Exponent (EXPO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting currently has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.04%. Given FTI Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Exponent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Exponent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FCN or EXPO?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, FCN or EXPO?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, FCN or EXPO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTI Consulting	$3.66B	1.46	$280.09M	$7.10	23.31
Exponent	$559.09M	6.20	$109M	$2.00	34.17

Is FCN or EXPO more profitable?

Exponent has a net margin of 18.35% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 6.82%. Exponent's return on equity of 24.24% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	6.82%	12.88%	7.90%
Exponent	18.35%	24.24%	13.50%

Does the media refer more to FCN or EXPO?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 8 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for FTI Consulting and 17 mentions for Exponent. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Exponent's score of 0.49 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTI Consulting	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Exponent	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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