Exponent (EXPO) Competitors

FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is FCN or EXPO more profitable?

Exponent has a net margin of 19.52% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 8.37%. Exponent's return on equity of 27.73% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	8.37%	14.79%	9.23%
Exponent	19.52%	27.73%	15.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCN or EXPO?

Exponent received 73 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote while only 54.67% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 234 54.67%	Underperform Votes 194 45.33%
Exponent	Outperform Votes 307 63.17%	Underperform Votes 179 36.83%

Which has higher earnings and 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	$3.73B	1.88	$274.89M	$8.70	22.45
Exponent	$544.65M	8.45	$100.34M	$2.07	43.80

Which has more volatility & risk, FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FCN or EXPO?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 3 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FTI Consulting and 3 mentions for Exponent. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Exponent's score of 0.92 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Exponent	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting currently has a consensus target price of $275.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.82%. Exponent has a consensus target price of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.35%. Given FTI Consulting's 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Exponent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Exponent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Exponent on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.