FTI Consulting (FCN)
Industrials · Management Consulting · NYSE
A global advisory firm providing expert financial, legal, and strategic consulting to help organizations manage complex risk and operational challenges.
What FTI Consulting does
FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm that provides multidisciplinary solutions to complex challenges related to financial, legal, operational, political, and regulatory risk. The company serves clients across the globe through specialized practice areas including corporate finance and restructuring, economic consulting, forensic and litigation consulting, strategic communications, and technology.
Themes: corporate restructuring, litigation support, forensic accounting, economic consulting, strategic communications, e-discovery
Fundamentals
- Price$155.74 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$4.3B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-7.9% 2025-08-21 close $169.13 → 2026-08-21 close $155.74
- P/E16.46 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+6.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+31.8% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+15.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.76 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+7.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+7.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta-0.07 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-31 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How FCN compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 357 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 426 covered Industrials peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
FCN is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
45.8 #1080 of 1,704 scored · #165 of 283 in Industrials
Volume and participation 72nd: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; catalysts 51st: open-market insider buys in 90 days 12, the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading; weakest is setup 30th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
How FTI Consulting looks technically
FTI Consulting (FCN) is trading 5.9% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 47 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 11, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago. It is 17.7% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 5.9% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -5.9% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $154.93 | $154.93 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $165.45 | $165.45 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 15 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 15 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 47 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 47 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 11, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 10.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 51.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($149.21 to $158.79) — its "stochastic" reading is 68 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 68.2 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 15 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $189.30 | $189.30 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 17.7% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -17.7% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 13.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +13.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 17.7% below its highest point of the past year | 17.7% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 18 trading days ago | 18 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $243.60 (set on 2024-07-25) | $243.60 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($140.40 to $187.03), and it has recovered roughly a third of its fall from last year’s high — 33% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $169.22 to $170.71. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 32.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 36.1% below its all-time high | -36.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.7% above a support level at $153.04 — a price it turned at four times since 2025-04-09, most recently on 2026-07-23. Since 2024-08-21 it has 2 such levels below the current price and 10 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $19.82 (set on 2006-08-11) | $19.82 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 685.8% above its all-time low | +685.8% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 52nd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $4.86 between its high and its low — about 3.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $4.86 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $144.63 and $167.36 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $144.63 – $155.99 – $167.36 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.1% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.0 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (5.9% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.0 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.22× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 4 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 4 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | today it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | today |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 5 sessions ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.9% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.8% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.7% above the previous close 3 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 149.82 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.7% |
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap down opened on 2026-08-12 has been "filled" 6 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 6 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 2.1 percentage points (the stock gained 0.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | -2.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 1.5 percentage points (the stock gained 1.6% while the market gained 3.1%) | -1.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 14.7 percentage points (the stock lost 3.6% while the market gained 11.1%) | -14.7% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 28.4 percentage points (the stock lost 7.9% while the market gained 20.5%) | -28.4% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 5.5% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 3% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $161.36 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-30 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $154.56 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 17 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +0.8% |
Price levels it has turned at before
FCN last closed at $155.74 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 2 prices below its last close and 10 above; the 2 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $153.04 | Support | 1.7% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-04-09 to 2026-07-23 |
| $158.53 | Resistance | 1.8% above the last close | turned there 11 times · 2025-03-13 to 2026-03-10 |
| $162.42 | Resistance | 4.3% above the last close | turned there 9 times · 2025-02-21 to 2026-06-11 |
