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VSEC vs. FCN, DNB, CBZ, EXPO, HURN, ICFI, CRAI, ACTG, FC, and MG

Should you be buying VSE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VSE include FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), Exponent (EXPO), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), Charles River Associates (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), and Mistras Group (MG). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.

VSE vs. Its Competitors

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

91.5% of VSE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of VSE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

VSE presently has a consensus target price of $130.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.86%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.99%. Given FTI Consulting's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than VSE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VSE
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

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than VSE. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VSE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VSE$1.08B2.56$15.32M$0.80167.29
FTI Consulting$3.67B1.56$280.09M$7.3122.87

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 1 more articles in the media than VSE. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for FTI Consulting and 6 mentions for VSE. VSE's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.67 indicating that VSE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
VSE
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FTI Consulting
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.14% compared to VSE's net margin of 1.41%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 13.07% beat VSE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VSE1.41% 6.62% 3.64%
FTI Consulting 7.14%13.07%8.33%

VSE has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FTI Consulting beats VSE on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VSEC vs. The Competition

MetricVSEENGINRG/R&D SVS IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.68B$6.73B$9.43B$9.42B
Dividend Yield0.31%1.32%2.02%3.99%
P/E Ratio167.2921.1016.4120.08
Price / Sales2.5612.37106.9484.07
Price / Cash30.6618.0414.9158.45
Price / Book2.767.944.615.83
Net Income$15.32M$340.49M$620.50M$258.27M
7 Day Performance1.05%-1.94%2.22%2.69%
1 Month Performance-3.91%2.45%3.87%12.91%
1 Year Performance47.65%60.18%100.75%21.81%

VSE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSEC
VSE
3.4202 of 5 stars
$133.83
+3.2%
$130.00
-2.9%
+43.0%$2.68B$1.08B167.291,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.0935 of 5 stars
$167.11
+1.8%
$175.50
+5.0%
-26.4%$5.73B$3.67B22.868,374
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.5136 of 5 stars
$9.11
-0.1%
$11.86
+30.2%
-13.8%$4.06B$2.38B-182.106,247Upcoming Earnings
CBZ
CBIZ
3.4188 of 5 stars
$72.90
+0.9%
$86.00
+18.0%
-11.2%$3.97B$2.16B49.5910,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EXPO
Exponent
4.1917 of 5 stars
$74.46
+0.2%
$120.00
+61.2%
-31.5%$3.78B$559.09M36.321,168Upcoming Earnings
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
4.7791 of 5 stars
$133.54
+0.8%
$170.75
+27.9%
+20.3%$2.30B$1.56B20.027,230Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ICFI
ICF International
4.5699 of 5 stars
$87.80
+0.3%
$127.20
+44.9%
-40.2%$1.62B$2.02B15.069,300News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CRAI
Charles River Associates
4.3456 of 5 stars
$202.84
+3.0%
$228.00
+12.4%
-3.3%$1.38B$687.41M27.37940Upcoming Earnings
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High Trading Volume
ACTG
Acacia Research
1.3557 of 5 stars
$3.77
-5.0%
N/A-32.6%$362.57M$222.41M-34.271,036Positive News
FC
Franklin Covey
4.0464 of 5 stars
$20.14
+1.4%
$31.00
+53.9%
-49.6%$254.57M$287.23M25.491,084
MG
Mistras Group
3.7477 of 5 stars
$8.08
-0.8%
N/A-16.0%$252.99M$706.81M17.184,800Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:VSEC) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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