Company Analysis

FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN)

NYSE: FCN · Services-Management Consulting Services · Washington, DC · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.8
◀ Past 7.8● Present 7.3▶ Future 4.4

The grade of FTI Consulting, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past7.840% of the headline
● Present7.335% of the headline
▶ Future4.425% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

FTI Consulting, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

FTI Consulting, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2017; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.6%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 24% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 21% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.1%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.8% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 4 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 91st percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, FTI Consulting, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 14% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 50%: owes 50¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, FTI Consulting, Inc. earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 35 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 8.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 47% of its family
  • return on equitytop 22% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 40% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 24% of 33 in its family; net margin 7.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

FTI Consulting, Inc.'s standing among 33 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 8% by size; a net margin of 7.1% ranks in the top 23%; revenue growth of 7.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.79Btop 8% of its family
  • net margin7.1%top 23% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.7%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 31% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

FTI Consulting, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Gunby, Steven Henry (CEO, Chairman and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-01-23, 12.8 years (top 21% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.2 years (top 26%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 14 peopletop 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.2 yearstop 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record12.8 yearstop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 39% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

FTI Consulting, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $265 million against debt of $365 million leaves -2.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.5% of revenue (bottom 45%); a gross margin of 32.1% (bottom 35%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-2.9%bottom 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.5%bottom 45% of its family
  • gross margin32.1%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 48% of 30 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

FTI Consulting, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.7% a year over the last three filed years against 8.6% over all 10, slowing (top 44% of its family); the newest year grew 2.4% (top 48%); capital spending grew 3.2% a year (bottom 48%) (its annual reports). FTI Consulting, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Forensic and Litigation Consulting at $765 million, Economic Consulting at $721 million, Strategic Communications at $378 million, and 1 more. 2 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 34% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.8 points a yeartop 44% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.4%top 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending3.2%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 41% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

FTI Consulting, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 7.3% below the $4.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 37% of its family); net income of $271 million against a prior three-year average of $263 million (top 50%); a net margin of 7.1% against 7.7% before (bottom 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-7.3%bottom 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+3%top 50% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.6 pointsbottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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