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

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

FTI Consulting vs. Its Competitors

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

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
FTI Consulting$3.66B1.44$280.09M$7.1022.96
Gartner$6.42B3.00$1.25B$16.2515.63

In the previous week, Gartner had 16 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Gartner and 10 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Gartner's score of 0.78 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gartner
13 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

FTI Consulting currently has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.68%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $357.44, suggesting a potential upside of 40.70%. 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

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

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 Consulting6.82% 12.88% 7.90%
Gartner 19.71%82.63%13.58%

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$5.30B$6.80B$26.59B$21.52B
Dividend YieldN/A1.70%2.74%3.50%
P/E Ratio22.9623.5626.8829.81
Price / Sales1.443.11693.7652.31
Price / Cash15.2116.7227.5324.68
Price / Book2.595.597.924.54
Net Income$280.09M$272.15M$198.32M$999.97M
7 Day Performance-2.29%1.84%1.11%-0.18%
1 Month Performance-2.96%6.41%20.52%4.37%
1 Year Performance-26.74%-7.57%52.17%14.40%

FTI Consulting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCN
FTI Consulting
3.6288 of 5 stars
$162.99
-0.6%
$175.50
+7.7%
-27.2%$5.30B$3.66B22.968,374Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.9292 of 5 stars
$245.86
0.0%
$369.25
+50.2%
-49.9%$18.62B$6.30B17.0121,044
ROL
Rollins
3.9509 of 5 stars
$57.12
+1.1%
$61.40
+7.5%
+9.3%$27.39B$3.39B54.3520,265
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
2.9402 of 5 stars
$9.16
+0.5%
$11.63
+27.0%
-20.6%$4.08B$2.38B-101.726,360High Trading Volume
EXPO
Exponent
3.5347 of 5 stars
$71.00
-0.6%
N/A-36.3%$3.61B$558.51M35.711,168Insider Trade
VSEC
VSE
2.6757 of 5 stars
$167.36
+0.7%
$145.00
-13.4%
+89.9%$3.44B$1.08B49.481,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CBZ
CBIZ
2.8292 of 5 stars
$57.92
-3.2%
N/A-16.2%$3.23B$1.81B15.4310,000
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
4.5889 of 5 stars
$139.31
-1.4%
$171.50
+23.1%
+31.7%$2.44B$1.52B19.767,230Positive News
Short Interest ↓
ICFI
ICF International
4.0065 of 5 stars
$95.50
+0.3%
$128.20
+34.2%
-41.4%$1.75B$2.02B12.539,300News Coverage
CRAI
Charles River Associates
3.0125 of 5 stars
$192.90
-0.7%
$228.00
+18.2%
+24.0%$1.28B$687.41M24.59940
ACTG
Acacia Research
0.8333 of 5 stars
$3.38
+2.4%
N/A-30.5%$318.27M$122.31M41.251,036News Coverage
Positive News

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