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FCN: Buybacks And Higher Guidance Will Shape Measured Return Potential

FCN: Revenue Outlook Adjustments And CFO Transition Will Shape Next Chapter

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Published 27 Aug 2024

Update shared on 14 Dec 2025

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Analysts have modestly raised their price target on FTI Consulting to $166.00. This reflects slightly lower perceived risk and steady expectations for revenue growth, profit margins, and valuation multiples.

What's in the News

  • Expanded share repurchase authorization by $500 million on October 21, 2025, bringing total authorization to $2.2 billion (company announcement)
  • Completed repurchase of 16,784,428 shares, or about 46.46% of shares, under the buyback program announced June 2, 2016, including 1,895,254 shares bought between July 1 and October 21, 2025 for $309.77 million (company filings)
  • Raised full year 2025 revenue guidance to a range of $3.685 billion to $3.735 billion, up from $3.660 billion to $3.760 billion previously (company guidance)
  • Increased full year 2025 EPS guidance to a range of $7.62 to $8.12, compared with the prior range of $7.24 to $7.84 (company guidance)

Valuation Changes

  • Fair Value Estimate: unchanged at $166.00 per share, indicating no revision to the central valuation view.
  • Discount Rate: fallen slightly from 7.44% to 7.42%, implying a modest reduction in perceived risk.
  • Revenue Growth: effectively unchanged around 6.19%, reflecting stable expectations for top line expansion.
  • Net Profit Margin: effectively unchanged around 8.44%, signaling consistent margin assumptions.
  • Future P/E: edged down marginally from 13.25x to 13.24x, pointing to a slightly lower valuation multiple applied to earnings.

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