FCN vs. EXPO, DNB, CBZ, ICFI, HURN, VSEC, CRAI, FC, ACTG, and MG
Should you be buying FTI Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTI Consulting include Exponent (EXPO), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), ICF International (ICFI), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), VSE (VSEC), CRA International (CRAI), Franklin Covey (FC), Acacia Research (ACTG), and Mistras Group (MG). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Exponent received 75 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.
99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Exponent shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Exponent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Exponent has a net margin of 18.72% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 8.51%. Exponent's return on equity of 28.13% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Exponent had 3 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Exponent and 18 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Exponent's score of 0.28 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $255.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.13%. Exponent has a consensus price target of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.80%. Given Exponent's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Exponent is more favorable than FTI Consulting.
Summary
Exponent beats FTI Consulting on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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