ICF International (ICFI) Competitors

ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) and FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ICFI or FCN?

ICF International received 119 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.04% of users gave ICF International an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICF International	Outperform Votes 356 67.04%	Underperform Votes 175 32.96%
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 237 54.48%	Underperform Votes 198 45.52%

Do analysts recommend ICFI or FCN?

ICF International presently has a consensus target price of $127.20, suggesting a potential upside of 44.36%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given ICF International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ICF International is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICF International	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

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

94.1% of ICF International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of ICF International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ICFI or FCN?

ICF International has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% 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 media prefer ICFI or FCN?

In the previous week, ICF International had 9 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for ICF International and 9 mentions for FTI Consulting. ICF International's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.52 indicating that ICF International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICF International	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ICFI or FCN?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than ICF International. ICF International 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
ICF International	$2.01B	0.81	$82.61M	$5.83	15.11
FTI Consulting	$3.67B	1.52	$274.89M	$7.31	22.21

Is ICFI or FCN more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.57% compared to ICF International's net margin of 5.38%. ICF International's return on equity of 14.68% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICF International	5.38%	14.68%	6.83%
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%

Summary

ICF International and FTI Consulting tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.