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FTI Consulting (FCN) Competitors

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$192.20 -3.09 (-1.58%)
(As of 11:57 AM 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.

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 companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 3 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FTI Consulting and 3 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 1.20 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FTI Consulting
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dun & Bradstreet currently has a consensus price target of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. FTI Consulting has a consensus price target of $275.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.89%. 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
Dun & Bradstreet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
Dun & Bradstreet-1.46% 11.50% 4.30%
FTI Consulting 8.37%14.79%9.23%

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$2.38B2.25-$47M-$0.08-151.75
FTI Consulting$3.73B1.87$274.89M$8.7022.28

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

Summary

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

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FCN vs. The Competition

MetricFTI ConsultingManagement consulting services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.97B$2.29B$7.25B$19.13B
Dividend YieldN/A2.40%2.30%3.65%
P/E Ratio22.289.5428.3641.18
Price / Sales1.8733.71444.0117.41
Price / Cash21.7938.3331.4421.28
Price / Book3.475.235.905.31
Net Income$274.89M$115.15M$126.23M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-2.70%78.15%4.36%-3.46%
1 Month Performance-3.99%58.23%7.28%-5.01%
1 Year Performance-3.29%120.07%17.07%11.24%

FTI Consulting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.3559 of 5 stars
$192.20
-1.6%
$275.00
+43.1%
-2.6%$6.91B$3.73B22.097,990Positive News
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
2.632 of 5 stars
$12.36
+0.5%
$13.83
+11.9%
+4.5%$5.46B$2.38B-153.756,414
EXPO
Exponent
4.2366 of 5 stars
$93.43
+0.3%
$120.00
+28.4%
+1.8%$4.74B$544.65M45.001,320
CBZ
CBIZ
3.4988 of 5 stars
$80.47
+1.1%
$86.00
+6.9%
+29.7%$4.04B$1.59B33.736,700Positive News
ICFI
ICF International
4.0695 of 5 stars
$125.66
+0.3%
$167.25
+33.1%
-10.7%$2.36B$2.00B22.029,000
VSEC
VSE
3.6639 of 5 stars
$109.18
+0.9%
$118.50
+8.5%
+56.5%$2.23B$1.02B33.571,200Dividend Announcement
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
4.4073 of 5 stars
$121.72
+0.9%
$133.00
+9.3%
+21.4%$2.16B$1.47B26.236,480Positive News
CRAI
CRA International
3.7236 of 5 stars
$196.78
+1.6%
$212.00
+7.7%
+83.7%$1.33B$672.59M31.351,004Gap Down
FC
Franklin Covey
4.0272 of 5 stars
$37.30
+2.6%
$63.33
+69.8%
-12.5%$491.76M$287.23M20.891,084
ACTG
Acacia Research
3.0567 of 5 stars
$4.50
+0.4%
$7.00
+55.6%
+11.3%$438.16M$165.78M8.45290
MG
Mistras Group
4.1343 of 5 stars
$9.21
+2.2%
N/A+23.5%$285.60M$738.98M25.744,800

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This page (NYSE:FCN) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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