Business advisory firm FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) will be reporting earnings this Thursday morning. Here’s what to expect.

FTI Consulting beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $956.2 million, up 3.3% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting FTI Consulting’s revenue to grow 2.6% year on year, a reversal from the 3.2% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. FTI Consulting has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at FTI Consulting’s peers in the business process outsourcing & consulting segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Huron delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 10.7%, missing analysts’ expectations by 0.9%, and Exponent reported revenues up 4.5%, topping estimates by 1%. Exponent traded up 12.7% following the results.

Read our full analysis of Huron’s results here and Exponent’s results here.

Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the business process outsourcing & consulting stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.3% on average over the last month. FTI Consulting is down 14.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $177.50 (compared to the current share price of $156.65).

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