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VSEC vs. FCN, DNB, EXPO, CBZ, 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), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), 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

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

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
FTI Consulting7.14% 13.07% 8.33%
VSE 1.41%6.62%3.64%

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

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 6 more articles in the media than VSE. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for FTI Consulting and 7 mentions for VSE. VSE's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.71 indicating that VSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FTI Consulting
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
VSE
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
FTI Consulting$3.70B1.52$280.09M$7.3122.38
VSE$1.08B2.49$15.32M$0.80162.66

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.29%. VSE has a consensus price target of $130.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.10%. Given FTI Consulting's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than VSE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
VSE
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of VSE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of VSE shares are owned by company 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.

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$2.70B$6.54B$9.30B$8.93B
Dividend Yield0.31%1.39%2.05%4.12%
P/E Ratio163.0620.7316.5519.86
Price / Sales2.4912.51118.59113.78
Price / Cash30.9818.8714.7757.06
Price / Book2.698.444.665.38
Net Income$15.32M$335.40M$619.52M$248.50M
7 Day Performance-4.21%0.43%2.61%2.78%
1 Month Performance-0.05%6.88%6.49%5.84%
1 Year Performance47.99%82.43%106.25%20.06%

VSE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSEC
VSE
2.3146 of 5 stars
$130.13
+0.8%
$130.00
-0.1%
+50.8%$2.70B$1.08B163.061,400
FCN
FTI Consulting
3.7732 of 5 stars
$161.19
+1.5%
$175.50
+8.9%
-23.2%$5.44B$3.70B22.058,374News Coverage
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.8838 of 5 stars
$9.08
+0.1%
$11.86
+30.7%
-0.4%$4.05B$2.38B-181.506,247News Coverage
EXPO
Exponent
3.7994 of 5 stars
$73.75
+1.2%
$120.00
+62.7%
-18.1%$3.70B$558.51M35.981,168
CBZ
CBIZ
3.4985 of 5 stars
$69.27
+3.0%
$86.00
+24.2%
-1.9%$3.66B$1.81B47.1210,000
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
4.3961 of 5 stars
$133.87
+1.3%
$170.75
+27.5%
+39.2%$2.28B$1.52B20.077,230Positive News
ICFI
ICF International
4.5214 of 5 stars
$83.80
+1.3%
$127.20
+51.8%
-35.9%$1.52B$2.02B14.379,300
CRAI
Charles River Associates
3.3687 of 5 stars
$182.84
+1.7%
$228.00
+24.7%
+14.6%$1.22B$687.41M24.67940High Trading Volume
ACTG
Acacia Research
1.1007 of 5 stars
$3.61
+0.8%
N/A-26.3%$344.30M$122.31M-32.821,036
FC
Franklin Covey
3.7611 of 5 stars
$22.60
+1.5%
$42.50
+88.1%
-34.5%$289.24M$287.23M16.991,084
MG
Mistras Group
3.7459 of 5 stars
$7.68
+1.7%
N/A-0.6%$236.54M$729.64M16.334,800News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:VSEC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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