[10-Q] FTI CONSULTING, INC Quarterly Earnings Report

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FTI Consulting (FCN) reported Q3 2025 results. Revenue rose to $956.2 million and diluted EPS reached $2.60 as operating income improved to $117.7 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $130.6 million with a 13.7% margin. Performance was led by Corporate Finance and FLC, while Economic Consulting and Technology declined year over year.

The company accelerated capital returns, repurchasing 1.426 million shares for $234.1 million in the quarter and $775.1 million year to date. Cash and equivalents were $145.97 million, and long‑term debt stood at $510.0 million under the revolving credit facility. Operating cash flow for the quarter was $201.9 million, yielding Free Cash Flow of $187.0 million. DSO was 102 days.

Year to date, revenue was $2.80 billion with net income of $216.3 million and Adjusted EPS of $7.01, reflecting $25.3 million of earlier special charges that concluded by March 31. Common shares outstanding were 30,876,070 as of October 16, 2025.

Insights

Equity research analyst

Margin expansion and aggressive buybacks; leverage and cash usage increased.

Q3 performance: Revenue of $956.2M grew modestly, but profitability improved as Adjusted EBITDA reached $130.6M with a 13.7% margin. Segment mix mattered: Corporate Finance and FLC delivered higher rates and utilization, offsetting weakness in Economic Consulting and Technology.

Capital allocation: Share repurchases totaled $234.1M in Q3 and $775.1M year to date, supported by the credit facility, with long‑term debt at $510.0M. Quarterly operating cash flow was strong at $201.9M, though year‑to‑date operating cash flow was negative due to working capital movements and notes receivable.

Watchpoints: Higher interest expense ($7.6M in Q3) accompanies greater borrowings; accounts receivable rose, and DSO was 102 days. Actual impact depends on sustained segment demand and collections.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from   to                    

Commission File Number: 001-14875

FTI CONSULTING, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) 

Maryland									52-1261113
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)									(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
555 12th Street NW
Washington,
DC									20004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)									(Zip Code)

(202) 312-9100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

FCN

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 

Large accelerated filer			☒			Accelerated filer			☐
Non-accelerated filer			☐			Smaller reporting company			☐
						Emerging growth company			☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 

Class			Outstanding at October 16, 2025
Common Stock, $0.01 par value			30,876,070

FTI CONSULTING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX

						Page
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.			Financial Statements			3
			Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets—September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024			3
			Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income—Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024			4
			Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity—Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024			5
			Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024			7
			Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			8
Item 2.			Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			17
Item 3.			Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			40
Item 4.			Controls and Procedures			40
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.			Legal Proceedings			41
Item 1A.			Risk Factors			41
Item 2.			Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			41
Item 3.			Defaults Upon Senior Securities			42
Item 4.			Mine Safety Disclosures			42
Item 5.			Other Information			42
Item 6.			Exhibits			43
SIGNATURES						44

2

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except per share data)

Item 1. Financial Statements

			September 30,						December 31,
			2025						2024
			(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents			$	145,967					$	660,493
Accounts receivable, net			1,140,665						1,020,174
Current portion of notes receivable			88,655						44,894
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			123,289						93,953
Total current assets			1,498,576						1,819,514
Property and equipment, net			170,552						150,295
Operating lease assets			201,414						198,318
Goodwill			1,241,422						1,226,556
Intangible assets, net			14,158						16,770
Notes receivable, net			269,065						109,119
Other assets			94,598						76,258
Total assets			$	3,489,785					$	3,596,830
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other			$	186,657					$	224,394
Accrued compensation			561,902						639,745
Billings in excess of services provided			60,476						67,620
Total current liabilities			809,035						931,759
Long-term debt			510,000						—
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities			225,988						208,036
Deferred income taxes			106,780						111,825
Other liabilities			88,327						86,920
Total liabilities			1,740,130						1,338,540
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; shares authorized — 5,000; none outstanding			—						—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; shares authorized — 75,000; shares issued and outstanding 31,346 (2025) and 35,913 (2024)			313						359
Additional paid-in capital			—						39,650
Retained earnings			1,882,483						2,394,853
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(133,141)						(176,572)
Total stockholders’ equity			1,749,655						2,258,290
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity			$	3,489,785					$	3,596,830

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

3

FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
Revenues			$	956,167					$	926,019					$	2,798,111					$	2,803,728
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues			638,233						628,079						1,888,302						1,891,862
Selling, general and administrative expenses			199,484						205,995						586,023						614,100
Special charges			—						—						25,295						—
Amortization of intangible assets			780						1,053						2,850						3,149
			838,497						835,127						2,502,470						2,509,111
Operating income			117,670						90,892						295,641						294,617
Other income (expense)
Interest income and other			1,692						(909)						2,466						2,581
Interest expense			(7,634)						(1,197)						(13,859)						(6,235)
			(5,942)						(2,106)						(11,393)						(3,654)
Income before income tax provision			111,728						88,786						284,248						290,963
Income tax provision			28,910						22,320						67,908						60,585
Net income			$	82,818					$	66,466					$	216,340					$	230,378
Earnings per common share — basic			$	2.63					$	1.88					$	6.50					$	6.55
Earnings per common share — diluted			$	2.60					$	1.85					$	6.43					$	6.43
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax expense of $0			$	(4,916)					$	28,752					$	43,431					$	15,601
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax			(4,916)						28,752						43,431						15,601
Comprehensive income			$	77,902					$	95,218					$	259,771					$	245,979

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

																											Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
			Common Stock												Additional Paid-in Capital						Retained Earnings
			Shares						Amount																								Total
Balance at December 31, 2024			35,913						$	359					$	39,650					$	2,394,853					$	(176,572)					$	2,258,290
Net income			—						$	—					$	—					$	61,824					$	—					$	61,824
Other comprehensive income:
Cumulative translation adjustment			—						—						—						—						14,574						14,574
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options			2						—						80						—						—						80
Restricted share grants, less net              settled shares of 64			67						1						(7,208)						—						—						(7,207)
Purchase and retirement of common stock, including excise tax			(1,127)						(11)						(187,665)						—						—						(187,676)
Share-based compensation			—						—						9,753						—						—						9,753
Reclassification of negative additional paid-in capital			—						—						145,390						(145,390)						—						—
Balance at March 31, 2025			34,855						$	349					$	—					$	2,311,287					$	(161,998)					$	2,149,638
Net income			—						$	—					$	—					$	71,698					$	—					$	71,698
Other comprehensive income:
Cumulative translation adjustment			—						—						—						—						33,773						33,773
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options			18						—						697						—						—						697
Restricted share grants, less net              settled shares of 32			46						—						(7,603)						—						—						(7,603)
Purchase and retirement of common stock, including excise tax			(2,192)						(22)						(358,218)						—						—						(358,240)
Share-based compensation			—						—						9,918						—						—						9,918
Reclassification of negative additional paid-in capital			—						—						355,206						(355,206)						—						—
Balance at June 30, 2025			32,727						$	327					$	—					$	2,027,779					$	(128,225)					$	1,899,881
Net income			—						$	—					$	—					$	82,818					$	—					$	82,818
Other comprehensive loss:
Cumulative translation adjustment			—						—						—						—						(4,916)						(4,916)
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options			18						—						610						—						—						610
Restricted share grants, less net              settled shares of 9			27						—						(1,417)						—						—						(1,417)
Purchase and retirement of common stock, including excise tax			(1,426)						(14)						(236,330)						—						—						(236,344)
Share-based compensation			—						—						9,023						—						—						9,023
Reclassification of negative additional paid-in capital			—						—						228,114						(228,114)						—						—
Balance at September 30, 2025			31,346						$	313					$	—					$	1,882,483					$	(133,141)					$	1,749,655

