DNB vs. FCN, EXPO, CBZ, ICFI, HURN, VSEC, CRAI, ACTG, FC, and MG
Should you be buying Dun & Bradstreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dun & Bradstreet include FTI Consulting (FCN), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), ICF International (ICFI), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), VSE (VSEC), CRA International (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), and Mistras Group (MG). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
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.
FTI Consulting has a net margin of 8.51% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of -1.56%. Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity of 15.97% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.
99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dun & Bradstreet received 39 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.37% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote while only 50.66% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 6 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FTI Consulting and 3 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 0.58 indicating that Dun & Bradstreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $255.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.40%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus price target of $13.64, suggesting a potential upside of 44.52%. Given FTI Consulting's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than FTI Consulting.
Summary
FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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