EXPO vs. FCN, DNB, CBZ, HURN, ICFI, VSEC, CRAI, FC, ACTG, and MG
Should you be buying Exponent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exponent include FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), VSE (VSEC), CRA International (CRAI), Franklin Covey (FC), Acacia Research (ACTG), and Mistras Group (MG). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Exponent vs.
FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Exponent has a net margin of 19.52% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 8.37%. Exponent's return on equity of 27.27% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.
FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Exponent. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exponent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $199.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.97%. Exponent has a consensus price target of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.98%. Given Exponent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Exponent is more favorable than FTI Consulting.
Exponent received 72 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.
99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Exponent shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Exponent shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 41 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for FTI Consulting and 4 mentions for Exponent. Exponent's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.37 indicating that Exponent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Exponent beats FTI Consulting on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EXPO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