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																											Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
			Common Stock												Additional Paid-in Capital						Retained Earnings
			Shares						Amount																								Total
Balance at December 31, 2023			35,521						$	355					$	16,760					$	2,114,765					$	(150,460)					$	1,981,420
Net income			—						$	—					$	—					$	79,965					$	—					$	79,965
Other comprehensive loss:
Cumulative translation adjustment			—						—						—						—						(11,433)						(11,433)
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options			106						1						3,897						—						—						3,898
Restricted share grants, less net    settled shares of 57			70						1						(8,307)						—						—						(8,306)
Share-based compensation			—						—						8,812						—						—						8,812
Balance at March 31, 2024			35,697						$	357					$	21,162					$	2,194,730					$	(161,893)					$	2,054,356
Net income			—						$	—					$	—					$	83,947					$	—					$	83,947
Other comprehensive loss:
Cumulative translation adjustment			—						—						—						—						(1,718)						(1,718)
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options			180						2						6,714						—						—						6,716
Restricted share grants, less net settled shares of 15			25						—						(3,210)						—						—						(3,210)
Share-based compensation			—						—						9,289						—						—						9,289
Balance at June 30, 2024			35,902						$	359					$	33,955					$	2,278,677					$	(163,611)					$	2,149,380
Net income			—						$	—					$	—					$	66,466					$	—					$	66,466
Other comprehensive income:
Cumulative translation adjustment			—						—						—						—						28,752						28,752
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Restricted share grants, less net settled shares of 10			47						1						(2,274)						—						—						(2,273)
Share-based compensation			—						—						9,874						—						—						9,874
Balance at September 30, 2024			35,949						$	360					$	41,555					$	2,345,143					$	(134,859)					$	2,252,199

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

			Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024
Operating activities
Net income			$	216,340					$	230,378
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation of property and equipment			33,591						32,176
Amortization of intangible assets			2,850						3,149
Amortization of notes receivable			50,767						37,944
Provision for expected credit losses			25,810						28,376
Share-based compensation			28,694						27,975
Deferred income taxes			18,216						(3,768)
Other			432						(315)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable, billed and unbilled			(122,707)						(100,004)
Notes receivable, net of repayments			(251,576)						(83,533)
Prepaid expenses and other assets			(9,199)						(8,604)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other			(3,858)						(2,590)
Income taxes			(78,708)						(20,202)
Accrued compensation			(110,111)						(57,691)
Billings in excess of services provided			(8,165)						(3,509)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			(207,624)						79,782
Investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment and other			(50,142)						(21,729)
Maturity of short-term investment			—						25,246
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			(50,142)						3,517
Financing activities
Borrowings under revolving line of credit			1,040,000						600,000
Repayments under revolving line of credit			(530,000)						(600,000)
Purchase and retirement of common stock			(770,889)						—
Share-based compensation tax withholdings			(18,295)						(16,593)
Proceeds on stock option exercises			1,392						10,614
Deposits and other			509						1,106
Net cash used in financing activities			(277,283)						(4,873)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents			20,523						4,696
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			(514,526)						83,122
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			660,493						303,222
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period			$	145,967					$	386,344
Supplemental cash flow disclosures
Cash paid for interest			$	9,339					$	5,445
Cash paid for income taxes and tax credits, net of refunds			$	128,400					$	84,554
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Issuance of stock units under incentive compensation plans			$	2,069					$	2,805
Excise tax on purchase and retirement of common stock			$	7,081					$	—
Non-cash additions to property and equipment			$	2,119					$	1,136

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollar and share amounts in tables in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of FTI Consulting, Inc., including its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “FTI Consulting”), presented herein, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. Some of the information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. In management’s opinion, the interim financial statements reflect all adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. All adjustments made were normal recurring accruals. The fair values of all financial instruments are estimated to be equal to their carrying values as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Results of operations for the interim periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of results of operations for a full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC.

Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 describes the significant accounting policies and methods used in preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

2. New Accounting Standards

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which expands annual disclosures in an entity’s income tax rate reconciliation table and requires annual disclosures regarding cash taxes paid both in the United States (“U.S.”) (federal, state and local) and foreign jurisdictions. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, although early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements, but it will result in additional annual disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires additional, disaggregated disclosure around certain income statement expense line items. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, although early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which modernizes the accounting for internal-use software costs by increasing the operability of the recognition guidance to reflect neutrality toward different methods of software development. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and can be applied prospectively, retrospectively, or with a modified transition approach. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

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3. Earnings per Common Share

Basic earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share adjusts basic earnings per common share for the effects of potentially dilutive common shares. Potentially dilutive common shares include the dilutive effects of shares issuable upon exercise or vesting of outstanding awards under our equity compensation plans, including stock options and share-based awards (restricted share awards, restricted stock units and performance stock units), each using the treasury stock method.

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
Numerator — basic and diluted
Net income			$	82,818					$	66,466					$	216,340					$	230,378
Denominator
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — basic			31,523						35,315						33,266						35,172
Effect of dilutive share-based awards			272						521						322						527
Effect of dilutive stock options			28						56						37						143
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — diluted			31,823						35,892						33,625						35,842
Earnings per common share — basic			$	2.63					$	1.88					$	6.50					$	6.55
Earnings per common share — diluted			$	2.60					$	1.85					$	6.43					$	6.43
Antidilutive stock options and share-based awards			224						19						236						27

4. Revenues

We generate the majority of our revenues by providing consulting services to our clients. Revenues are recognized when we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring services promised in a contract to a customer and in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for those services. Performance obligations in our contracts represent distinct or separate services that we provide to our customers. If, at the outset of an arrangement, we determine that a contract with enforceable rights and obligations does not exist, revenues are deferred until all criteria for an enforceable contract are met.

Revenues recognized during the current period may include revenues from performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in prior periods. This primarily occurs when the estimated transaction price has changed based on our current probability assessment over whether the agreed-upon outcome for our performance-based and contingent arrangements will be achieved. The aggregate amount of revenues recognized related to a change in the transaction price in the current period, which related to performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in a prior period, was $5.9 million and $17.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and $8.8 million and $16.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.

Unfulfilled performance obligations primarily consist of fees not yet recognized on certain fixed-fee, performance-based and contingent arrangements. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the aggregate amount of the remaining contract transaction price allocated to unfulfilled performance obligations was $21.8 million and $25.5 million, respectively. We expect to recognize all of the related revenues over the next 24 months. We elected to utilize the optional exemption to exclude from this disclosure fixed-fee and performance-based and contingent arrangements with an original expected duration of one year or less and to exclude our time and expense arrangements for which revenues are recognized using the right-to-invoice practical expedient.

