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FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. FTI Consulting professionals work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges and make the most of opportunities.
FTI Consulting provides clients with multidisciplinary solutions through our Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Economic Consulting, Technology and Strategic Communications business segments.
Corporate Finance & Restructuring
Our Corporate Finance segment focuses on the strategic, operational, financial, transactional and capital needs of our clients around the world. Our clients include companies, boards of directors, investors, private equity sponsors, lenders, governments and other financing sources and creditor groups, as well as other parties-in-interest. We deliver a wide range of services centered around four core offerings: Business Transformation, Strategy, Transactions and Turnaround & Restructuring.
Forensic and Litigation Consulting
Our Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment provides law firms, companies, boards of directors, government entities, private equity firms and other interested parties with a multidisciplinary and independent range of services across risk and investigations and disputes, supported by our data & analytics technology-enabled solutions, with a focus on highly regulated industries. Our services are centered around five core offerings: Construction, Projects & Assets and Environmental Solutions, Data & Analytics, Disputes, Healthcare Risk Management & Advisory and Risk and Investigations.
Economic Consulting
Our Economic Consulting segment, including subsidiary Compass Lexecon LLC (“Compass Lexecon”), provides law firms, companies, government entities and other interested parties with analyses of complex economic issues for use in international arbitration, legal and regulatory proceedings, and strategic decision making and public policy debates around the world. We deliver a wide range of services centered around three core offerings: Antitrust & Competition Economics, Financial Economics and International Arbitration.
Technology
Our Technology segment provides companies, law firms, private equity firms and government entities with a comprehensive global portfolio of digital insights and risk management consulting services. Our professionals help organizations better address risk as the growing volume and variety of enterprise and emerging data intersects with legal, regulatory and compliance needs. We deliver a wide range of expert and analytics-powered solutions driven by investigations, litigation, antitrust and competition, M&A, restructuring and compliance and risk through three core offerings: Corporate Legal Department Consulting, E-discovery Services and Expertise, and Information Governance, Privacy & Security Services.
Strategic Communications
Our Strategic Communications segment develops and executes communications strategies to help management teams, boards of directors, law firms, governments and regulators manage change and mitigate risk surrounding transformational and disruptive events, including transactions, investigations, disputes, crises, regulation and legislation. We deliver a wide range of services centered around three core offerings: Corporate Reputation, Financial Communications and Public Affairs.
We are a trusted advisor working for the world’s leading law firms, corporations and financial institutions. We service a blue-chip client list of corporations, legal firms and financial services companies. As of December 31, 2023, our clients include 98 of the world’s top 100 law firms as ranked by The American Lawyer Global 100 list, 83 out of the Fortune 100 companies, 64 of the top 100 private equity firms on the Private Equity International 300 list and 38 out of the world’s top 50 bank holding companies. In addition, we also serve a broad range of federal, state and local government agencies.
Our business is highly competitive. Our competitors include both public and private companies that range from large organizations, such as global accounting firms and large management consulting companies that offer a broad range of consulting services, to small boutique firms and independent contractors that provide one specialized service.
FTI Consulting is a trusted advisor to its clients, helping them to address the mission critical issues that can impact their enterprise value.
- We have powerful positions and people – Our people are our most valuable asset, and our staff of well-respected professionals represents an unmatched depth and diversity of experience and expertise. Within our ranks we have forensic accountants; former chief executives and political leaders; Nobel laureates; former SEC professionals; top-ranking economists; certified turnaround professionals; interim management professionals; corporate investigation specialists; banking and securities professionals; certified public accountants; chartered financial analysts; and corporate, financial and crisis communications specialists. Our commitment to hiring the best and the brightest has solidified FTI Consulting’s position as a market leader and given the Company what we believe is the most recognizable brand in its market.
- FTI Consulting has built a flexible and attractive global business model with the opportunity to leverage cross-company capabilities – The diversity of the Company’s scope of services and its global footprint gives FTI Consulting the flexibility to help its clients address their issues wherever they occur.
As of December 31, 2023, FTI Consulting had more than 7,990 employees.
The FTI Consulting network is truly global in scope and we have a presence in all the major financial centers in the world, FTI Consulting has employees in 87 cities in 33 countries and territories as of March 31, 2024. The corporate headquarters is in Bowie, Maryland. The executive headquarters is in Washington, D.C.
Along with solid organic growth, acquisitions have always been a part of FTI Consulting’s growth strategy. The Company pursues a highly selective acquisition program, and considers opportunities that enhance our segment offerings, industry expertise and geographic footprint.
The Company’s fiscal year ends on December 31.
The Company announces its year-end financial results near the end of February. First, second and third quarter earnings are announced in late April/early May, late July/early August and late October/early November, respectively.
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FTI Consulting’s shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FCN”.
FTI Consulting went public in May of 1996.
The Company does not currently pay a dividend.
FTI Consulting does not offer a Direct Stock Purchase Plan.
You can contact the Company by mail at FTI Consulting, 6300 Blair Hill Lane, Suite 303, Baltimore, MD 21209 Attn: Joanne Catanese, Associate General Counsel and Secretary, or by telephone at +1 410.951.4800.
FTI Consulting’s transfer agent is the American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, for information on how to contact FTI Consulting’s transfer agent, please refer to the Contact Us section of the Investor Relations website.
To request investor information, please visit the Contact Us section of the Investor Relations website.
Of course. Simply go to the Financial Reporting section of the investor relations website. There you can view an online version of the Company’s most recent Annual Report, as well as have access to a downloadable PDF version of the document.