CBIZ (CBZ) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$3.70B	2.18	$274.89M	$8.60	26.21
CBIZ	$1.59B	2.06	$120.97M	$2.47	26.47

Is FCN or CBZ more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 8.90% compared to CBIZ's net margin of 7.12%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 16.34% beat CBIZ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	8.90%	16.34%	9.87%
CBIZ	7.12%	14.58%	5.78%

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

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate FCN or CBZ?

FTI Consulting currently has a consensus price target of $275.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.01%. CBIZ has a consensus price target of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.56%. Given CBIZ's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CBIZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, FCN or CBZ?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBIZ has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FCN or CBZ?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 2 more articles in the media than CBIZ. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FTI Consulting and 3 mentions for CBIZ. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat CBIZ's score of 0.53 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCN or CBZ?

CBIZ received 121 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave CBIZ an outperform vote while only 54.69% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 233 54.69%	Underperform Votes 193 45.31%
CBIZ	Outperform Votes 354 61.78%	Underperform Votes 219 38.22%

Summary

FTI Consulting beats CBIZ on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.