Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FCN or DNB?

FTI Consulting currently has a consensus target price of $275.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.05%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus target price of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 14.10%. Given FTI Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Dun & Bradstreet.

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
Dun & Bradstreet	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FCN or DNB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTI Consulting	$3.73B	1.88	$274.89M	$8.70	22.41
Dun & Bradstreet	$2.38B	2.25	-$47M	-$0.08	-151.50

Does the media favor FCN or DNB?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 5 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FTI Consulting and 4 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 0.20 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dun & Bradstreet	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FCN or DNB more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	8.37%	14.79%	9.23%
Dun & Bradstreet	-1.46%	11.50%	4.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCN or DNB?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 234 54.67%	Underperform Votes 194 45.33%
Dun & Bradstreet	Outperform Votes 271 50.00%	Underperform Votes 271 50.00%

Which has more risk and volatility, FCN or DNB?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FCN or DNB?

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.