Contract assets are defined as assets for which we have recorded revenues but are not yet entitled to receive our fees because certain events, such as completion of the measurement period or client approval, must occur. The contract asset balance was immaterial as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Contract liabilities are defined as liabilities incurred when we have received consideration but have not yet performed the agreed-upon services. This may occur when clients pay fees before work begins. The contract liability balance was immaterial as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

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5. Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Losses

The following table summarizes the components of “Accounts receivable, net” as presented on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

			September 30, 2025						December 31, 2024
Accounts receivable:
Billed receivables			$	793,651					$	742,504
Unbilled receivables			442,215						368,216
Allowance for expected credit losses			(95,201)						(90,546)
Accounts receivable, net			$	1,140,665					$	1,020,174

The following table summarizes the total provision for expected credit losses and write-offs:

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
Provision for expected credit losses			$	13,901					$	8,454					$	25,810					$	28,376
Write-offs			$	8,655					$	11,065					$	22,702					$	30,946

Our provision for expected credit losses includes recoveries, direct write-offs and charges to other accounts. Billed accounts receivables are written off when the potential for recovery is considered remote.

6. Special Charges

There were no special charges recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2025.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recorded special charges of $25.3 million related to targeted headcount reductions in each segment and region where we realigned our workforce with current business demand for our consulting services. The special charges concluded as of March 31, 2025. A portion of the special charges was paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and the remaining amounts will be paid in cash in the next six months. These amounts are included in “Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table details the special charges by segment:

									Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
Corporate Finance & Restructuring (“Corporate Finance”)															$	11,696
Forensic and Litigation Consulting (“FLC”)															5,475
Economic Consulting															983
Technology															1,928
Strategic Communications															3,268
Segment special charges															23,350
Unallocated Corporate															1,945
Total															$	25,295

There were no special charges recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.

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7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The table below summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment:

			Corporate Finance (1)						FLC (1)						Economic Consulting (1)						Technology (1)						Strategic Communications (2)						Total
Balance at December 31, 2024			$	535,328					$	212,367					$	268,294					$	96,784					$	113,783					$	1,226,556
Foreign currency translation adjustment			7,026						2,714						596						97						4,433						14,866
Balance at September 30, 2025			$	542,354					$	215,081					$	268,890					$	96,881					$	118,216					$	1,241,422

(1)    There were no accumulated impairment losses for the Corporate Finance, FLC, Economic Consulting or Technology segments as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

(2)    Amounts for our Strategic Communications segment include gross carrying values of $312.4 million and $307.9 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and accumulated impairment losses of $194.1 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets were as follows:

						September 30, 2025																		December 31, 2024
						Gross Carrying Amount						Accumulated Amortization						Net Carrying Amount						Gross Carrying Amount						Accumulated Amortization						Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing intangible assets (1)						$	41,180					$	32,647					$	8,533					$	38,821					$	27,676					$	11,145
Non-amortizing intangible assets (2)						5,625						—						5,625						5,625						—						5,625
Total						$	46,805					$	32,647					$	14,158					$	44,446					$	27,676					$	16,770

(1)    Amortizing intangible assets include customer relationships, trademarks, acquired software and other as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

(2)    Non-amortizing intangible assets include trademarks as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives. We recorded amortization expense of $0.8 million and $2.9 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and $1.1 million and $3.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.

8. Debt

Long-term debt outstanding under our senior unsecured bank revolving credit facility (“Credit Facility”) was $510.0 million and there was no current portion as of September 30, 2025. The Company classified the borrowings under the Credit Facility as long-term debt in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as we have the intent and unilateral ability to refinance any borrowings on a continuous basis through the maturity of the Credit Facility on November 21, 2027. There was no debt outstanding as of December 31, 2024.

Our second amended and restated credit agreement governing our Credit Facility has a revolving line of credit limit of $900.0 million and a maximum incremental facility of $300.0 million, subject to certain conditions. The Credit Facility was originally guaranteed by substantially all of our wholly owned domestic subsidiaries and was originally secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of FTI Consulting and such domestic subsidiaries. In October 2024, the Company’s credit rating was upgraded to investment grade by S&P Global. The upgraded rating triggered a Ratings Collateral Release Date under, and as defined in, the Credit Facility. Upon the occurrence of the Ratings Collateral Release Date, the security interests and liens previously granted to the lenders were automatically terminated and released, and the Credit Facility is now unsecured, with only unsecured guarantees being provided by substantially all of our wholly owned domestic subsidiaries.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to, in the case of: (i) U.S. dollars (“USD”), at our option, Adjusted Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, (ii) euros, Euro

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Interbank Offered Rate, (iii) British pounds, Sterling Overnight Index Average Reference Rate, (iv) Australian dollars, Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate, (v) Canadian dollars, Canadian Dollar Offered Rate, (vi) Swiss francs, Swiss Average Rate Overnight, and (vii) Japanese yen, Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate, in each case, plus an applicable margin that will fluctuate between 1.25% per annum and 2.00% per annum based upon the Company’s Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Facility) at such time or, in the case of USD borrowings, an alternative base rate plus an applicable margin that will fluctuate between 0.25% per annum and 1.00% per annum based upon the Company’s Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio at such time. The alternative base rate is a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (1) the Federal Funds rate plus the sum of 50 basis points, (2) the rate of interest in effect for such day as the prime rate announced by Bank of America, and (3) the one-month Term SOFR plus 100 basis points.

Under the Credit Facility, we are required to pay a commitment fee rate that fluctuates between 0.20% and 0.35% per annum and a letter of credit fee rate that fluctuates between 1.25% and 2.00% per annum, in each case, based upon the Company’s Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio.

9. Leases

We lease office space and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. The table below summarizes the carrying amount of our operating lease assets and liabilities:

Leases						Classification						September 30, 2025						December 31, 2024
Assets
Operating lease assets						Operating lease assets						$	201,414					$	198,318
Total lease assets												$	201,414					$	198,318
Liabilities
Current
Operating lease liabilities						Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other						$	33,354					$	34,110
Noncurrent
Operating lease liabilities						Noncurrent operating lease liabilities						225,988						208,036
Total lease liabilities												$	259,342					$	242,146

The table below summarizes total lease costs:

						Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
Lease Cost						2025						2024						2025						2024
Operating lease costs						$	13,062					$	12,785					$	38,637					$	37,692
Variable lease costs and other						4,244						5,066						13,514						13,242
Total lease cost, net						$	17,306					$	17,851					$	52,151					$	50,934

The maturity analysis below summarizes the remaining future undiscounted cash flows for our operating leases and includes a reconciliation to operating lease liabilities reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

			As of September 30, 2025
2025 (remaining)			$	10,623
2026			56,127
2027			54,126
2028			43,091
2029			33,006
Thereafter			126,721
Total future lease payments			323,694
Less: imputed interest			(64,352)
Total			$	259,342

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The table below includes cash paid for our operating lease liabilities, other non-cash information, our weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate:

									Nine Months Ended September 30,
															2025						2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities															$	43,778					$	42,052
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities															$	22,627					$	22,865
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)
Operating leases															7.3						7.5
Weighted average discount rate
Operating leases															5.9		%				5.9		%

10. Commitments and Contingencies

We are subject to legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, we believe we have adequate legal defenses and/or insurance coverage with respect to the eventuality of such actions. We are not aware of any asserted or unasserted legal proceedings or claims that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or our results of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized gain contingencies at the conclusion of certain legal actions. These amounts are included as a gain in “Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company was contingently liable under bank guarantees issued in favor of third parties that totaled $19.1 million and $10.9 million, respectively. These bank guarantees primarily support bid and performance obligations and operating leases for office space. The amounts are guaranteed under guarantee facilities totaling $47.5 million and $42.7 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company had $28.3 million and $31.8 million available under the guarantee facilities as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. These bank guarantees are issued separately from our Credit Facility and, as a result, do not affect available borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility.

