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FTI Consulting (FCN) Competitors

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$201.90 +3.72 (+1.88%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

FCN vs. DNB, EXPO, CBZ, ICFI, VSEC, HURN, CRAI, FC, ACTG, and MG

Should you be buying FTI Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTI Consulting include Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), ICF International (ICFI), VSE (VSEC), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), CRA International (CRAI), Franklin Covey (FC), Acacia Research (ACTG), and Mistras Group (MG). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.

FTI Consulting vs.

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

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FTI ConsultingOutperform Votes
234
54.67%
Underperform Votes
194
45.33%
Dun & BradstreetOutperform Votes
271
50.00%
Underperform Votes
271
50.00%

In the previous week, Dun & Bradstreet had 4 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet and 3 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 1.12 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Dun & Bradstreet
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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 Consulting8.37% 14.79% 9.23%
Dun & Bradstreet -1.46%11.50%4.30%

FTI Consulting currently has a consensus target price of $275.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.20%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus target price of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given FTI Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FTI Consulting$3.49B2.08$274.89M$8.7023.21
Dun & Bradstreet$2.31B2.40-$47M-$0.08-157.38

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FCN vs. The Competition

MetricFTI ConsultingManagement consulting services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.26B$2.52B$6.98B$20.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%2.86%3.50%
P/E Ratio23.2110.2329.6344.57
Price / Sales2.0824.72582.5617.74
Price / Cash21.6334.6026.6921.28
Price / Book3.224.025.114.71
Net Income$274.89M$123.04M$124.16M$986.85M
7 Day Performance3.56%2.05%7.00%3.76%
1 Month Performance-12.03%-4.45%16.04%4.65%
1 Year Performance-8.83%53.84%34.59%27.72%

FTI Consulting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.5669 of 5 stars
$201.91
+1.9%
$275.00
+36.2%
-8.8%$7.26B$3.49B23.217,990Positive News
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
1.1851 of 5 stars
$12.37
+0.7%
$13.83
+11.7%
+23.7%$5.46B$2.31B-154.696,414
EXPO
Exponent
3.5371 of 5 stars
$95.86
+0.9%
$120.00
+25.2%
+25.1%$4.87B$536.77M46.311,320Insider Trade
CBZ
CBIZ
3.7793 of 5 stars
$79.36
+1.9%
$86.00
+8.4%
+39.0%$3.98B$1.59B33.636,700Analyst Downgrade
ICFI
ICF International
3.9198 of 5 stars
$135.72
-0.6%
$177.25
+30.6%
+3.3%$2.55B$1.96B23.859,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
VSEC
VSE
2.602 of 5 stars
$113.82
-0.9%
$116.83
+2.6%
+87.5%$2.32B$860.49M35.501,200News Coverage
Positive News
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
3.953 of 5 stars
$122.01
+1.2%
$133.00
+9.0%
+18.0%$2.16B$1.40B26.526,480Positive News
CRAI
CRA International
2.7528 of 5 stars
$189.33
-1.7%
$212.00
+12.0%
+99.6%$1.28B$623.98M30.641,004
FC
Franklin Covey
4.3771 of 5 stars
$35.97
+1.9%
$63.33
+76.1%
-9.0%$474.09M$287.23M20.281,084Positive News
ACTG
Acacia Research
3.2488 of 5 stars
$4.54
+1.8%
$7.00
+54.4%
+21.9%$441.57M$125.10M8.56290Positive News
MG
Mistras Group
4.3698 of 5 stars
$9.15
+1.4%
N/A+39.8%$283.74M$705.47M25.774,800

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This page (NYSE:FCN) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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