| $148.94 | Support | 4.4% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-10-16 to 2026-08-06 |
| $167.73 | Resistance | 7.7% above the last close | turned there 12 times · 2025-03-19 to 2026-07-17 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Printed a bullish engulfing pair · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.33 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 2 analysts
- Mean price target$175.50 range $171.00 – $180.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-21. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for FCN
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.75 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-21
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependency on a small number of large projects or clients.","Exposure to intense competition for professional talent.","Risk of professional liability claims and litigation."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of FCN's 10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the prior one filed 2025-10-23.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-04-30) specifies comparison period as 'three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025' versus older filing's 'three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024'
- Newer filing references 'Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025' versus older filing's reference to 'December 31, 2024'
- Newer filing describes company as 'a leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation' versus older filing's description as 'a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes'
- Newer filing omits the older filing's phrase about offering 'a comprehensive suite of services designed to assist clients across the business cycle, from proactive risk management to rapid response to unexpected events and dynamic environments'
- Newer Technology segment description in newer filing includes 'artificial intelligence ("AI") and data services' and lists five core client needs as 'Blockchain & Digital Assets, Information Governance, Privacy & Security, Investigations, Litigation, and M&A, Antitrust and Competition'
- Older Technology segment description references 'risk management consulting and data services' and lists three core offerings: 'Corporate Legal Department Consulting, E-discovery and Analytics Services and Expertise, and Information Governance, Privacy & Security Services'
- Newer Corporate Finance segment omits reference to 'other parties-in-interest' that appeared in older filing
- Newer FLC segment description changes 'investigations and disputes' to 'risk & investigations and disputes' in older filing
- Older FLC segment lists 'Disputes' as separate offering; newer filing consolidates to 'Dispute Advisory Services'
- Strategic Communications segment in newer filing reorders crises mention to 'crises, transactions' versus older filing's 'transactions, investigations, disputes, crises'
- Removed:
- Older filing's characterization phrase: 'political & regulatory, reputational and transactional' removed in newer filing's high-level company description
- Older filing's description of comprehensive suite of services across business cycle removed in newer filing
- Older Technology segment's three core offerings structure ('Corporate Legal Department Consulting, E-discovery and Analytics Services and Expertise, Information Governance, Privacy & Security Services') replaced with five core client needs in newer filing
- Reworded:
- Company description changed from 'global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes' (2025-10-23) to 'leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation' (2026-04-30)
- Corporate Finance segment name simplified: older 'Corporate Finance & Restructuring ("Corporate Finance")' to newer 'Corporate Finance' only
- Transformation offering name changed from 'Transformation & Strategy' (older) to 'Transformation' (newer) in Corporate Finance segment
- FLC segment changed 'investigations and disputes' to 'risk & investigations and disputes' with 'Dispute Advisory Services' as specific offering
- Technology segment description changed from 'risk management consulting and data services' to 'AI and data services'
- Technology segment moved from three offerings structure to five core client needs framework
- Strategic Communications event ordering: 'crises, transactions, investigations, disputes' in older filing versus 'crises, transactions, investigations, disputes, crises' appears reordered (crises mentioned in context of transformational events moved to beginning)
- Notes:
- Newer filing text is truncated at 'Non-GAAP Financial Measures' section; older filing text is also truncated mid-sentence, limiting full comparison
- Some wording changes reflect reorganization of segment service offerings rather than substantive business changes
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days4 buys ($2M) · 0 sells — 3 buying insiders
Cluster buying: 3 different insiders reported open-market purchases (SEC code P) of FCN within a 30-day window between 2026-05-13 and 2026-05-13. Disclosed Form 4 activity, not a prediction of performance or a buy signal.
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-13. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about FCN's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 2 matched disclosures for FCN from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding FCN as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 5,358,407
- Reported value $947,205,436
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
FCN had 2,377,258 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
FCN had 8.61% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 6.06 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,377,258
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 8.61%
- Prior settlement (shares) 1,967,062
- Reported change 20.85%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.06
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- AlixPartners
- Houlihan Lokey (HLI)
- Duff & Phelps (Kroll)
- Berkeley Research Group
- Charles River Associates (CRAI)
- Huron Consulting Group (HURN)
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Frequently asked questions
What does FTI Consulting (FCN) do?
FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm that provides multidisciplinary solutions to complex challenges related to financial, legal, operational, political, and regulatory risk. The company serves clients across the globe through specialized practice areas including corporate finance and restructuring, economic consulting, forensic and litigation consulting, strategic communications, and technology.
What sector is FTI Consulting (FCN) in?
FTI Consulting (FCN) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Management Consulting. It trades on NYSE.
Who are FTI Consulting's (FCN) competitors?
Notable peers of FTI Consulting (FCN) include AlixPartners, Houlihan Lokey, Duff & Phelps (Kroll), Berkeley Research Group and Charles River Associates. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in FCN?
Yes — we hold 2 matched STOCK Act disclosures for FCN from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is FTI Consulting (FCN) overbought or oversold right now?
FTI Consulting (FCN) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on FCN come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.