FTI Consulting (FCN) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer EFX or FCN?

In the previous week, Equifax had 13 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Equifax and 5 mentions for FTI Consulting. Equifax's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.64 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equifax	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FTI Consulting	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EFX or FCN?

Equifax has higher revenue and earnings than FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equifax, 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
Equifax	$5.27B	5.43	$545.30M	$4.49	51.53
FTI Consulting	$3.61B	2.12	$274.89M	$8.60	24.98

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EFX or FCN?

96.2% of Equifax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Equifax shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EFX or FCN more profitable?

Equifax has a net margin of 10.42% compared to Equifax's net margin of 8.51%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 19.08% beat Equifax's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equifax	10.42%	19.08%	6.96%
FTI Consulting	8.51%	15.97%	9.30%

Which has more volatility & risk, EFX or FCN?

Equifax has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EFX or FCN?

Equifax currently has a consensus price target of $270.19, suggesting a potential upside of 16.77%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $255.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.72%. Given Equifax's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Equifax.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equifax	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EFX or FCN?

Equifax received 370 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.76% of users gave Equifax an outperform vote while only 54.37% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equifax	Outperform Votes 600 62.76%	Underperform Votes 356 37.24%
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 230 54.37%	Underperform Votes 193 45.63%

Summary

Equifax beats FTI Consulting on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.