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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

Is FCN or DNB more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -1.60%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 12.88% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	6.82%	12.88%	7.90%
Dun & Bradstreet	-1.60%	11.06%	4.17%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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. 1.8% 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, FCN or DNB?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FCN or DNB?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.69%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus price target of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 27.03%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's higher probable 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 better 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	$3.70B	1.47	$280.09M	$7.10	23.61
Dun & Bradstreet	$2.38B	1.72	-$28.60M	-$0.09	-101.72

Does the media refer more to FCN or DNB?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting and FTI Consulting both had 9 articles in the media. Dun & Bradstreet's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat FTI Consulting's score of 1.20 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dun & Bradstreet	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.