11. Share-Based Compensation

During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we granted equity awards of 119,483 restricted shares, 108,455 restricted stock units and 105,632 performance stock units under the FTI Consulting, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, our employee equity compensation plan. Our performance stock units are presented at the maximum potential payout percentage of 150% of target shares granted. These awards are recorded as equity on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, 34,335 shares of restricted stock and 5,453 restricted stock units were forfeited prior to the completion of the applicable vesting requirements. Additionally, 43,174 performance stock units were forfeited during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, including award targets that were not achieved.

Total share-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures, is detailed in the following table:

						Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
Income Statement Classification						2025						2024						2025						2024
Direct cost of revenues						$	7,041					$	5,681					$	18,483					$	16,480
Selling, general and administrative expenses						2,965						5,061						11,212						14,967
Total share-based compensation expense						$	10,006					$	10,742					$	29,695					$	31,447

12. Stockholders’ Equity

2016 Stock Repurchase Program

On June 2, 2016, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program (the “Repurchase Program”), which was most recently increased by $400.0 million to an aggregate authorization of $1.7 billion on April 21, 2025. No time limit has

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been established for the completion of the Repurchase Program, and the Repurchase Program may be suspended, discontinued or replaced by the Board of Directors at any time without prior notice. As of September 30, 2025, we had $75.3 million available under the Repurchase Program to repurchase additional shares of our common stock.

The following table details our stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program:

						Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
						2025						2024						2025						2024
Shares of common stock repurchased and retired						1,426						—						4,745						—
Average price paid per share (1)						$	164.18					$	—					$	163.35					$	—
Total cost (1)						$	234,065					$	—					$	775,085					$	—

(1)    Excludes excise tax of $2.3 million and $7.1 million incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively.

As we repurchase our common shares, we reduce stated capital on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for the $0.01 of par value of the shares repurchased, with the excess purchase price over par value recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. If additional paid-in capital is reduced to zero, we record the remainder of the excess purchase price over par value as a reduction of retained earnings.

Common Stock Outstanding

Common stock outstanding was approximately 31.3 million shares and 35.9 million shares as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Common stock outstanding includes unvested restricted stock awards, which are considered issued and outstanding under the terms of the restricted stock award agreements. The decrease in common stock outstanding was primarily due to stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

13. Segment Reporting

We manage our business in five reportable segments: Corporate Finance, FLC, Economic Consulting, Technology and Strategic Communications.

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, and other financing sources and creditor groups, as well as other parties-in-interest and governments. We deliver a wide range of services centered around three core offerings: Transactions, Transformation & Strategy and Turnaround & Restructuring.

Our FLC 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 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, which includes our cybersecurity and financial services-related offerings.

Our Economic Consulting segment, including subsidiary Compass Lexecon LLC, 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.

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 and data 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, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and compliance and risk through three core offerings: Corporate Legal Department Consulting, E-discovery and Analytics Services and Expertise, and Information Governance, Privacy & Security Services.

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

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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 have considered information that is regularly provided to our Chief Executive Officer, who is our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), for our segment reporting disclosure. Our CODM assesses the performance and allocates resources to each segment based on revenues and multiple measures of segment profit, including gross profit, which is the measure closest to GAAP reporting principles. Gross profit is defined as revenues less direct costs of revenues. Our CODM uses gross profit (i) to evaluate reportable segment performance against budgets, forecasts and strategies and (ii) to make strategic decisions regarding resource allocation, such as billable headcount and related compensation costs, as well as utilization and bill rates of our service offerings. Our CODM is not provided asset information by reportable segment.

The tables below summarize revenues, significant expenses and gross profit by reportable segment:

Three Months Ended September 30, 2025						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Total
Revenues						$	404,896					$	194,689					$	173,086					$	94,081					$	89,415					$	956,167
Direct costs
Compensation expenses (1)						229,204						114,996						131,804						37,242						47,415						560,661
Other segment items (2)						24,099						5,278						15,393						24,920						7,882						77,572
						253,303						120,274						147,197						62,162						55,297						638,233
Segment gross profit (3)						$	151,593					$	74,415					$	25,889					$	31,919					$	34,118					$	317,934
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Total
Revenues						$	1,127,780					$	571,808					$	544,604					$	274,836					$	279,083					$	2,798,111
Direct costs
Compensation expenses (1)						664,564						340,359						395,813						110,892						142,432						1,654,060
Other segment items (2)						66,462						18,636						39,672						74,392						35,080						234,242
						731,026						358,995						435,485						185,284						177,512						1,888,302
Segment gross profit (3)						$	396,754					$	212,813					$	109,119					$	89,552					$	101,571					$	909,809
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Total
Revenues						$	341,512					$	168,778					$	222,033					$	110,404					$	83,292					$	926,019
Direct costs
Compensation expenses (1)						210,774						105,584						143,096						38,691						45,411						543,556
Other segment items (2)						21,184						7,916						15,097						32,886						7,440						84,523
						231,958						113,500						158,193						71,577						52,851						628,079
Segment gross profit (3)						$	109,554					$	55,278					$	63,840					$	38,827					$	30,441					$	297,940
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Total
Revenues						$	1,055,493					$	514,348					$	657,454					$	326,992					$	249,441					$	2,803,728
Direct costs
Compensation expenses (1)						635,587						321,896						431,270						114,267						136,243						1,639,263
Other segment items (2)						66,130						23,922						45,402						93,829						23,316						252,599
						701,717						345,818						476,672						208,096						159,559						1,891,862
Segment gross profit (3)						$	353,776					$	168,530					$	180,782					$	118,896					$	89,882					$	911,866

(1)The significant expense category and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM.

(2)Other segment items include expenses for contractor fees, depreciation and other costs. In our Technology segment, other segment items also include expenses related to software, licensing and data storage.

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(3)Includes internal cost recovery for work performed on corporate projects of $5.0 million and $12.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and $4.3 million and $12.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. Costs associated with billable work performed on corporate projects are included in unallocated corporate expenses as SG&A expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

The table below reconciles income before income tax provision to total segment gross profit:

						Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
						2025						2024						2025						2024
Income before income tax provision						$	111,728					$	88,786					$	284,248					$	290,963
Add back:
Interest expense						7,634						1,197						13,859						6,235
Interest income and other						(1,692)						909						(2,466)						(2,581)
Amortization of intangibles						780						1,053						2,850						3,149
Special charges						—						—						25,295						—
Selling, general and administrative expenses						199,484						205,995						586,023						614,100
Total segment gross profit						$	317,934					$	297,940					$	909,809					$	911,866

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following is a discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity and capital resources for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and significant factors that could affect our prospective financial condition and results of operations. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes and with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the United States (“U.S.”) Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition to historical information, the following discussion includes forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, such as our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, these expectations or any of the forward-looking statements could prove to be incorrect, and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the forward-looking statements.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

FTI Consulting, Inc., including its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “FTI Consulting”), 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. Individually, each of our segments and practices is staffed with experts recognized for the depth of their knowledge and a track record of making an impact. Collectively, FTI Consulting offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to assist clients across the business cycle, from proactive risk management to rapid response to unexpected events and dynamic environments.

