CNDT vs NOW vs FCN Stock Comparison

Conduent, ServiceNow and Fti Consulting Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CNDT CONDUENT Inc
$1.64 +1.2% 1M -29.0% 1Y
Market cap
$221.72M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.00B
Div. yield
–
Consulting Industrials
NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$102.35 -25.8% 1M -41.8% 1Y
Market cap
$105.47B
P/E
73.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.43B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
4 wins
FCN Fti Consulting, Inc
$196.04 +42.5% 1M +17.5% 1Y
Market cap
$5.63B
P/E
24.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.98B
Div. yield
–
Consulting Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Fti Consulting leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Fti Consulting 7, ServiceNow 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCNDTNOWFCNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $221.72M $105.47B $5.63B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.0x 73.0x 24.1x FCN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 27.4x 19.4x FCN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.9% +21.8% +7.8% NOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.7% 9.4% 5.9% NOW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -6.4% 5.2% 11.5% FCN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 6.4x 0.8x 1.9x NOW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.0% -41.8% +17.5% FCN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -23.4%/yr -5.9%/yr +6.3%/yr FCN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 76.1% 66.9% 34.7% FCN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 51/100 70/100 FCN

Percentile Scorecard

CNDTNOWFCN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCNDTNOWFCN
Valuation 43 #66 of 114 39 #61 of 100 48 #60 of 114
Growth 36 #63 of 98 50 #50 of 99 73 #27 of 98
Profitability 20 #76 of 95 75 #25 of 96 71 #28 of 95
Financial Health 20 #101 of 126 52 #54 of 112 63 #47 of 126
Shareholder Returns 89 #9 of 71 38 #42 of 67 96 #4 of 71
Overall 41 51 70
  • CNDT ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • NOW ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications
  • FCN ranked among 131 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCNDTNOWFCNSPY
1 month +1.2%-25.8%+42.5% -5.9%
3 months -6.3%-12.8%+30.0% -4.6%
6 months -10.4%+9.4%+21.1% +0.2%
Year to date -14.6%-33.2%+14.8% +7.5%
1 year -29.0%-41.8%+17.5% +8.2%
3 years -33.6%-16.0%-9.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year -12.8%-5.7%-3.3% +19.0%
5 years -73.6%-26.0%+35.7% +56.5%
5 years, per year -23.4%-5.9%+6.3% +9.4%
10 years —+515.1%+380.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year —+19.9%+17.0% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCNDTNOWFCNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 76.1%66.9%34.7% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 82.0%76.8%33.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.480.79-0.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.38-0.630.51 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.3%-64.5%-43.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.0%-41.8%-1.2% -5.9%
52-week high $2.31$175.93$198.36 $779.14
52-week low $1.16$83.00$130.44 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCNDTNOWFCN
P/E now vs peer median -1.1xmedian 21.1x 73.3xmedian 24.7x 24.1xmedian 21.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.9x 6.9xmedian 2.8x 1.3xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.1xmedian 11.7x 31.7xmedian 16.5x 15.1xmedian 11.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2.4xmedian 15.3x 22.4xmedian 15.3x 15.1xmedian 15.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.3x 8.1xmedian 2.7x 4.0xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.05median 0.88 -21.45median 0.77 4.03median 0.88

