FTI Consulting (FCN)
NYSEIndustrialsConsulting ServicesSnapshot 2026-11-04
$198.32+2.41%
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NYSEIndustrialsConsulting ServicesSnapshot 2026-11-04
QuarterlyIQ Insights · FCN
How strong the business is — where it ranks within its sector on capital efficiency and cash generation, and how well management has been executing.
How this business ranks within industrials on a research-validated quality screen. As of 2026-11-04.
The screen ranks FCN against its sector on four durable signals: share dilution, return on capital, free-cash-flow yield, and FCF margin. Historically the highest-quality names tended toward better typical outcomes and fewer bad years over multi-year holds (strongest at three years, modest at one), and that pattern showed up even before the price moved. It characterizes business quality, not price direction.
Each leg is a sector-relative percentile (higher is better); 3 of 4 legs were available for this name. The composite is built from these four; the raw value follows each percentile for context.
A forward quality tilt, not a price prediction, and context for your own research rather than a recommendation. Not investment advice.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 2 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Industrials names rated neutral grew net income 51% of the time over the next year (vs 61% for the rest of the cohort, n=9285).
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
Fourth Quarter 2026 Special Charge and Expected Annualized Savings The Company expects that actions taken in the third and fourth quarters of 2026 to align staffing with demand will result in annuali…
Stated in 1 of 4 supplied quarters. Management reported: “Fourth Quarter 2026 Special Charge and Expected Annualized Savings The Company expects that actions taken in the third and fourth quarters of 2026 to align staffing with demand will result in annualized cost savings of approximately $80 million in salary- and benefits-related and real estate-related costs.” “Together with the $46.0 million special charge recorded in the third quarter of 2026, the estimated combined special charge for full year 2026 is expected to be approximately $53 million.”
“Fourth Quarter 2026 Special Charge and Expected Annualized Savings The Company expects that actions taken in the third and fourth quarters of 2026 to align staffing with demand will result in annuali…”
2026 Guidance The Company is reaffirming its full year 2026 revenue guidance range of between $3.940 billion and $4.100 billion.
Stated in 3 of 4 supplied quarters. Management reported: “2026 Guidance The Company is reaffirming its full year 2026 revenue guidance range of between $3.940 billion and $4.100 billion.” “2026 Guidance The Company is reaffirming its full year 2026 revenue guidance range of between $3.940 billion and $4.100 billion.”
“2026 Guidance The Company is reaffirming its full year 2026 revenue guidance range of between $3.940 billion and $4.100 billion.”
The Company now estimates EPS for full year 2026 will range between $7.55 and $8.05, which compares to the prior range of between $8.70 and $9.30.
Stated in 3 of 4 supplied quarters. Management reported: “The Company now estimates EPS for full year 2026 will range between $7.55 and $8.05, which compares to the prior range of between $8.70 and $9.30.” “The Company now estimates EPS for full year 2026 will range between $8.70 and $9.30, which compares to the prior range of between $8.90 and $9.60.”
“The Company now estimates EPS for full year 2026 will range between $7.55 and $8.05, which compares to the prior range of between $8.70 and $9.30.”
Continue capital allocation discipline while executing the board-authorized common stock repurchase program.
Maintain the full-year revenue outlook while pursuing revenue growth across the consulting business.
Over the trailing year it converted -2.37x of net income into operating cash flow. Historically, Industrials names rated fragile grew net income 50% of the time over the next year (vs 59% for the rest of the cohort, n=5006).
Not enough signal yet.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the broad stock market, the US dollar, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, long-term interest rates, Fed net liquidity (low R² over the window).
26 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by capital-allocation actions. Historically, Industrials names rated volatile grew net income 52% of the time over the next year (vs 59% for the rest of the cohort, n=6547).
Not investment advice. As of 2026-11-04.
“2026 Guidance The Company is reaffirming its full year 2026 revenue guidance range of between $3.940 billion and $4.100 billion.”
“2026 Guidance The Company is reaffirming its full year 2026 revenue guidance range of between $3.940 billion and $4.100 billion.”
“The Company now estimates EPS for full year 2026 will range between $8.70 and $9.30, which compares to the prior range of between $8.90 and $9.60.”
“The Company is also reaffirming its full year 2026 EPS guidance range of between $8.90 and $9.60.”