EXPO vs. ICFI, FCN, HURN, G, MEG, AUR, DNB, EXLS, MARA, and NVEI
Should you be buying Exponent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exponent include ICF International (ICFI), FTI Consulting (FCN), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Genpact (G), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), ExlService (EXLS), Marathon Digital (MARA), and Nuvei (NVEI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) and ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
ICF International received 39 more outperform votes than Exponent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave ICF International an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote.
Exponent pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ICF International pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Exponent pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICF International pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Exponent had 5 more articles in the media than ICF International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Exponent and 1 mentions for ICF International. ICF International's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Exponent's score of 0.05 indicating that ICF International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Exponent has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICF International has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Exponent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ICF International. ICF International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exponent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Exponent has a net margin of 18.72% compared to ICF International's net margin of 4.74%. Exponent's return on equity of 28.13% beat ICF International's return on equity.
Exponent currently has a consensus target price of $99.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. ICF International has a consensus target price of $162.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Given ICF International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ICF International is more favorable than Exponent.
92.4% of Exponent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of ICF International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Exponent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of ICF International 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.
Summary
Exponent and ICF International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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