VSE (VSEC) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, FCN or VSEC?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than VSE. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VSE, 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	$3.70B	1.60	$274.89M	$7.80	21.16
VSE	$1.08B	2.15	$39.13M	$0.83	135.41

Is FCN or VSEC more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.57% compared to VSE's net margin of 1.36%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 13.15% beat VSE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%
VSE	1.36%	7.26%	3.60%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FCN or VSEC?

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of VSE shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of VSE 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.

Do analysts rate FCN or VSEC?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $175.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.31%. VSE has a consensus price target of $118.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.58%. Given FTI Consulting's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than VSE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
VSE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor FCN or VSEC?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 5 more articles in the media than VSE. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for FTI Consulting and 10 mentions for VSE. VSE's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat FTI Consulting's score of 1.26 indicating that VSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTI Consulting	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VSE	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, FCN or VSEC?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VSE has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCN or VSEC?

FTI Consulting received 45 more outperform votes than VSE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.25% of users gave VSE an outperform vote while only 54.38% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 236 54.38%	Underperform Votes 198 45.62%
VSE	Outperform Votes 191 60.25%	Underperform Votes 126 39.75%

Summary

FTI Consulting beats VSE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.