ICFI vs. HURN, EXPO, RMR, HCKT, FCN, MEG, G, CRDO, INST, and RIOT
Should you be buying ICF International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICF International include Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Exponent (EXPO), The RMR Group (RMR), The Hackett Group (HCKT), FTI Consulting (FCN), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Genpact (G), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Instructure (INST), and Riot Platforms (RIOT).
Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) and ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICF International has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Huron Consulting Group had 10 more articles in the media than ICF International. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Huron Consulting Group and 1 mentions for ICF International. Huron Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat ICF International's score of 1.01 indicating that ICF International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of ICF International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of ICF International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ICF International has higher revenue and earnings than Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICF International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ICF International has a net margin of 4.74% compared to ICF International's net margin of 4.67%. ICF International's return on equity of 19.21% beat Huron Consulting Group's return on equity.
Huron Consulting Group presently has a consensus target price of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 57.05%. ICF International has a consensus target price of $162.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Given ICF International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than ICF International.
Huron Consulting Group received 56 more outperform votes than ICF International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.38% of users gave ICF International an outperform vote while only 67.17% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote.
Summary
ICF International beats Huron Consulting Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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