Exponent (EXPO) Competitors

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) and FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) 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 profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Is EXPO or FCN more profitable?

Exponent has a net margin of 19.52% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 7.57%. Exponent's return on equity of 27.27% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exponent	19.52%	27.27%	15.24%
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%

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

92.4% of Exponent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Exponent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts rate EXPO or FCN?

Exponent presently has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.64%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $199.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.84%. Given Exponent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Exponent is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exponent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXPO or FCN?

Exponent received 71 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Exponent	Outperform Votes 307 63.17%	Underperform Votes 179 36.83%
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 236 54.63%	Underperform Votes 196 45.37%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EXPO or FCN?

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
Exponent	$558.51M	7.30	$109M	$2.12	37.83
FTI Consulting	$3.70B	1.56	$274.89M	$7.80	20.60

Does the media prefer EXPO or FCN?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 7 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for FTI Consulting and 10 mentions for Exponent. Exponent's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.65 indicating that Exponent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Exponent	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FTI Consulting	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, EXPO or FCN?

Exponent has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Exponent beats FTI Consulting on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.