NCI vs. HURN, ICFI, EXPO, MEG, HCKT, BWMN, WTTR, CRAI, TDCX, and RPAY
Should you be buying Navigant Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navigant Consulting include Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), Exponent (EXPO), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Select Water Solutions (WTTR), CRA International (CRAI), TDCX (TDCX), and Repay (RPAY). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) and Navigant Consulting (NYSE:NCI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Navigant Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Navigant Consulting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Navigant Consulting has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Navigant Consulting's net margin of 4.47%. Navigant Consulting's return on equity of 17.77% beat Huron Consulting Group's return on equity.
Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navigant Consulting has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Huron Consulting Group received 173 more outperform votes than Navigant Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Navigant Consulting an outperform vote.
Huron Consulting Group currently has a consensus target price of $129.33, suggesting a potential upside of 37.87%. Given Navigant Consulting's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than Navigant Consulting.
Navigant Consulting has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huron Consulting Group. Navigant Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Huron Consulting Group had 3 more articles in the media than Navigant Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Huron Consulting Group and 3 mentions for Navigant Consulting. Navigant Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Huron Consulting Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Huron Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats Navigant Consulting on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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