CBIZ (CBZ) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FCN or CBZ?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus target price of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. CBIZ has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.74%. Given CBIZ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CBIZ is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

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
CBIZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FCN or CBZ?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than CBIZ. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBIZ, 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
FTI Consulting	$3.67B	1.57	$274.89M	$7.31	23.00
CBIZ	$2.16B	1.86	$120.97M	$1.47	50.12

Which has more risk & volatility, FCN or CBZ?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBIZ has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FCN or CBZ?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 7 more articles in the media than CBIZ. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for FTI Consulting and 11 mentions for CBIZ. CBIZ's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.82 indicating that CBIZ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTI Consulting	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CBIZ	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of CBIZ shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of CBIZ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FCN or CBZ more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.57% compared to CBIZ's net margin of 7.08%. CBIZ's return on equity of 15.12% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%
CBIZ	7.08%	15.12%	6.16%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCN or CBZ?

CBIZ received 119 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave CBIZ an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 237 54.48%	Underperform Votes 198 45.52%
CBIZ	Outperform Votes 356 61.27%	Underperform Votes 225 38.73%

Summary

CBIZ beats FTI Consulting on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.