FTI CONSULTING, INC vs CGI INC., two Consulting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Neither of these consultancies is priced for growth, and the single-digit-adjacent multiples say so: CGI at 11.8 times earnings, FTI at 18. The economics are ordinary in opposite ways: FTI earns thinner margins, 8.5% operating, on lumpy advisory and restructuring work, while CGI's 11.5% net margin rides long IT-outsourcing contracts. CGI converts nearly twice the cash, a 10.5% free-cash yield against 5.6%, and runs debt-free where FTI carries a modest 0.45. Returns on capital favor CGI narrowly, 10.1% on assets to 7.6%. Restructuring work is countercyclical by nature, which makes FTI the hedge and CGI the compounder, both priced as afterthoughts.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | FCN | GIB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $150.85 | $64.43 |
| Market cap | $4.6B | $14.7B |
| Sector | Consulting | Consulting |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 18.0 | 11.8 |
| P/B | 2.75 | 2.12 |
| P/S | 1.18 | 1.36 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | +5.7% | +4.9% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | — |
| Operating margin | 8.5% | — |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 11.5% |
| Return on equity | 16.1% | 17.9% |
| Return on assets | 7.6% | 10.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.0% | — |
| FCF yield | 5.6% | 10.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.30 | 1.36 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.69 | 3.22 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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