Head-To-Head Analysis: FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Collective Audience (NASDAQ:CAUD)

FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) and Collective Audience (NASDAQ:CAUD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares FTI Consulting and Collective Audience”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTI Consulting	$3.70 billion	1.61	$274.89 million	$7.80	21.27
Collective Audience	$12.14 million	0.04	-$4.57 million	N/A	N/A

FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Collective Audience.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of Collective Audience shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of FTI Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.0% of Collective Audience shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for FTI Consulting and Collective Audience, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTI Consulting	0	1	2	0	2.67
Collective Audience	0	0	0	0	0.00

FTI Consulting presently has a consensus price target of $199.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.93%. Given FTI Consulting’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Collective Audience.

Risk and Volatility

FTI Consulting has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Collective Audience has a beta of -1.95, meaning that its stock price is 295% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares FTI Consulting and Collective Audience’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTI Consulting	7.57%	13.15%	8.31%
Collective Audience	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Collective Audience on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FTI Consulting

FTI Consulting, Inc. provides business advisory services to manage change, mitigate risk, and resolve disputes worldwide. The company operates through Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Economic Consulting, Technology, and Strategic Communications segments. The Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment provides business transformation and strategy, transactions, and turnaround and restructuring services. The Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment offers construction and environmental solutions, data and analytics, disputes, health solutions, and risk and investigation services. The Economic Consulting segment provides antitrust and competition economics, financial economics, and international arbitration services. The Technology segment offers corporate legal department consulting; e-discovery and expertise; and information governance, privacy, and security services. The Strategic Communications segment provides corporate reputation, financial communications, and public affairs services. It serves aerospace and defense, airlines and aviation, blockchain and digital assets, chemicals, construction and environmental solutions, energy, financial services, food and agriculture, healthcare and life sciences, hospitality, gaming and leisure, automotive and industrial, insurance, mining, private equity, power and renewable, public sector and government contracts, real estate, retail and consumer products, telecom, media and technology, and transportation and logistics sectors. FTI Consulting, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.

About Collective Audience

Collective Audience, Inc. provides e-commerce and digital consumer acquisition solutions in the United States. Its digital marketing business enables brands and agencies to advertise across digital media and connected TV platforms. The company is headquartered in New York, New York. Collective Audience, Inc. is a subsidiary of Logiq, Inc.