FTI Consulting (FCN) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IT or FCN?

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
Gartner	$6.30B	2.92	$1.25B	$16.25	14.69
FTI Consulting	$3.70B	1.45	$280.09M	$7.10	23.35

Do analysts recommend IT or FCN?

Gartner currently has a consensus target price of $369.25, suggesting a potential upside of 54.66%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.85%. Given Gartner's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gartner is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gartner	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, IT or FCN?

Gartner has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of IT or FCN?

91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Gartner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IT or FCN 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
Gartner	19.71%	82.63%	13.58%
FTI Consulting	6.82%	12.88%	7.90%

Does the media prefer IT or FCN?

In the previous week, Gartner had 19 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Gartner and 22 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Gartner's score of 0.70 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gartner	26 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FTI Consulting	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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