Analyzing CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) & Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC)

CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) and Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

CBIZ has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Covey has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CBIZ and Franklin Covey’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBIZ	4.03%	14.83%	6.12%
Franklin Covey	3.81%	18.28%	5.98%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of CBIZ shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CBIZ and Franklin Covey”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CBIZ	$1.81 billion	2.21	$41.04 million	$1.47	50.12
Franklin Covey	$287.23 million	0.97	$23.40 million	$0.79	27.01

CBIZ has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Covey. Franklin Covey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBIZ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for CBIZ and Franklin Covey, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBIZ	0	0	2	0	3.00
Franklin Covey	0	0	2	0	3.00

CBIZ presently has a consensus price target of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.74%. Franklin Covey has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.27%. Given Franklin Covey’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than CBIZ.

Summary

CBIZ beats Franklin Covey on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CBIZ

CBIZ, Inc. provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services. The Benefits and Insurance Services provides employee benefits consulting, payroll/human capital management, property and casualty insurance, and retirement and investment services. The National Practices segment offers information technology managed networking and hardware, and health care consulting services. The company primarily serves small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and not-for-profit enterprises. CBIZ, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio.

About Franklin Covey

Franklin Covey Co. provides training and consulting services in the areas of execution, sales performance, productivity, customer loyalty, and educational improvement for organizations and individuals worldwide. The company operates through Direct Offices, International Licensees, and Education Practice segments. It also provides a suite of individual-effectiveness and leadership-development training and products. In addition, the company operates Strive platform, a learning deployment platform; Impact platform that helps automate implementation of learning initiatives; All Access Pass, a subscription platform that enables improved deployment of content, services, technology, and metrics to deliver behavioral impact at scale; and Leader in Me, which provides access to digital versions of student leadership guides, leadership lessons, illustrated leadership stories, and other resources. Franklin Covey Co. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.