FTI Consulting vs TransUnion
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The short version
- TransUnion is the larger business, with $4.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.8B for FTI Consulting.
- TransUnion grew revenue faster (9.4%, against 2.4%).
- TransUnion kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.7% operating margin, against 10.3%).
- TransUnion turned more of its sales into free cash flow (14.5% FCF margin, against 2.5%).
- FTI Consulting earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (16.6%, against 7.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of TransUnion’s earnings: a P/E of 22.6x against 18.9x for FTI Consulting.
| Latest fiscal year | FCN · FY25 | TRU · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $4.6B | $15.8B |
| Revenue | $3.8B | $4.6B |
| Free cash flow | $93.6M | $662M |
| Net income | $271M | $455M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 2.4% | 9.4% |
| 5-year growth | 9.0% | 12.6% |
| Share count change | −8.3% | −0.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 10.3% | 18.7% |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 10.0% |
| FCF margin | 2.5% | 14.5% |
| Return on capital | 16.6% | 7.1% |
| Return on equity | 13.6% | 10.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $99.9M | $4.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.2x | 3.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $859M | $393M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 18.9x | 22.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 8 |
Revenue
FY16
FCN $1.8B
TRU $1.7B
FY17
FCN $1.8B
TRU $1.9B
FY18
FCN $2.0B
TRU $2.3B
FY19
FCN $2.4B
TRU $2.5B
FY20
FCN $2.5B
TRU $2.5B
FY21
FCN $2.8B
TRU $3.0B
FY22
FCN $3.0B
TRU $3.7B
FY23
FCN $3.5B
TRU $3.8B
FY24
FCN $3.7B
TRU $4.2B
FY25
FCN $3.8B
TRU $4.6B
FCN
TRU
Operating margin
FY16
FCN 7.9%
TRU 17.6%
FY17
FCN 6.0%
TRU 24.0%
FY18
FCN 11.1%
TRU 22.1%
FY19
FCN 13.0%
TRU 22.0%
FY20
FCN 11.5%
TRU 19.8%
FY21
FCN 11.2%
TRU 22.0%
FY22
FCN 10.0%
TRU 16.9%
FY23
FCN 10.8%
TRU 3.4%
FY24
FCN 9.4%
TRU 15.9%
FY25
FCN 10.3%
TRU 18.7%
FCN
TRU
Free cash flow
FY16
FCN $205M
TRU $266M
FY17
FCN $116M
TRU $331M
FY18
FCN $198M
TRU $376M
FY19
FCN $176M
TRU $589M
FY20
FCN $292M
TRU $582M
FY21
FCN $287M
TRU $584M
FY22
FCN $135M
TRU −$1.0M
FY23
FCN $175M
TRU $335M
FY24
FCN $360M
TRU $517M
FY25
FCN $93.6M
TRU $662M
FCN
TRU
Return on capital
FY16
FCN 6.7%
TRU 5.4%
FY17
FCN 7.9%
TRU 11.9%
FY18
FCN 12.1%
TRU 8.6%
FY19
FCN 17.0%
TRU 7.6%
FY20
FCN 16.3%
TRU 6.9%
FY21
FCN 17.7%
TRU 6.8%
FY22
FCN 16.6%
TRU 4.8%
FY23
FCN 18.3%
TRU 1.1%
FY24
FCN 17.1%
TRU 5.7%
FY25
FCN 16.6%
TRU 7.1%
FCN
TRU
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.