FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN – Get Free Report) and Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for FTI Consulting and Spire Global, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FTI Consulting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Spire Global | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.67 |
FTI Consulting presently has a consensus target price of $163.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.90%. Spire Global has a consensus target price of $17.90, indicating a potential upside of 102.03%. Given Spire Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than FTI Consulting.
Profitability
This table compares FTI Consulting and Spire Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| FTI Consulting | 5.86% | 18.41% | 7.96% |
| Spire Global | -145.22% | -54.03% | -30.80% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Spire Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares FTI Consulting and Spire Global”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FTI Consulting | $3.79 billion | 1.34 | $270.87 million | $8.02 | 22.88 |
| Spire Global | $71.55 million | 4.84 | $51.31 million | ($2.67) | -3.32 |
FTI Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Spire Global. Spire Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTI Consulting, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
FTI Consulting has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Global has a beta of 2.81, suggesting that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FTI Consulting beats Spire Global on 7 of the 13 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 Spire Global
Spire Global, Inc. provides subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics, and related project-based services worldwide. The company offers satellite-based aircraft tracking data to power applications, drive decision making, and improve cost efficiencies; data, insights, and predictive analytics for highly accurate ship monitoring, real-time and near real-time vessel updates, port operations, ship safety and route optimization; and space-based data, AI-powered insights, and predictive weather analytics for accurate weather forecasting. It serves maritime, weather, aviation, and space services industries. The company was formerly known as Nanosatisfi, Inc. and changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. in July 2014. Spire Global, Inc. is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.
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