We report financial results for the following five reportable segments:

Our Corporate Finance & Restructuring (“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, and other financing sources and creditor groups, as well as other parties-in-interest and governments. We deliver a wide range of services centered around three core offerings: Transactions, Transformation & Strategy and Turnaround & Restructuring.

Our Forensic and Litigation Consulting (“FLC”) 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 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, which includes our cybersecurity and financial services-related offerings.

Our Economic Consulting segment, including subsidiary Compass Lexecon LLC, 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.

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 and data 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, mergers & acquisitions (“M&A”), restructuring and compliance and risk through three core offerings: Corporate Legal Department Consulting, E-discovery and Analytics Services and Expertise, and Information Governance, Privacy & Security Services.

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 derive substantially all of our revenues from providing professional services to both U.S. and international clients. Most of our services are rendered under time and expense contract arrangements, which require the client to pay us based on the number of hours worked at contractually agreed-upon rates. Under this arrangement, we typically bill our clients for reimbursable expenses, including those relating to travel, out-of-pocket expenses, outside consultants and other outside service costs. Certain contracts are rendered under fixed-fee arrangements, which require the client to pay a fixed fee in exchange for a

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predetermined set of professional services. Fixed-fee arrangements may require certain clients to pay us a recurring retainer. Our contract arrangements may also contain success fees or performance-based arrangements in which our fees are based on the attainment of contractually defined objectives with our client. This type of success fee may supplement a time and expense or fixed-fee arrangement. Success fees and other contractual terms may cause variations in our revenues and operating results due to the timing of when achieving the performance-based criteria becomes probable. Seasonal factors, such as the timing of our employees’ and clients’ vacations and holidays, may impact the timing of our revenue recognition across our segments.

In our Technology segment, certain clients are billed based on the amount of data storage used or the volume of information processed. Unit-based revenues are defined as revenues billed on a per item, per page or another unit-based method and include revenues from data processing and hosting. Unit-based revenues include revenues associated with licensed software products made available to customers via a web browser (“on-demand”). On-demand revenues are charged on a unit or monthly basis and include, but are not limited to, processing and review related functions.

Our financial results are primarily driven by:

•the number, size and type of engagements we secure;

•the number of billable professionals;

•the utilization rates of the billable professionals we employ;

•the rate per hour or fixed charges we charge our clients for services;

•the timing of revenue recognition;

•the length of the billing and collection cycles; and

•the geographic locations of our clients or locations in which services are rendered.

We define acquisition growth as revenues of acquired companies in the first 12 months following the effective date of an acquisition. When significant, we identify the impact of acquisition-related revenue growth.

When significant, we identify the estimated impact of foreign currency (“FX”) driven by our businesses with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar (“USD”). The estimated impact of FX on the period-to-period performance results is calculated as the difference between the prior period results, multiplied by the average FX exchange rates to USD in the current period and the prior period results, multiplied by the average FX exchange rates to USD in the prior period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In the accompanying analysis of financial information, we sometimes use information derived from consolidated and segment financial information that may not be presented in our financial statements or prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”). Certain of these financial measures are considered not in conformity with GAAP (“non-GAAP financial measures”) under the SEC rules. Specifically, we have referred to the following non-GAAP financial measures:

•Total Segment Operating Income

•Adjusted Segment EBITDA

•Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA

•Adjusted EBITDA

•Adjusted EBITDA Margin

•Adjusted Net Income

•Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share

•Free Cash Flow

We have included the definition of Segment Operating Income (Loss), which is a GAAP financial measure, below in order to more fully define the components of certain non-GAAP financial measures in the accompanying analysis of financial information.

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We define Segment Operating Income (Loss) as a segment’s share of consolidated operating income. We define Total Segment Operating Income, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as the total of Segment Operating Income (Loss) for all segments, which excludes unallocated corporate expenses. We use Segment Operating Income (Loss) for the purpose of calculating Adjusted Segment EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. We define Adjusted Segment EBITDA as Segment Operating Income (Loss) before depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration, special charges and goodwill impairment charges. We use Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a basis to internally evaluate the financial performance of our segments because we believe it reflects core operating performance and provides an indicator of the segment’s ability to generate cash. We define Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as the total of Adjusted Segment EBITDA for all segments, which excludes unallocated corporate expenses.

We define Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as consolidated net income before income tax provision, other non-operating income (expense), depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration, special charges, goodwill impairment charges, gain or loss on sale of a business and losses on early extinguishment of debt. We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with our GAAP financial results and GAAP financial measures, provide management and investors with a more complete understanding of our operating results, including underlying trends. In addition, EBITDA is a common alternative measure of operating performance used by many of our competitors. It is used by investors, financial analysts, rating agencies and others to value and compare the financial performance of companies in our industry. Therefore, we also believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, considered along with corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide management and investors with useful supplemental information.

We define Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share (“Adjusted EPS”), which are non-GAAP financial measures, as net income and earnings per diluted share (“EPS”), respectively, excluding the impact of remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration, special charges, goodwill impairment charges, the gain or loss on sale of a business and losses on early extinguishment of debt. We use Adjusted Net Income for the purpose of calculating Adjusted EPS. Management uses Adjusted EPS to assess total Company operating performance on a consistent basis. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with our GAAP financial results and GAAP financial measures, provide management and investors with useful supplemental information on our business operating results, including underlying trends.

We define Free Cash Flow, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less cash payments for purchases of property and equipment. We believe this non-GAAP financial measure, when considered together with our GAAP financial results, provides management and investors with useful supplemental information on the Company’s ability to generate cash for ongoing business operations and capital deployment.

Non-GAAP financial measures are not defined in the same manner by all companies and may not be comparable with other similarly titled measures of other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior to, the information contained in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included elsewhere in this report.

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EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)												(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Revenues			$	956,167					$	926,019					$	2,798,111					$	2,803,728
Special charges (1)			$	—					$	—					$	25,295					$	—
Net income			$	82,818					$	66,466					$	216,340					$	230,378
Adjusted EBITDA			$	130,573					$	102,948					$	357,377					$	329,942
EPS			$	2.60					$	1.85					$	6.43					$	6.43
Adjusted EPS			$	2.60					$	1.85					$	7.01					$	6.43
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			$	201,893					$	219,374					$	(207,624)					$	79,782
Total number of employees			8,167						8,382						8,167						8,382

(1)Excluded from non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS

Third Quarter 2025 Executive Highlights

Revenues

Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased $30.1 million, or 3.3%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, which included a 1.1% estimated positive impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues increased $19.8 million, or 2.1%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, due to higher revenues in our Corporate Finance, FLC and Strategic Communications segments, which was partially offset by lower revenues in our Economic Consulting and Technology segments.

Net income

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased $16.4 million, or 24.6%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in net income was primarily due to higher revenues, lower selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses, and an FX remeasurement gain compared to a loss in the same quarter in the prior year. This was partially offset by an increase in direct costs, including higher variable compensation and forgivable loan amortization expenses, as well as a higher income tax provision and an increase in interest expense.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased $27.6 million, or 26.8%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 13.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 11.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to higher revenues and lower SG&A expenses, which was partially offset by an increase in direct costs, including higher variable compensation and forgivable loan amortization expenses.

EPS and Adjusted EPS

EPS for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased $0.75 to $2.60 compared to $1.85 for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in EPS was primarily due to higher net income as described above, as well as a decrease in diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

Adjusted EPS was equal to EPS for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Allocation

Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended September 30, 2025 decreased $17.5 million, or 8.0%, to $201.9 million compared to $219.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to lower cash collections and an increase in income tax payments, which was partially offset by lower operating expenses. Days sales outstanding (“DSO”) of 102 days at September 30, 2025 compared to 108 days at September 30, 2024.

