HURN vs. ICFI, RMR, EXPO, MEG, HCKT, BWMN, G, BFH, DSGR, and STGW
Should you be buying Huron Consulting Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huron Consulting Group include ICF International (ICFI), The RMR Group (RMR), Exponent (EXPO), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Genpact (G), Bread Financial (BFH), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), and Stagwell (STGW).
ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Huron Consulting Group had 11 more articles in the media than ICF International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Huron Consulting Group and 2 mentions for ICF International. ICF International's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Huron Consulting Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Huron Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Huron Consulting Group has a net margin of 4.47% compared to Huron Consulting Group's net margin of 4.21%. ICF International's return on equity of 17.77% beat Huron Consulting Group's return on equity.
ICF International has higher revenue and earnings than Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICF International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Huron Consulting Group received 52 more outperform votes than ICF International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.38% of users gave ICF International an outperform vote while only 66.95% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote.
ICF International currently has a consensus price target of $162.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.79%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus price target of $129.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.71%. Given ICF International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than ICF International.
ICF International has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.1% of ICF International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of ICF International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats ICF International on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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