CBIZ (CBZ) Competitors

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

Is CBZ or FCN more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 6.82% compared to CBIZ's net margin of 4.51%. CBIZ's return on equity of 14.73% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBIZ	4.51%	14.73%	6.10%
FTI Consulting	6.82%	12.88%	7.90%

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

87.4% of CBIZ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of CBIZ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CBZ or FCN?

CBIZ has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CBZ or FCN?

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
CBIZ	$2.42B	1.38	$41.04M	$1.74	35.58
FTI Consulting	$3.70B	1.47	$280.09M	$7.10	23.68

Do analysts rate CBZ or FCN?

CBIZ presently has a consensus target price of $86.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.92%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Given CBIZ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CBIZ is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBIZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 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

Does the media favor CBZ or FCN?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 3 more articles in the media than CBIZ. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for FTI Consulting and 10 mentions for CBIZ. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat CBIZ's score of 0.41 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CBIZ	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FTI Consulting	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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