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FCN vs. IT, ROL, DNB, CBZ, EXPO, VSEC, HURN, ICFI, CRAI, and ACTG

Should you be buying FTI Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTI Consulting include Gartner (IT), Rollins (ROL), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), Exponent (EXPO), VSE (VSEC), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), Charles River Associates (CRAI), and Acacia Research (ACTG).

FTI Consulting vs. Its Competitors

Gartner (NYSE:IT) and FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, Gartner had 25 more articles in the media than FTI Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Gartner and 7 mentions for FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Gartner's score of 0.63 indicating that FTI Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gartner
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FTI Consulting
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gartner has a net margin of 19.82% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 7.14%. Gartner's return on equity of 96.70% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gartner19.82% 96.70% 13.68%
FTI Consulting 7.14%13.07%8.33%

Gartner has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Gartner presently has a consensus target price of $513.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.18%. FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $175.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.50%. Given Gartner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gartner is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gartner
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
FTI Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Gartner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Gartner has higher revenue and earnings than FTI Consulting. Gartner 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
Gartner$6.33B4.39$1.25B$16.0722.48
FTI Consulting$3.67B1.55$280.09M$7.3122.76

Summary

Gartner beats FTI Consulting on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FCN vs. The Competition

MetricFTI ConsultingConsulting IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.70B$7.56B$15.08B$20.79B
Dividend YieldN/A1.69%2.75%3.67%
P/E Ratio22.7625.0328.3127.50
Price / Sales1.553.0548.7985.36
Price / Cash15.1917.5126.2421.88
Price / Book2.656.116.544.66
Net Income$280.09M$272.15M$195.71M$994.58M
7 Day Performance0.96%0.89%0.66%-0.69%
1 Month Performance3.10%4.52%7.06%5.41%
1 Year Performance-26.50%-6.96%19.70%9.18%

FTI Consulting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.2158 of 5 stars
$166.34
+0.9%
$175.50
+5.5%
-27.5%$5.70B$3.67B22.768,374Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IT
Gartner
4.6415 of 5 stars
$399.08
-0.3%
$515.89
+29.3%
-22.1%$30.72B$6.30B24.8321,044Analyst Forecast
ROL
Rollins
3.2862 of 5 stars
$56.21
-0.4%
$59.90
+6.6%
+13.0%$27.24B$3.39B56.7820,265Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.4985 of 5 stars
$9.11
+0.1%
$11.86
+30.2%
-10.3%$4.07B$2.40B-182.206,247Positive News
CBZ
CBIZ
3.1699 of 5 stars
$73.67
-0.1%
$86.00
+16.7%
-11.2%$4.01B$1.81B50.1210,000
EXPO
Exponent
4.238 of 5 stars
$75.57
-2.0%
$120.00
+58.8%
-31.2%$3.84B$558.51M36.861,168Upcoming Earnings
VSEC
VSE
3.2525 of 5 stars
$126.08
-1.5%
$130.00
+3.1%
+41.0%$2.61B$1.08B157.601,400
HURN
Huron Consulting Group
4.7897 of 5 stars
$138.63
-0.7%
$170.75
+23.2%
+21.7%$2.39B$1.52B20.787,230Positive News
ICFI
ICF International
4.6198 of 5 stars
$88.39
0.0%
$127.20
+43.9%
-39.4%$1.63B$2.01B15.169,300News Coverage
CRAI
Charles River Associates
4.0787 of 5 stars
$195.71
-0.3%
$228.00
+16.5%
-1.8%$1.33B$697.48M26.41940High Trading Volume
ACTG
Acacia Research
0.9099 of 5 stars
$3.69
-1.3%
N/A-32.9%$354.87M$122.31M-33.551,036

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This page (NYSE:FCN) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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