FTI Consulting (FCN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCN or EXPO?

Exponent received 70 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 237 54.48%	Underperform Votes 198 45.52%
Exponent	Outperform Votes 307 63.17%	Underperform Votes 179 36.83%

Which has more volatility & risk, FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Exponent shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Exponent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Exponent. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exponent, 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	1.55	$274.89M	$7.31	22.73
Exponent	$559.09M	7.02	$109M	$2.05	37.70

Do analysts recommend FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting currently has a consensus price target of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.61%. Exponent has a consensus price target of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.26%. Given Exponent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exponent 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
Exponent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FCN or EXPO more profitable?

Exponent has a net margin of 19.52% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 7.57%. Exponent's return on equity of 27.27% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%
Exponent	19.52%	27.27%	15.24%

Does the media refer more to FCN or EXPO?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 9 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for FTI Consulting and 12 mentions for Exponent. Exponent's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.82 indicating that Exponent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTI Consulting	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Exponent	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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