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FCN vs. IT, ROL, EXPO, VSEC, CBZ, HURN, ICFI, CRAI, ACTG, and MG

Should you be buying FTI Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTI Consulting include Gartner (IT), Rollins (ROL), Exponent (EXPO), VSE (VSEC), CBIZ (CBZ), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), Charles River Associates (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), and Mistras Group (MG).

FTI Consulting vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gartner$6.30B2.93$1.25B$16.2515.01
FTI Consulting$3.70B1.43$280.09M$7.1023.00

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
Gartner19.71% 82.63% 13.58%
FTI Consulting 6.82%12.88%7.90%

In the previous week, Gartner had 10 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gartner and 4 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Gartner's score of 0.57 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FTI Consulting
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gartner has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Gartner currently has a consensus price target of $358.56, suggesting a potential upside of 47.02%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.48%. Given Gartner's higher possible upside, research 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FCN vs. The Competition

MetricFTI ConsultingConsulting IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.28B$6.62B$35.35B$22.04B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%2.84%3.57%
P/E Ratio23.0023.0826.5829.86
Price / Sales1.432.87853.5088.51
Price / Cash14.9516.5030.0524.65
Price / Book2.605.428.364.64
Net Income$280.09M$272.15M$195.02M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.41%-0.82%3.57%0.54%
1 Month Performance-2.15%3.04%11.85%3.12%
1 Year Performance-26.60%-7.80%66.33%15.34%

FTI Consulting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCN
FTI Consulting
3.9409 of 5 stars
$163.29
+1.6%
$175.50
+7.5%
-27.7%$5.28B$3.70B23.008,374Analyst Forecast
IT
Gartner
4.8201 of 5 stars
$261.19
-1.1%
$357.44
+36.9%
-51.8%$20.00B$6.30B16.0721,044Analyst Forecast
ROL
Rollins
3.7341 of 5 stars
$58.47
+0.1%
$62.18
+6.4%
+19.0%$28.32B$3.39B57.8920,265
EXPO
Exponent
2.9212 of 5 stars
$69.38
-0.2%
N/A-41.1%$3.51B$558.51M34.691,168Analyst Forecast
VSEC
VSE
3.0384 of 5 stars
$164.23
-0.2%
$161.50
-1.7%
+91.8%$3.40B$1.08B146.631,400
CBZ
CBIZ
2.1914 of 5 stars
$53.84
+2.4%
N/A-13.7%$2.84B$1.81B30.9410,000Analyst Forecast
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
3.8487 of 5 stars
$145.00
-0.7%
$171.50
+18.3%
+41.9%$2.53B$1.52B25.317,230News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ICFI
ICF International
3.9433 of 5 stars
$93.10
+0.1%
$128.20
+37.7%
-44.3%$1.71B$2.02B16.199,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CRAI
Charles River Associates
4.4888 of 5 stars
$205.22
+0.0%
$235.00
+14.5%
+6.0%$1.35B$687.41M24.85940Analyst Forecast
ACTG
Acacia Research
0.2078 of 5 stars
$3.25
-1.2%
N/A-25.0%$317.30M$122.31M-54.161,036News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MG
Mistras Group
3.415 of 5 stars
$9.88
+2.1%
N/A-15.5%$305.29M$729.64M26.704,800Analyst Forecast

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