CBIZ (CBZ) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CBZ or FCN?

87.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CBZ or FCN?

CBIZ has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CBZ or FCN more profitable?

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.57% 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	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%

Which has higher 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	$1.81B	2.20	$120.97M	$1.09	67.94
FTI Consulting	$3.70B	1.56	$274.89M	$7.80	20.62

Do analysts rate CBZ or FCN?

CBIZ currently has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.13%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $199.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.73%. Given FTI Consulting's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	2 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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CBZ or FCN?

CBIZ received 119 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave CBIZ an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CBIZ	Outperform Votes 355 61.21%	Underperform Votes 225 38.79%
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 236 54.63%	Underperform Votes 196 45.37%

Does the media refer more to CBZ or FCN?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 7 more articles in the media than CBIZ. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for FTI Consulting and 9 mentions for CBIZ. CBIZ's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.65 indicating that CBIZ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CBIZ	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FTI Consulting	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CBIZ beats FTI Consulting on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.