FCN vs. DNB, EXPO, CBZ, VSEC, HURN, ICFI, CRAI, ACTG, FC, and MG
Should you be buying FTI Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTI Consulting include Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), VSE (VSEC), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), CRA International (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), and Mistras Group (MG). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
FTI Consulting vs. Its 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 analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 5 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FTI Consulting and 4 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.
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.
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.
99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
FTI Consulting currently has a consensus price target of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.98%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus price target of $11.86, indicating a potential upside of 30.81%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than FTI Consulting.
Summary
FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FCN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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