Head-To-Head Contrast: Franklin Covey (FC) vs. Its Peers

Franklin Covey (NYSE:FCGet Free Report) is one of 20 publicly-traded companies in the “Consulting” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Franklin Covey to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Franklin Covey has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Covey’s peers have a beta of 0.72, indicating that their average stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Franklin Covey and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Covey 0 0 2 0 3.00
Franklin Covey Competitors 69 673 1250 59 2.63

Franklin Covey presently has a consensus price target of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 90.80%. As a group, “Consulting” companies have a potential upside of 27.21%. Given Franklin Covey’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Franklin Covey and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Covey 6.21% 22.58% 7.38%
Franklin Covey Competitors 7.97% 28.35% 8.87%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Franklin Covey and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Net Income Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Covey $287.23 million $23.40 million 16.75
Franklin Covey Competitors $2.97 billion $272.15 million 21.71

Franklin Covey’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Covey. Franklin Covey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Franklin Covey peers beat Franklin Covey on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Franklin Covey

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Franklin Covey Co. provides training and consulting services in the areas of execution, sales performance, productivity, customer loyalty, and educational improvement for organizations and individuals worldwide. The company operates through Direct Offices, International Licensees, and Education Practice segments. It also provides a suite of individual-effectiveness and leadership-development training and products. In addition, the company operates Strive platform, a learning deployment platform; Impact platform that helps automate implementation of learning initiatives; All Access Pass, a subscription platform that enables improved deployment of content, services, technology, and metrics to deliver behavioral impact at scale; and Leader in Me, which provides access to digital versions of student leadership guides, leadership lessons, illustrated leadership stories, and other resources. Franklin Covey Co. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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