Franklin Covey (FC) versus Its Peers Head to Head Analysis

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

Profitability

This table compares Franklin Covey and its competitors’ 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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Franklin Covey and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Covey	0	0	2	0	3.00
Franklin Covey Competitors	69	674	1250	59	2.63

Franklin Covey currently has a consensus price target of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 88.05%. As a group, “Consulting” companies have a potential upside of 25.69%. Given Franklin Covey’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Franklin Covey and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Covey	$287.23 million	$23.40 million	16.99
Franklin Covey Competitors	$2.97 billion	$272.15 million	22.12

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Summary

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

Franklin Covey Company Profile

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.