CBIZ (CBZ) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FCN or CBZ?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $275.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.05%. CBIZ has a consensus price target of $86.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.45%. Given FTI Consulting's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than CBIZ.

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
CBIZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FCN or CBZ 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
FTI Consulting	8.37%	14.79%	9.23%
CBIZ	7.08%	15.12%	6.16%

Which has more risk and volatility, FCN or CBZ?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBIZ has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FCN or CBZ?

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
FTI Consulting	$3.49B	2.01	$274.89M	$8.70	22.41
CBIZ	$1.59B	2.41	$120.97M	$2.36	32.41

Does the media favor FCN or CBZ?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 4 more articles in the media than CBIZ. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FTI Consulting and 4 mentions for CBIZ. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat CBIZ's score of 0.55 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CBIZ	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCN or CBZ?

CBIZ received 120 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave CBIZ 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%
CBIZ	Outperform Votes 354 61.67%	Underperform Votes 220 38.33%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FCN or CBZ?

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of CBIZ shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of CBIZ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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