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Free Cash Flow was an inflow of $187.0 million and $212.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease in Free Cash Flow was primarily due to lower net cash provided by operating activities, as described above, and higher net cash used for purchases of property and equipment.

During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we made $234.2 million in payments for common stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program.

Recent Legislation

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted in the U.S. The OBBBA includes significant provisions, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to the international tax framework and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2025 and others implemented through 2027. The OBBBA is expected to have immaterial impacts on the current and future year cash flows and effective tax rate.

Headcount

The following table includes the net headcount additions (reductions) by segment and in total for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

			Billable Headcount
						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Total						Non-Billable Headcount						Total Headcount
December 31, 2024						2,286						1,542						1,110						714						981						6,633						1,741						8,374
Reductions, net						(37)						(33)						(91)						(33)						(44)						(238)						(31)						(269)
March 31, 2025						2,249						1,509						1,019						681						937						6,395						1,710						8,105
Reductions, net						(61)						(27)						(28)						(26)						(45)						(187)						(11)						(198)
June 30, 2025						2,188						1,482						991						655						892						6,208						1,699						7,907
Additions, net						124						51						37						25						12						249						11						260
September 30, 2025						2,312						1,533						1,028						680						904						6,457						1,710						8,167
Percentage change in headcount from December 31, 2024						1.1%						(0.6)%						(7.4)%						(4.8)%						(7.8)%						(2.7)%						(1.8)%						(2.5)%

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Segment and Consolidated Operating Results:

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(in thousands, except per share data)												(in thousands, except per share data)
Revenues
Corporate Finance			$	404,896					$	341,512					$	1,127,780					$	1,055,493
FLC			194,689						168,778						571,808						514,348
Economic Consulting			173,086						222,033						544,604						657,454
Technology			94,081						110,404						274,836						326,992
Strategic Communications			89,415						83,292						279,083						249,441
Total revenues			$	956,167					$	926,019					$	2,798,111					$	2,803,728
Segment operating income (loss)
Corporate Finance			$	92,953					$	54,503					$	212,031					$	189,615
FLC			40,460						18,118						99,637						63,185
Economic Consulting			(5,823)						33,880						19,073						89,697
Technology			9,286						12,524						17,440						40,600
Strategic Communications			15,865						11,188						42,064						33,256
Total segment operating income			152,741						130,213						390,245						416,353
Unallocated corporate expenses			(35,071)						(39,321)						(94,604)						(121,736)
Operating income			117,670						90,892						295,641						294,617
Other income (expense)
Interest income and other			1,692						(909)						2,466						2,581
Interest expense			(7,634)						(1,197)						(13,859)						(6,235)
			(5,942)						(2,106)						(11,393)						(3,654)
Income before income tax provision			111,728						88,786						284,248						290,963
Income tax provision			28,910						22,320						67,908						60,585
Net income			$	82,818					$	66,466					$	216,340					$	230,378
Earnings per common share — basic			$	2.63					$	1.88					$	6.50					$	6.55
Earnings per common share — diluted			$	2.60					$	1.85					$	6.43					$	6.43

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA:

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(in thousands)												(in thousands)
Net income			$	82,818					$	66,466					$	216,340					$	230,378
Add back:
Income tax provision			28,910						22,320						67,908						60,585
Interest income and other			(1,692)						909						(2,466)						(2,581)
Interest expense			7,634						1,197						13,859						6,235
Depreciation of property and equipment			12,123						11,003						33,591						32,176
Amortization of intangible assets			780						1,053						2,850						3,149
Special charges			—						—						25,295						—
Adjusted EBITDA			$	130,573					$	102,948					$	357,377					$	329,942

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Reconciliation of Net Income and EPS to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS:

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(in thousands, except per share data)												(in thousands, except per share data)
Net income			$	82,818					$	66,466					$	216,340					$	230,378
Add back:
Special charges			—						—						25,295						—
Tax impact of special charges			—						—						(5,799)						—
Adjusted Net Income			$	82,818					$	66,466					$	235,836					$	230,378
EPS			$	2.60					$	1.85					$	6.43					$	6.43
Add back:
Special charges			—						—						0.75						—
Tax impact of special charges			—						—						(0.17)						—
Adjusted EPS			$	2.60					$	1.85					$	7.01					$	6.43
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — diluted			31,823						35,892						33,625						35,842

Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow:

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(in thousands)												(in thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			$	201,893					$	219,374					$	(207,624)					$	79,782
Purchases of property and equipment			(14,914)						(7,047)						(50,142)						(21,748)
Free Cash Flow			$	186,979					$	212,327					$	(257,766)					$	58,034

Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues and operating income

See “Segment Results” for an expanded discussion of revenues, gross profit and SG&A expenses.

Unallocated corporate expenses

Unallocated corporate expenses decreased $4.3 million, or 10.8%, to $35.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to lower compensation expenses, which was partially offset by higher expenses for corporate initiatives.

Interest income and other

Interest income and other, which includes FX gains and losses, increased $2.6 million to a $1.7 million gain for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to a $0.9 million loss for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase was primarily due to a $0.6 million FX gain for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to a $2.5 million FX loss for the three months ended September 30, 2024.

FX gains and losses, both realized and unrealized, relate to the remeasurement or settlement of monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in a currency other than an entity’s functional currency. These monetary assets and liabilities include cash, as well as third-party and intercompany receivables and payables.

Interest expense

Interest expense increased $6.4 million to $7.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to higher borrowings on our senior unsecured bank revolving credit facility (“Credit Facility”).

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Income tax provision

Our income tax provision increased $6.6 million, or 29.5%, to $28.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $22.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Our effective tax rate of 25.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 25.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in the income tax provision was primarily due to an increase in income before income tax provision as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues and operating income

See “Segment Results” for an expanded discussion of revenues, gross profit and SG&A expenses.

Unallocated corporate expenses

Unallocated corporate expenses decreased $27.1 million, or 22.3%, to $94.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to legal settlement gains and lower compensation expenses, which was partially offset by higher expenses for corporate initiatives.

Interest income and other

Interest income and other, which includes FX gains and losses, decreased $0.1 million, or 4.5%, to $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

Interest expense

Interest expense increased $7.6 million, or 122.3%, to $13.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to higher borrowings on our Credit Facility, which was partially offset by lower interest rates on our borrowings.

