FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) versus Adecco (OTCMKTS:AHEXY) Head to Head Contrast

Adecco (OTCMKTS:AHEXY) and FTI Consulting (NYSE:FCN) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Adecco and FTI Consulting, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adecco	2	3	1	1	2.14
FTI Consulting	1	1	0	0	1.50

FTI Consulting has a consensus target price of $174.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.26%. Given FTI Consulting’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FTI Consulting is more favorable than Adecco.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Adecco and FTI Consulting”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adecco	$26.11 billion	0.17	$333.76 million	$1.01	12.54
FTI Consulting	$3.92 billion	1.03	$270.87 million	$8.27	17.69

Adecco has higher revenue and earnings than FTI Consulting. Adecco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTI Consulting, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Adecco has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTI Consulting has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

99.4% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of FTI Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adecco	1.25%	12.67%	3.62%
FTI Consulting	6.44%	15.91%	7.35%

Summary

FTI Consulting beats Adecco on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Adecco

Adecco Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides human resource services to businesses and organizations in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, South America, and North Africa. It offers flexible placement, permanent placement, outsourcing, training, upskilling and reskilling, career transition and workforce transformation, consulting, talent academy, digital staffing solutions under the Adecco, Akkodis, General Assembly, Badenoch + Clark, Lee Hecht Harrison, pontoon, Spring Professional, Adia, Modis, and YOSS brand names. The company also operates Hired, a talent recruitment platform. The company was formerly known as Adecco S.A. Adecco Group AG was founded in 1957 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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.