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCNDTNOWFCN
Revenue $3.00B $15.43B $3.98B
Gross profit $552.00M $11.28B $1.28B
Operating income -$84.00M $1.49B $352.21M
Net income -$231.00M $1.45B $233.42M
Free cash flow -$107.00M $4.75B $353.71M
R&D $3.00M $3.47B –
EPS (diluted) $-1.48 $1.39 $8.04
Cash & equivalents $292.00M $2.39B $88.10M
Total debt $900.00M $7.52B $851.38M
Shares (diluted) 155.59M 1.04B 29.04M
Enterprise value -$759.28M $84.73B $4.92B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCNDTNOWFCN
P/E -1.1x 73.3x 24.1x
P/FCF -2.4x 22.4x 15.1x
P/Operating cash flow -3.7x 19.9x 13.6x
P/S 0.1x 6.9x 1.3x
P/B 0.5x 8.1x 4.0x
P/Tangible book 0.5x 11.2x 4.1x
EV/EBITDA 9.1x 31.7x 15.1x
EV/EBIT -10.3x 73.1x 17.3x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 7.1x 1.5x
EV/FCF -8.1x 23.0x 17.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -12.5x 20.5x 15.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.05 -21.45 4.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCNDTNOWFCN
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.9% 21.8% 7.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -7.2% 22.1% 6.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.4% 14.1% 8.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -12.5% 19.2% 6.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 50.6% -14.9% 1.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 47.7% 32.1% 1.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -55.0% -16.5% -12.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.6% -3.1% -1.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -56.4% -16.2% -3.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 20.2% -3.4% 6.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.8% 10.2% 264.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -80.0% 21.8% 77.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -2.9% 20.0% 706.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -33.5% 25.9% 200.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCNDTNOWFCN
Gross margin 18.4% 73.1% 32.2%
EBITDA margin 3.2% 22.3% 10.2%
Operating margin -2.8% 9.7% 8.8%
Pretax margin -4.5% 13.1% 7.9%
Net margin -7.7% 9.4% 5.9%
FCF margin -3.6% 30.8% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin -2.3% 34.6% 9.9%
Return on equity -46.3% 11.3% 17.6%
Return on assets -9.8% 4.6% 6.7%
Return on invested capital -6.4% 5.2% 11.5%
Return on capital employed -5.9% 7.5% 13.6%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.5x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.3x 3.7x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 10.4% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCNDTNOWFCN
Debt / assets 36.7% 23.6% 24.6%
Debt / equity 1.9x 0.6x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 6.4x 0.8x 1.9x
Debt / FCF -8.4x 1.6x 2.4x
Liabilities / assets 80.8% 58.9% 61.8%
Equity / assets 19.2% 41.1% 38.2%
Interest coverage -1.6x 14.6x 9.0x
Current ratio 1.4x 0.7x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.6x 2.0x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score -0.23 4.19 3.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCNDTNOWFCN
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 9.8% 2.4% 13.0%
Shareholder yield 9.8% 2.4% 13.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCNDTNOWFCN
Forward P/E – 27.4xFY2026 19.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.56FY2026 $3.74FY2026 $10.13FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +6.6%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +25.1% +16.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.37BFY2026 $15.26BFY2026 $4.17BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -22.1%FY2026 +14.9%FY2026 +10.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.5% +17.5% +7.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCNDTNOWFCN
Held by institutions 73.2% 81.6% 100.0%
Institutions holding 190 2,228 377
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.5% -2.1% -3.6%
Institutions buying 91 1,287 158
Institutions selling 50 781 173
Buyers to sellers 1.82 1.65 0.91

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CNDTNOWFCN
CNDT 1.00 0.25 0.23
NOW 0.25 1.00 0.12
FCN 0.23 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CNDT, NOW and FCN?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Conduent (CNDT) $221.72M, ServiceNow (NOW) $105.47B, Fti Consulting (FCN) $5.63B.

Which stock is cheaper, CNDT, NOW and FCN?

Fti Consulting (FCN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Conduent (CNDT) -1.0x, ServiceNow (NOW) 73.0x, Fti Consulting (FCN) 24.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Fti Consulting (FCN) is cheapest (ServiceNow (NOW) 27.4x, Fti Consulting (FCN) 19.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

ServiceNow (NOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Conduent (CNDT) +8.9%, ServiceNow (NOW) +21.8%, Fti Consulting (FCN) +7.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

ServiceNow (NOW) has the highest net margin (Conduent (CNDT) -7.7%, ServiceNow (NOW) 9.4%, Fti Consulting (FCN) 5.9%). On return on invested capital, Fti Consulting (FCN) leads (Conduent (CNDT) -6.4%, ServiceNow (NOW) 5.2%, Fti Consulting (FCN) 11.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fti Consulting (FCN) returned the most: Conduent (CNDT) -29.0%, ServiceNow (NOW) -41.8%, Fti Consulting (FCN) +17.5%. Over five years, Fti Consulting (FCN) compounded fastest (Conduent (CNDT) -23.4%/yr, ServiceNow (NOW) -5.9%/yr, Fti Consulting (FCN) +6.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Fti Consulting (FCN) has been the steadiest (Conduent (CNDT) 76.1%, ServiceNow (NOW) 66.9%, Fti Consulting (FCN) 34.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CNDT, NOW and FCN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fti Consulting (FCN) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.