stars
$195.71
-0.3%
$228.00
+16.5%
+13.0%$1.34B$687.41M26.41940High Trading Volume
ACTG
Acacia Research
1.0822 of 5 stars
$3.69
-1.3%
N/A-26.2%$359.68M$122.31M-33.551,036News Coverage
FC
Franklin Covey
3.9315 of 5 stars
$21.34
-3.4%
$31.00
+45.3%
-50.2%$287.03M$287.23M27.011,084Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
MG
Mistras Group
4.017 of 5 stars
$8.06
-1.1%
N/A-6.8%$255.34M$729.64M17.154,800Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:EXPO) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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