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FTI Consulting vs Huron Consulting

FCN and HURN side by side, both in management and public relations services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How FCN and HURN compare

FTI Consulting is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Huron Consulting ($5.4B against $2.7B).

On earnings, FTI Consulting is cheaper: it trades at 24.6× trailing earnings, against 25.2× for Huron Consulting.

Huron Consulting grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.6% versus 7.8% for FTI Consulting).

Huron Consulting keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.4% compared with 5.9% at FTI Consulting.

Huron Consulting scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 11 for FTI Consulting), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricFCNHURN
Size and price
Market cap$5.4B$2.7B
Share price$197.21$168.16
Change, 1 year21.1%1.2%
Change, 5 years29.6%239%
Beta (5Y)0.110.47
Employees8,118305
StockData Score
Total score1114 (better)
Valuation score11
Growth score25 (better)
Performance score45 (better)
Health score4 (better)3
Dividend score00
Valuation
P/E24.6× (better)25.2×
P/S1.4× (better)1.5×
P/B4.1× (better)7.0×
EV/EBITDA15.3× (better)15.5×
P/FCF15.2× (better)16.6×
PEG3.161.48 (better)
FCF yield6.6% (better)6.0%
Fair value$168.19$153.39
Margin of safety−17.3%−9.6% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)7.8%13.6% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average9.0%14.3% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)−12.3%9.9% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)2.0%16.4% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average7.8%–
Profitability
Gross margin32.2%34.0% (better)
Operating margin8.8%10.3% (better)
Net margin5.9%6.4% (better)
FCF margin8.9%8.9% (better)
Return on equity15.2%26.9% (better)
Return on invested capital12.4% (better)12.3%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.64 (better)2.16
Net debt / EBITDA1.90 (better)3.57
Interest coverage9.0×–
Current ratio1.72 (better)1.71
Altman Z-score3.81 (better)3.42
Piotroski F-score46 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Buyback yield12.9% (better)8.9%
Shareholder yield12.9% (better)8.9%
Ownership
Held by institutions112%99.3%
Held by insiders2.5%2.4%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$342K (better)−$6.4M
Short interest, % of float9.9%4.7%

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