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 businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is FCN or IT more profitable?

Gartner has a net margin of 19.82% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 7.14%. Gartner's return on equity of 96.70% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	7.14%	13.07%	8.33%
Gartner	19.82%	96.70%	13.68%

Does the media refer more to FCN or IT?

In the previous week, Gartner had 13 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Gartner and 10 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Gartner's score of 0.67 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gartner	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FCN or IT?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus target price of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $515.89, indicating a potential upside of 28.88%. Given Gartner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Do insiders and institutionals believe 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FCN or IT?

Gartner has higher revenue and earnings than FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, 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	1.53	$280.09M	$7.31	22.56
Gartner	$6.30B	4.89	$1.25B	$16.07	24.91

Which has more risk and volatility, FCN or IT?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gartner beats FTI Consulting on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.