Huron Consulting Group (HURN) Competitors

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

Is FCN or HURN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	8.37%	14.79%	9.23%
Huron Consulting Group	5.80%	21.51%	8.38%

Do analysts rate FCN or HURN?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus target price of $275.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.39%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $133.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.70%. Given FTI Consulting's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Huron Consulting Group.

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
Huron Consulting Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FCN or HURN?

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FCN or HURN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTI Consulting	$3.49B	1.96	$274.89M	$8.70	21.89
Huron Consulting Group	$1.40B	1.61	$62.48M	$4.60	27.62

Does the media prefer FCN or HURN?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 2 more articles in the media than Huron Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FTI Consulting and 4 mentions for Huron Consulting Group. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Huron Consulting Group's score of 0.53 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Huron Consulting Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCN or HURN?

Huron Consulting Group received 176 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Huron Consulting Group 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%
Huron Consulting Group	Outperform Votes 410 67.43%	Underperform Votes 198 32.57%

Which has more risk & volatility, FCN or HURN?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Huron Consulting Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.