What does the company do?
FTI Consulting, Inc. (FTI) is a global business advisory firm. The Company assists its customers in addressing a range of business challenges, such as bankruptcy, restructuring, credit issues and indebtedness, mergers and acquisitions, interim business management, electronic discovery, management and retrieval of electronically stored information, reputation management, and strategic communications. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company had operations across 37 United States cities and 22 foreign countries, which includes Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), Colombia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. FTI operates in five segments: Corporate Finance/Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Strategic Communications, Technology and Economic Consulting.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- FTI Consulting one-year sales: 1.38 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Management Services group: -89.11% - FTI Consulting one-year income: 137.65 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Management Services group: -71.93%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 1.38 Bil | 12.67 Bil | | Income | 137.65 Mil | 490.40 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- FTI Consulting one-year sales growth: 8.90%.
- FTI Consulting one-year income growth: 17.30%.
Difference from the average for the Management Services group: 10.00 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | 8.90% | -1.80% | | Income Growth | 17.30% | 7.30% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- FTI Consulting one-year net profit margin: 10.0%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 1.0 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Management Services group: 5.2 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 10.0% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 9.0% | | Industry | 4.8% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- FTI Consulting debt/equity ratio: 0.42.
Difference from the average for the Management Services group: -55.79%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.42 | 0.95 |
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