Consulting services
10 companies · $43.3B combined revenue · $5.6B operating profit
The typical US-listed consulting services company grew revenue 3.9% and earnings -3% in its latest year, at a 12.6% operating margin, and 8 of 9 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 0% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more10%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue50%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more10%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash0%
Combined revenue · 9 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 10 companies
| Median | – | 3.9% | -3% | 12.6% | 18.9% | 1.01x |
| RELXRELX | GBP 9.6B | 1.7%▼ | 6.9%▲ | 31.6%▲ | 34.6%▲ | 3.07x▼ |
| VRSKVerisk Analytics | $3.1B | 6.6%▲ | -5.2%▼ | 43.7%▲ | 34.5%▲ | 20x▼ |
| ITGartner | $6.5B | 3.7%▼ | -41.8%▼ | 15.8%▲ | 25.6%▲ | 9.32x▼ |
| RTORentokil Initial | $6.9B | 4.4%▲ | 19.9%▲ | 8.5%▼ | – | 1.01x |
| BAHBooz Allen Hamilton | $11.2B | -6.4%▼ | -9%▼ | 9.2%▼ | 18.9% | 3.57x▼ |
| GGenpact | $5.1B | 6.6%▲ | 7.6%▲ | 14.8%▲ | 17.7%▼ | 0.60x▲ |
| FCNFti Consulting | $3.8B | 2.4%▼ | -3.3%▼ | 10.3%▼ | 15.5%▼ | 0.21x▲ |
| EXPOExponent | $582M | 4.2%▲ | -2.7%▲ | 20.6%▲ | 20%▲ | – |
| HURNHuron Consulting | $1.7B | 11.7%▲ | -9.9%▼ | 10.5%▼ | 15.6%▼ | 0.96x▲ |
| VVXV2X | $4.5B | 3.7%▼ | 125%▲ | 4.3%▼ | 8.6%▼ | 1.01x▲ |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).