FC vs. CRAI, ACTG, MG, OMEX, VRSK, EFX, FCN, DNB, EXPO, and CBZ
Should you be buying Franklin Covey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Covey include CRA International (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Mistras Group (MG), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), and CBIZ (CBZ). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Franklin Covey vs.
Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) and CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of CRA International shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of CRA International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CRA International has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Covey. Franklin Covey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRA International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franklin Covey received 327 more outperform votes than CRA International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.79% of users gave Franklin Covey an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave CRA International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CRA International had 14 more articles in the media than Franklin Covey. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for CRA International and 4 mentions for Franklin Covey. CRA International's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Franklin Covey's score of 0.66 indicating that CRA International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franklin Covey has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRA International has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Covey currently has a consensus target price of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 89.85%. CRA International has a consensus target price of $212.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Franklin Covey's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than CRA International.
Franklin Covey has a net margin of 6.85% compared to CRA International's net margin of 6.41%. Franklin Covey's return on equity of 25.23% beat CRA International's return on equity.
Summary
CRA International beats Franklin Covey on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FC) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
