NCI vs. VRSK, EFX, FCN, EXPO, DNB, CBZ, ICFI, HURN, VSEC, and CRAI
Should you be buying Navigant Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navigant Consulting include Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Exponent (EXPO), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), ICF International (ICFI), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), VSE (VSEC), and CRA International (CRAI). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Navigant Consulting (NYSE:NCI) and Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Verisk Analytics received 321 more outperform votes than Navigant Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.11% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Navigant Consulting an outperform vote.
Verisk Analytics has a consensus target price of $254.31, suggesting a potential upside of 0.60%. Given Verisk Analytics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Verisk Analytics is more favorable than Navigant Consulting.
90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Navigant Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Verisk Analytics had 9 more articles in the media than Navigant Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Verisk Analytics and 2 mentions for Navigant Consulting. Verisk Analytics' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Navigant Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that Verisk Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Verisk Analytics has a net margin of 28.45% compared to Navigant Consulting's net margin of 0.00%. Verisk Analytics' return on equity of 268.19% beat Navigant Consulting's return on equity.
Verisk Analytics has higher revenue and earnings than Navigant Consulting.
Summary
Verisk Analytics beats Navigant Consulting on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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