FTI Consulting (FCN) Competitors

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

Is FCN or IT more profitable?

Gartner has a net margin of 19.71% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 6.82%. Gartner's return on equity of 82.63% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	6.82%	12.88%	7.90%
Gartner	19.71%	82.63%	13.58%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FCN or IT?

Gartner has higher revenue and earnings than FTI Consulting. Gartner 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	23.73
Gartner	$6.30B	2.95	$1.25B	$16.25	15.13

Does the media refer more to FCN or IT?

In the previous week, Gartner had 24 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Gartner and 9 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Gartner's score of 0.92 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gartner	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gartner shares are owned by 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, FCN or IT?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FCN or IT?

FTI Consulting currently has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.16%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $369.25, suggesting a potential upside of 50.23%. Given Gartner's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gartner 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
Gartner	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Summary

Gartner beats FTI Consulting on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.