DNB vs. FCN, EXPO, CBZ, HURN, ICFI, VSEC, CRAI, FC, ACTG, and MG
Should you be buying Dun & Bradstreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dun & Bradstreet include FTI Consulting (FCN), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), VSE (VSEC), CRA International (CRAI), Franklin Covey (FC), Acacia Research (ACTG), and Mistras Group (MG). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Dun & Bradstreet vs.
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) and FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTI Consulting, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 14 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for FTI Consulting and 31 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 0.25 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dun & Bradstreet currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.35%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $199.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.97%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than FTI Consulting.
Dun & Bradstreet received 37 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.52% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.
FTI Consulting has a net margin of 8.37% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -1.46%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 14.79% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.
Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DNB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
