BAH vs. FCN, J, OMC, STX, APTV, FDS, CPAY, FLT, VLTO, and RKT
Should you be buying Booz Allen Hamilton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Booz Allen Hamilton include FTI Consulting (FCN), Jacobs Solutions (J), Omnicom Group (OMC), Seagate Technology (STX), Aptiv (APTV), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Corpay (CPAY), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Veralto (VLTO), and Rocket Companies (RKT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Booz Allen Hamilton had 4 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton and 4 mentions for FTI Consulting. Booz Allen Hamilton's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.80 indicating that Booz Allen Hamilton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Booz Allen Hamilton's net margin of 3.96%. Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity of 65.31% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.
FTI Consulting has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Booz Allen Hamilton. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booz Allen Hamilton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Booz Allen Hamilton currently has a consensus price target of $145.11, suggesting a potential upside of 0.50%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $255.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.30%. Given FTI Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Booz Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen Hamilton received 308 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.01% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote while only 54.39% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.
Summary
Booz Allen Hamilton beats FTI Consulting on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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