Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, FCN or DNB?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCN or DNB?

Dun & Bradstreet received 35 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.48% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote while only 48.92% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 237 54.48%	Underperform Votes 198 45.52%
Dun & Bradstreet	Outperform Votes 272 48.92%	Underperform Votes 284 51.08%

Is FCN or DNB more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.57% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -1.20%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 13.15% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%
Dun & Bradstreet	-1.20%	11.29%	4.23%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FCN or DNB?

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor FCN or DNB?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 6 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FTI Consulting and 3 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.52 indicating that Dun & Bradstreet 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)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dun & Bradstreet	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate FCN or DNB?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus target price of $11.86, suggesting a potential upside of 30.89%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dun & Bradstreet 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
Dun & Bradstreet	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FCN or DNB?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTI Consulting, 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	1.52	$274.89M	$7.31	22.21
Dun & Bradstreet	$2.40B	1.69	-$47M	-$0.05	-181.20

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.