CBIZ (CBZ) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CBZ or FCN?

CBIZ received 119 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave CBIZ an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CBIZ	Outperform Votes 354 61.25%	Underperform Votes 224 38.75%
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 235 54.65%	Underperform Votes 195 45.35%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CBZ or FCN?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than CBIZ. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBIZ, 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
CBIZ	$1.59B	2.65	$120.97M	$2.36	35.55
FTI Consulting	$3.49B	1.69	$274.89M	$8.70	18.91

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

87.4% of CBIZ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of CBIZ 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CBZ or FCN more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 8.37% compared to CBIZ's net margin of 7.08%. CBIZ's return on equity of 15.12% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBIZ	7.08%	15.12%	6.16%
FTI Consulting	8.37%	14.79%	9.23%

Which has more volatility and risk, CBZ or FCN?

CBIZ has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CBZ or FCN?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 41 more articles in the media than CBIZ. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for FTI Consulting and 4 mentions for CBIZ. CBIZ's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.37 indicating that CBIZ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CBIZ	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FTI Consulting	10 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer CBZ or FCN?

CBIZ currently has a consensus price target of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.51%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $199.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.97%. Given FTI Consulting's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than CBIZ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBIZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

CBIZ and FTI Consulting tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.