FTI Consulting (FCN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FCN or EXPO?

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Exponent shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Exponent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FCN or EXPO more profitable?

Exponent has a net margin of 19.52% compared to FTI Consulting's net margin of 7.57%. Exponent's return on equity of 27.27% beat FTI Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%
Exponent	19.52%	27.27%	15.24%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Exponent. FTI Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exponent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTI Consulting	$3.70B	1.56	$274.89M	$7.80	20.60
Exponent	$558.51M	7.30	$109M	$2.12	37.83

Which has more volatility and risk, FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FCN or EXPO?

In the previous week, FTI Consulting had 8 more articles in the media than Exponent. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for FTI Consulting and 9 mentions for Exponent. Exponent's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat FTI Consulting's score of 0.65 indicating that Exponent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTI Consulting	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Exponent	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FCN or EXPO?

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $199.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.84%. Exponent has a consensus price target of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.64%. Given Exponent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Exponent is more favorable than FTI Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTI Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Exponent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCN or EXPO?

Exponent received 71 more outperform votes than FTI Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave FTI Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTI Consulting	Outperform Votes 236 54.63%	Underperform Votes 196 45.37%
Exponent	Outperform Votes 307 63.17%	Underperform Votes 179 36.83%

Summary

Exponent beats FTI Consulting on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.