NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

FTI Consulting

(NYSE:

FCN

) hit a new 52-week high Friday as it is currently trading at $44.52, above its previous 52-week high of $44.09 with 20,026 shares traded as of 9:40 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 473,800 shares over the past 30 days.

FTI Consulting has a market cap of $1.72 billion and is part of the

services

sector and

diversified services

industry. Shares are up 3.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

FTI Consulting, Inc. operates as a business advisory company worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Corporate Finance/Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Economic Consulting, Technology, and Strategic Communications. The company has a P/E ratio of 24.3, above the average diversified services industry P/E ratio of 23.2 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates FTI Consulting as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, attractive valuation levels, increase in net income and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. You can view the full

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