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FTI Consulting (FCN) Competitors

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$198.04 -1.88 (-0.94%)
(As of 12/6/2024 ET)

FCN vs. DNB, EXPO, CBZ, ICFI, VSEC, HURN, CRAI, FC, ACTG, and MG

Should you be buying FTI Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTI Consulting include Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), ICF International (ICFI), VSE (VSEC), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), 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 vs.

FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet 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$3.73B1.91$274.89M$8.7022.76
Dun & Bradstreet$2.38B2.31-$47M-$0.08-155.44

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 8.37% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -1.46%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 14.79% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FTI Consulting8.37% 14.79% 9.23%
Dun & Bradstreet -1.46%11.50%4.30%

Dun & Bradstreet received 37 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.67% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FTI ConsultingOutperform Votes
234
54.67%
Underperform Votes
194
45.33%
Dun & BradstreetOutperform Votes
271
50.00%
Underperform Votes
271
50.00%

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $275.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus price target of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 11.21%. Given FTI Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Dun & Bradstreet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Dun & Bradstreet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Dun & Bradstreet had 1 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet and 5 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 0.92 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dun & Bradstreet
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FCN vs. The Competition

MetricFTI ConsultingManagement consulting services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.12B$2.46B$6.76B$20.24B
Dividend YieldN/A2.31%2.50%3.45%
P/E Ratio22.7610.3346.1143.83
Price / Sales1.9134.74219.5918.58
Price / Cash22.4242.3126.7622.37
Price / Book3.555.395.335.57
Net Income$274.89M$119.42M$121.50M$983.49M
7 Day Performance-2.28%-3.12%0.32%-1.01%
1 Month Performance-1.50%-7.00%11.67%1.92%
1 Year Performance-10.90%86.48%31.74%24.18%

FTI Consulting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.6554 of 5 stars
$198.04
-0.9%
$275.00
+38.9%
-11.0%$7.12B$3.73B22.767,990Positive News
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
2.7592 of 5 stars
$12.78
+0.6%
$13.83
+8.2%
+15.9%$5.64B$2.38B-159.756,414Positive News
EXPO
Exponent
4.2548 of 5 stars
$98.42
-0.3%
$120.00
+21.9%
+18.9%$5.00B$544.65M47.311,320
CBZ
CBIZ
3.8688 of 5 stars
$81.53
-1.3%
$86.00
+5.5%
+36.8%$4.09B$1.68B34.896,700
ICFI
ICF International
4.2781 of 5 stars
$139.38
+0.6%
$167.25
+20.0%
-6.2%$2.62B$2.00B24.209,000
VSEC
VSE
2.1777 of 5 stars
$116.64
-0.5%
$116.83
+0.2%
+89.9%$2.38B$860.49M0.001,200Analyst Forecast
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
4.1123 of 5 stars
$124.11
+1.1%
$133.00
+7.2%
+16.4%$2.20B$1.47B26.896,480Insider Trade
CRAI
CRA International
3.4623 of 5 stars
$193.01
-1.0%
$212.00
+9.8%
+95.3%$1.31B$672.59M31.561,004
FC
Franklin Covey
3.8447 of 5 stars
$36.65
+0.7%
$63.33
+72.8%
-7.4%$483.19M$287.23M20.911,084
ACTG
Acacia Research
3.4163 of 5 stars
$4.48
-1.5%
$7.00
+56.3%
+14.6%$436.22M$125.10M8.59290Positive News
MG
Mistras Group
4.3819 of 5 stars
$9.31
flat
N/A+38.6%$288.70M$705.47M26.604,800News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FCN) was last updated on 12/6/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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