HURN vs. FCN, DNB, EXPO, CBZ, ICFI, VSEC, CRAI, FC, ACTG, and MG
Should you be buying Huron Consulting Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huron Consulting Group include FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), 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.
Huron Consulting Group vs.
FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) 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 valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
FTI Consulting has a net margin of 8.37% compared to Huron Consulting Group's net margin of 5.80%. Huron Consulting Group's return on equity of 21.51% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.
FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 42 more articles in the media than Huron Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for FTI Consulting and 4 mentions for Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.37 indicating that Huron Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Huron Consulting Group received 176 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.49% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.
FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Huron Consulting Group. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FTI Consulting currently has a consensus target price of $199.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.97%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $133.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.48%. Given FTI Consulting's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Huron Consulting Group.
Summary
FTI Consulting beats Huron Consulting Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HURN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
