DNB vs. FCN, EXPO, CBZ, ICFI, HURN, VSEC, CRAI, ACTG, FC, 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), ICF International (ICFI), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), VSE (VSEC), CRA International (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Dun & Bradstreet and Dun & Bradstreet both had 6 articles in the media. Dun & Bradstreet's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.92 indicating that Dun & Bradstreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dun & Bradstreet presently has a consensus price target of $13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 15.99%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $275.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.39%. Given FTI Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Dun & Bradstreet.
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.
Dun & Bradstreet received 37 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.67% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote while only 50.00% 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.
Summary
FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DNB) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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