Income tax provision

Our income tax provision increased $7.3 million, or 12.1%, to $67.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $60.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Our effective tax rate of 23.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 20.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in the income tax provision was primarily due to a higher effective tax rate, which was partially offset by a decrease in income before income tax provision. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was impacted by a less favorable tax benefit related to share-based compensation, as a smaller number of non-qualified stock options were exercised compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

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SEGMENT RESULTS

Adjusted Segment EBITDA

We evaluate the performance of each of our operating segments based on multiple measures of segment profit, including Adjusted Segment EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. The following tables reconcile Segment Operating Income (Loss) to Adjusted Segment EBITDA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months Ended September 30, 2025						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Unallocated Corporate						Total
Net income																																										$	82,818
Interest income and other																																										(1,692)
Interest expense																																										7,634
Income tax provision																																										28,910
Operating income (loss)						$	92,953					$	40,460					$	(5,823)					$	9,286					$	15,865					$	(35,071)					$	117,670
Depreciation of property and equipment						2,977						1,927						1,261						4,358						976						624						12,123
Amortization of intangible assets						483						229						—						—						68						—						780
Adjusted EBITDA						$	96,413					$	42,616					$	(4,562)					$	13,644					$	16,909					$	(34,447)					$	130,573
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Unallocated Corporate						Total
Net income																																										$	216,340
Interest income and other																																										(2,466)
Interest expense																																										13,859
Income tax provision																																										67,908
Operating income						$	212,031					$	99,637					$	19,073					$	17,440					$	42,064					$	(94,604)					$	295,641
Depreciation of property and equipment						8,327						5,529						3,996						11,152						2,755						1,832						33,591
Amortization of intangible assets						1,958						686						—						—						206						—						2,850
Special charges						11,696						5,475						983						1,928						3,268						1,945						25,295
Adjusted EBITDA						$	234,012					$	111,327					$	24,052					$	30,520					$	48,293					$	(90,827)					$	357,377
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Unallocated Corporate						Total
Net income																																										$	66,466
Interest income and other																																										909
Interest expense																																										1,197
Income tax provision																																										22,320
Operating income						$	54,503					$	18,118					$	33,880					$	12,524					$	11,188					$	(39,321)					$	90,892
Depreciation of property and equipment						2,631						1,644						1,364						3,941						897						526						11,003
Amortization of intangible assets						785						229						—						—						39						—						1,053
Adjusted EBITDA						$	57,919					$	19,991					$	35,244					$	16,465					$	12,124					$	(38,795)					$	102,948
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024						Corporate Finance						FLC						Economic Consulting						Technology						Strategic Communications						Unallocated Corporate						Total
Net income																																										$	230,378
Interest income and other																																										(2,581)
Interest expense																																										6,235
Income tax provision																																										60,585
Operating income						$	189,615					$	63,185					$	89,697					$	40,600					$	33,256					$	(121,736)					$	294,617
Depreciation of property and equipment						7,664						4,900						3,993						11,376						2,697						1,546						32,176
Amortization of intangible assets						2,332						609						—						—						208						—						3,149
Adjusted EBITDA						$	199,611					$	68,694					$	93,690					$	51,976					$	36,161					$	(120,190)					$	329,942

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Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA

We define Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as the total of Adjusted Segment EBITDA for all segments, which excludes unallocated corporate expenses. The following table reconciles net income to Total Segment Operating Income and Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(in thousands)												(in thousands)
Net income			$	82,818					$	66,466					$	216,340					$	230,378
Add back:
Income tax provision			28,910						22,320						67,908						60,585
Interest income and other			(1,692)						909						(2,466)						(2,581)
Interest expense			7,634						1,197						13,859						6,235
Unallocated corporate expenses			35,071						39,321						94,604						121,736
Total segment operating income			152,741						130,213						390,245						416,353
Add back:
Segment depreciation expense			11,499						10,477						31,759						30,630
Amortization of intangible assets			780						1,053						2,850						3,149
Segment special charges			—						—						23,350						—
Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA			$	165,020					$	141,743					$	448,204					$	450,132

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Other Segment Operating Data

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
Number of billable professionals (at period end):
Corporate Finance			2,312						2,295						2,312						2,295
FLC			1,533						1,529						1,533						1,529
Economic Consulting			1,028						1,120						1,028						1,120
Technology (1)			680						718						680						718
Strategic Communications			904						997						904						997
Total billable professionals			6,457						6,659						6,457						6,659
Utilization rates of billable professionals: (2)
Corporate Finance			63		%				57		%				60		%				60		%
FLC			58		%				55		%				58		%				57		%
Economic Consulting			55		%				65		%				60		%				68		%
Average billable rate per hour: (3)
Corporate Finance			$	533					$	503					$	520					$	505
FLC			$	447					$	388					$	438					$	395
Economic Consulting			$	597					$	598					$	575					$	577

(1)The number of billable professionals for the Technology segment excludes as-needed professionals, who we employ based on demand for the segment’s services. We employed an average of 648 and 855 as-needed employees during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(2)We calculate the utilization rate for our billable professionals by dividing the number of hours that all of our billable professionals worked on client assignments during a period by the total available working hours for all of our billable professionals during the same period. Available hours are determined by the standard hours worked by each employee, adjusted for part-time hours, U.S. standard work weeks and local country holidays. Available working hours include vacation and professional training days, but exclude local country holidays. Utilization rates are presented for our segments that primarily bill clients on an hourly basis. We have not presented utilization rates for our Technology and Strategic Communications segments as most of the revenues of these segments are not generated on an hourly basis.

(3)For engagements where revenues are based on number of hours worked by our billable professionals and fixed-fee arrangements, average billable rate per hour is calculated by dividing revenues (excluding revenues from success fees, pass-through revenues and outside consultants) for a period by the number of hours worked on client assignments during the same period. We have not presented average billable rates per hour for our Technology and Strategic Communications segments as most of the revenues of these segments are not based on billable hours.

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CORPORATE FINANCE & RESTRUCTURING

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)												(dollars in thousands,  except rate per hour)
Revenues			$	404,896					$	341,512					$	1,127,780					$	1,055,493
Percentage change in revenues from prior year			18.6		%				-1.7		%				6.8		%				7.6		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues			253,303						231,958						731,026						701,717
Selling, general and administrative expenses			58,157						54,266						171,069						161,829
Special charges			—						—						11,696						—
Amortization of intangible assets			483						785						1,958						2,332
			311,943						287,009						915,749						865,878
Segment operating income			92,953						54,503						212,031						189,615
Percentage change in segment operating income    from prior year			70.5		%				-15.7		%				11.8		%				22.6		%
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets			3,460						3,416						10,285						9,996
Special charges			—						—						11,696						—
Adjusted Segment EBITDA			$	96,413					$	57,919					$	234,012					$	199,611
Gross profit (1)			$	151,593					$	109,554					$	396,754					$	353,776
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year			38.4		%				-5.6		%				12.1		%				12.8		%
Gross profit margin (2)			37.4		%				32.1		%				35.2		%				33.5		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues			23.8		%				17.0		%				20.7		%				18.9		%
Number of billable professionals (at period end)			2,312						2,295						2,312						2,295
Percentage change in number of billable    professionals from prior year			0.7		%				2.0		%				0.7		%				2.0		%
Utilization rate of billable professionals			63		%				57		%				60		%				60		%
Average billable rate per hour			$	533					$	503					$	520					$	505

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues increased $63.4 million, or 18.6%, to $404.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to higher demand for our restructuring and transactions services and higher realized bill rates for our transformation & strategy services.

Gross profit increased $42.0 million, or 38.4%, to $151.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin increased 5.4 percentage points for the three months ended September 30, 2025. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to a 6 percentage point increase in utilization and higher realized bill rates.

SG&A expenses increased $3.9 million, or 7.2%, to $58.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 1.3% estimated negative impact from FX. SG&A expenses of 14.4% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 15.9% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher bad debt, outside services, and computer hardware and software expenses, which was partially offset by lower compensation expenses.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues increased $72.3 million, or 6.8%, to $1,127.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to higher demand for our restructuring and transaction services and higher realized bill rates for our transformation & strategy and transactions services, which was partially offset by lower demand for our transformation & strategy services.

