Exponent (EXPO) Competitors

FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) are both mid-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, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Do analysts prefer FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.85%. Given FTI Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Exponent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Exponent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FCN or EXPO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTI Consulting	$3.70B	1.45	$280.09M	$7.10	23.35
Exponent	$560.51M	6.24	$109M	$2.00	34.63

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FCN or EXPO?

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Exponent shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Exponent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FCN or EXPO?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 7 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for FTI Consulting and 16 mentions for Exponent. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Exponent's score of 0.62 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTI Consulting	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Exponent	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FCN or EXPO more profitable?

Exponent has a net margin of 18.35% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 6.82%. Exponent's return on equity of 24.19% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	6.82%	12.88%	7.90%
Exponent	18.35%	24.19%	13.51%

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Exponent on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.