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$164.51 +1.52 (+0.93%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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FCN vs. DNB, EXPO, CBZ, HURN, ICFI, VSEC, 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), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), VSE (VSEC), 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.

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

Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dun & Bradstreet received 37 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.52% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dun & BradstreetOutperform Votes
272
49.91%
Underperform Votes
273
50.09%
FTI ConsultingOutperform Votes
235
54.52%
Underperform Votes
196
45.48%

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

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
Dun & Bradstreet$2.38B1.75-$47M-$0.06-157.39
FTI Consulting$3.70B1.60$274.89M$7.8021.09

FTI Consulting has a net margin of 7.57% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -1.20%. FTI Consulting's return on equity of 13.15% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dun & Bradstreet-1.20% 11.29% 4.23%
FTI Consulting 7.57%13.15%8.31%

Dun & Bradstreet presently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.35%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $199.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.97%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dun & Bradstreet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 15 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for FTI Consulting and 32 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 0.10 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dun & Bradstreet
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
FTI Consulting
11 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Dun & Bradstreet on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FCN vs. The Competition

MetricFTI ConsultingManagement consulting services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.86B$2.33B$7.96B$20.34B
Dividend YieldN/A2.67%2.22%3.64%
P/E Ratio21.099.6524.5828.66
Price / Sales1.6016.2564.6515.49
Price / Cash15.1362.2531.6820.33
Price / Book2.628.495.414.80
Net Income$274.89M$106.41M$187.27M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-12.18%-5.65%-2.92%-1.05%
1 Month Performance-14.73%-7.84%-1.50%-1.09%
1 Year Performance-25.73%105.82%18.50%13.70%

FTI Consulting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.2937 of 5 stars
$164.51
+0.9%
$199.00
+21.0%
-13.5%$5.86B$3.70B21.097,990Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.5685 of 5 stars
$10.64
-0.5%
$13.13
+23.5%
-10.2%$4.70B$2.31B-132.946,414Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
EXPO
Exponent
3.9733 of 5 stars
$88.66
-2.0%
$120.00
+35.3%
+10.0%$4.50B$558.51M41.821,320Positive News
CBZ
CBIZ
3.4359 of 5 stars
$86.82
-1.1%
$86.00
-0.9%
+15.3%$4.36B$1.68B36.796,700News Coverage
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
3.6288 of 5 stars
$128.54
-1.4%
$133.00
+3.5%
+19.0%$2.28B$1.47B27.946,480Upcoming Earnings
ICFI
ICF International
3.9807 of 5 stars
$107.77
-1.9%
$168.60
+56.4%
-33.8%$2.02B$1.96B18.949,000
VSEC
VSE
2.4256 of 5 stars
$97.28
+4.5%
$117.83
+21.1%
+43.7%$1.99B$860.49M0.001,200
CRAI
CRA International
2.2627 of 5 stars
$196.56
+2.2%
$212.00
+7.9%
+82.2%$1.33B$623.98M31.811,004Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FC
Franklin Covey
3.7384 of 5 stars
$34.80
-2.4%
$63.33
+82.0%
-14.0%$459.29M$287.23M23.671,084
ACTG
Acacia Research
3.5467 of 5 stars
$4.35
+0.2%
$7.00
+60.9%
+4.7%$423.56M$125.10M8.21290
MG
Mistras Group
3.7723 of 5 stars
$10.07
-0.5%
N/A+19.8%$312.12M$705.47M28.764,800

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