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 valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HURN or FCN?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Huron Consulting Group. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, 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	$1.52B	1.57	$116.63M	$5.73	24.13
FTI Consulting	$3.70B	1.49	$280.09M	$7.10	23.95

Is HURN or FCN more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Huron Consulting Group's net margin of 6.60%. Huron Consulting Group's return on equity of 25.52% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huron Consulting Group	6.60%	25.52%	9.50%
FTI Consulting	6.82%	12.88%	7.90%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HURN or FCN?

93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Huron Consulting Group 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend HURN or FCN?

Huron Consulting Group presently has a consensus target price of $171.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.05%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Given Huron Consulting Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Does the media favor HURN or FCN?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 1 more articles in the media than Huron Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FTI Consulting and 11 mentions for Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat FTI Consulting's score of 1.47 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
FTI Consulting	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, HURN or FCN?

Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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