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Huron Consulting Group (HURN) Competitors

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$121.95 +1.78 (+1.48%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

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.

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

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
Huron Consulting Group5.80% 21.51% 8.38%
FTI Consulting 8.37%14.79%9.23%

93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Huron Consulting Group$1.47B1.47$62.48M$4.6026.51
FTI Consulting$3.73B1.88$274.89M$8.7022.45

Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Huron Consulting Group presently has a consensus target price of $133.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.06%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $275.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.82%. Given FTI Consulting's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Huron Consulting Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huron Consulting Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Huron Consulting Group had 1 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Huron Consulting Group and 6 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Huron Consulting Group's score of 1.19 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Huron Consulting Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Huron Consulting GroupOutperform Votes
410
67.43%
Underperform Votes
198
32.57%
FTI ConsultingOutperform Votes
234
54.67%
Underperform Votes
194
45.33%

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Huron Consulting Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HURN vs. The Competition

MetricHuron Consulting GroupManagement consulting services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.16B$2.29B$7.15B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.40%2.33%4.22%
P/E Ratio26.519.5428.2017.19
Price / Sales1.4733.69403.34116.80
Price / Cash18.8738.3131.0037.86
Price / Book4.295.025.814.78
Net Income$62.48M$115.15M$125.99M$225.60M
7 Day Performance1.07%66.35%4.01%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-0.05%49.74%8.75%3.37%
1 Year Performance22.48%83.01%19.17%16.58%

Huron Consulting Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
4.0145 of 5 stars
$121.95
+1.5%
$133.00
+9.1%
+22.0%$2.16B$1.47B26.516,480Positive News
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.3461 of 5 stars
$199.93
+0.6%
$275.00
+37.5%
-1.5%$7.19B$3.73B22.847,990News Coverage
Positive News
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
2.6256 of 5 stars
$12.33
+0.2%
$13.83
+12.2%
+7.6%$5.44B$2.38B-153.756,414
EXPO
Exponent
4.1585 of 5 stars
$93.31
+0.2%
$120.00
+28.6%
+6.3%$4.74B$544.65M45.001,320
CBZ
CBIZ
3.6069 of 5 stars
$80.44
+1.1%
$86.00
+6.9%
+31.5%$4.04B$1.59B33.736,700Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
ICFI
ICF International
4.1614 of 5 stars
$125.58
+0.2%
$167.25
+33.2%
-10.5%$2.36B$2.00B22.029,000Analyst Revision
VSEC
VSE
3.6541 of 5 stars
$109.01
+0.7%
$118.50
+8.7%
+58.9%$2.23B$1.02B33.571,200Dividend Announcement
CRAI
CRA International
3.7572 of 5 stars
$195.20
+0.7%
$212.00
+8.6%
+80.8%$1.32B$672.59M31.351,004Positive News
FC
Franklin Covey
3.9966 of 5 stars
$37.08
+2.0%
$63.33
+70.8%
-11.5%$488.86M$287.23M20.891,084
ACTG
Acacia Research
3.0452 of 5 stars
$4.51
+0.7%
$7.00
+55.2%
+16.0%$439.13M$165.78M8.45290Positive News
MG
Mistras Group
4.1227 of 5 stars
$9.23
+2.4%
N/A+26.1%$286.22M$738.98M25.744,800

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This page (NASDAQ:HURN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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