ICFI vs. HURN, EXPO, RMR, HCKT, G, FCN, MEG, FLYW, MQ, and ZETA
Should you be buying ICF International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICF International include Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Exponent (EXPO), The RMR Group (RMR), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Genpact (G), FTI Consulting (FCN), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Flywire (FLYW), Marqeta (MQ), and Zeta Global (ZETA).
ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Huron Consulting Group had 2 more articles in the media than ICF International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Huron Consulting Group and 2 mentions for ICF International. ICF International's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Huron Consulting Group's score of 0.82 indicating that ICF International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ICF International has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ICF International has higher revenue and earnings than Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICF International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Huron Consulting Group has a net margin of 4.47% compared to ICF International's net margin of 4.21%. Huron Consulting Group's return on equity of 17.77% beat ICF International's return on equity.
ICF International currently has a consensus target price of $162.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.63%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $129.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.41%. Given Huron Consulting Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than ICF International.
Huron Consulting Group received 52 more outperform votes than ICF International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.38% of users gave ICF International an outperform vote while only 66.95% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote.
94.1% of ICF International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of ICF International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ICF International beats Huron Consulting Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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