FC vs. ACTG, MG, OMEX, VRSK, EFX, FCN, DNB, CBZ, EXPO, and VSEC
Should you be buying Franklin Covey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Covey include Acacia Research (ACTG), Mistras Group (MG), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), Exponent (EXPO), and VSE (VSEC). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Franklin Covey vs. Its Competitors
Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Franklin Covey currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.46%. Given Franklin Covey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than Acacia Research.
Franklin Covey has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Franklin Covey had 1 more articles in the media than Acacia Research. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Franklin Covey and 0 mentions for Acacia Research. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Franklin Covey's score of -0.62 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Acacia Research shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Covey has higher revenue and earnings than Acacia Research. Acacia Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Covey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franklin Covey has a net margin of 3.81% compared to Acacia Research's net margin of -5.21%. Franklin Covey's return on equity of 19.08% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.
Summary
Franklin Covey beats Acacia Research on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
