Huron Consulting Group (HURN) Competitors

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) and FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) 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 risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HURN or FCN?

93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, HURN or FCN?

Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HURN or FCN?

Huron Consulting Group received 185 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Huron Consulting Group	Outperform Votes 422 67.95%	Underperform Votes 199 32.05%
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 237 54.48%	Underperform Votes 198 45.52%

Does the media favor HURN or FCN?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 2 more articles in the media than Huron Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FTI Consulting and 7 mentions for Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.52 indicating that Huron Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Huron Consulting Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FTI Consulting	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate HURN or FCN?

Huron Consulting Group currently has a consensus target price of $170.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.52%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.98%. Given Huron Consulting Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huron Consulting Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 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

Which has better earnings & valuation, HURN or FCN?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTI Consulting, 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
Huron Consulting Group	$1.56B	1.49	$62.48M	$6.67	20.23
FTI Consulting	$3.67B	1.49	$274.89M	$7.31	21.83

Is HURN or FCN more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.57% compared to Huron Consulting Group's net margin of 5.80%. Huron Consulting Group's return on equity of 21.51% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huron Consulting Group	5.80%	21.51%	8.38%
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%

Summary

Huron Consulting Group beats FTI Consulting on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.