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Gross profit increased $43.0 million, or 12.1%, to $396.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin increased 1.7 percentage points for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to higher realized bill rates.

SG&A expenses increased $9.2 million, or 5.7%, to $171.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. SG&A expenses of 15.2% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 15.3% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher infrastructure support, outside services, business development, and other general and administrative expenses, which was partially offset by lower compensation expenses.

FORENSIC AND LITIGATION CONSULTING

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)												(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)
Revenues			$	194,689					$	168,778					$	571,808					$	514,348
Percentage change in revenues from prior year			15.4		%				1.6		%				11.2		%				5.3		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues			120,274						113,500						358,995						345,818
Selling, general and administrative expenses			33,726						36,931						107,015						104,736
Special charges			—						—						5,475						—
Amortization of intangible assets			229						229						686						609
			154,229						150,660						472,171						451,163
Segment operating income			40,460						18,118						99,637						63,185
Percentage change in segment operating income    from prior year			123.3		%				-8.1		%				57.7		%				-1.1		%
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets			2,156						1,873						6,215						5,509
Special charges			—						—						5,475						—
Adjusted Segment EBITDA			$	42,616					$	19,991					$	111,327					$	68,694
Gross profit (1)			$	74,415					$	55,278					$	212,813					$	168,530
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year			34.6		%				0.1		%				26.3		%				4.3		%
Gross profit margin (2)			38.2		%				32.8		%				37.2		%				32.8		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues			21.9		%				11.8		%				19.5		%				13.4		%
Number of billable professionals (at period end)			1,533						1,529						1,533						1,529
Percentage change in number of billable    professionals from prior year			0.3		%				1.7		%				0.3		%				1.7		%
Utilization rate of billable professionals			58		%				55		%				58		%				57		%
Average billable rate per hour			$	447					$	388					$	438					$	395

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

    Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues increased $25.9 million, or 15.4%, to $194.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to higher realized bill rates for our risk and investigations, data & analytics and construction solutions services and higher demand for our risk and investigations services.

Gross profit increased $19.1 million, or 34.6%, to $74.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin increased 5.5 percentage points for the three months ended September 30, 2025. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to higher realized bill rates and a 3 percentage point increase in utilization.

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SG&A expenses decreased $3.2 million, or 8.7%, to $33.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025. SG&A expenses were 17.3% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 21.9% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to the recognition of a gain contingency.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues increased $57.5 million, or 11.2%, to $571.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to higher realized bill rates for our risk and investigations, data & analytics and construction solution services, as well as higher demand for our risk and investigations services.

Gross profit increased $44.3 million, or 26.3%, to $212.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin increased 4.5 percentage points for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to higher realized bill rates.

SG&A expenses increased $2.3 million, or 2.2%, to $107.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. SG&A expenses of 18.7% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 20.4% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher compensation, infrastructure support and other general and administrative expenses, which was partially offset by the recognition of a gain contingency.

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ECONOMIC CONSULTING

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)												(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)
Revenues			$	173,086					$	222,033					$	544,604					$	657,454
Percentage change in revenues from prior year			-22.0		%				14.5		%				-17.2		%				16.3		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues			147,197						158,193						435,485						476,672
Selling, general and administrative expenses			31,712						29,960						89,063						91,085
Special charges			—						—						983						—
			178,909						188,153						525,531						567,757
Segment operating income (loss)			(5,823)						33,880						19,073						89,697
Percentage change in segment operating income    (loss) from prior year			-117.2		%				28.9		%				-78.7		%				22.8		%
Add back:
Depreciation of property and equipment			1,261						1,364						3,996						3,993
Special charges			—						—						983						—
Adjusted Segment EBITDA			$	(4,562)					$	35,244					$	24,052					$	93,690
Gross profit (1)			$	25,889					$	63,840					$	109,119					$	180,782
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year			-59.4		%				15.1		%				-39.6		%				18.4		%
Gross profit margin (2)			15.0		%				28.8		%				20.0		%				27.5		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues			-2.6		%				15.9		%				4.4		%				14.3		%
Number of billable professionals (at period end)			1,028						1,120						1,028						1,120
Percentage change in number of billable    professionals from prior year			-8.2		%				3.2		%				-8.2		%				3.2		%
Utilization rate of billable professionals			55		%				65		%				60		%				68		%
Average billable rate per hour			$	597					$	598					$	575					$	577

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues decreased $48.9 million, or 22.0%, to $173.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 1.5% estimated positive impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues decreased $52.2 million or 23.5%. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to lower demand for our non-M&A-related antitrust and M&A-related antitrust services, which was partially offset by higher realized bill rates for our non-M&A-related antitrust services and higher demand for our financial economics services.

Gross profit decreased $38.0 million, or 59.4%, to $25.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin decreased 13.8 percentage points for the three months ended September 30, 2025. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily due to a 10 percentage point decline in utilization and higher forgivable loan amortization expenses, which was partially offset by higher realized bill rates for our non-M&A-related antitrust services and lower compensation expenses, including the impact of an 8.2% decline in billable headcount.

SG&A expenses increased $1.8 million, or 5.8%, to $31.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 2.0% estimated negative impact from FX. SG&A expenses were 18.3% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 13.5% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher bad debt expenses, which was partially offset by lower infrastructure support, compensation, and other general and administrative expenses.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues decreased $112.9 million, or 17.2%, to $544.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 1.0% estimated positive impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues decreased $119.3 million or 18.2%. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to lower demand for our M&A-related antitrust and non-M&A-related antitrust services, which was partially offset by higher realized bill rates for our M&A-related antitrust and non-M&A-related antitrust services, as well as higher demand for our financial economics services.

Gross profit decreased $71.7 million, or 39.6%, to $109.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin decreased 7.5 percentage points for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily due to an 8 percentage point decrease in utilization and higher forgivable loan amortization expenses, which was partially offset by higher realized bill rates for our M&A-related antitrust and non-M&A-related antitrust services and lower compensation expenses, including the impact of an 8.2% decline in billable headcount.

SG&A expenses decreased $2.0 million, or 2.2%, to $89.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 1.3% estimated negative impact from FX. SG&A expenses of 16.4% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 13.9% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by lower bad debt and other general and administrative expenses, which was partially offset by higher outside services expenses.

TECHNOLOGY

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(dollars in thousands)												(dollars in thousands)
Revenues			$	94,081					$	110,404					$	274,836					$	326,992
Percentage change in revenues from prior year			-14.8		%				11.7		%				-16.0		%				14.0		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues			62,162						71,577						185,284						208,096
Selling, general and administrative expenses			22,633						26,303						70,184						78,296
Special charges			—						—						1,928						—
			84,795						97,880						257,396						286,392
Segment operating income			9,286						12,524						17,440						40,600
Percentage change in segment operating income    from prior year			-25.9		%				9.1		%				-57.0		%				2.0		%
Add back:
Depreciation of property and equipment			4,358						3,941						11,152						11,376
Special charges			—						—						1,928						—
Adjusted Segment EBITDA			$	13,644					$	16,465					$	30,520					$	51,976
Gross profit (1)			$	31,919					$	38,827					$	89,552					$	118,896
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year			-17.8		%				4.0		%				-24.7		%				7.3		%
Gross profit margin (2)			33.9		%				35.2		%				32.6		%				36.4		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues			14.5		%				14.9		%				11.1		%				15.9		%
Number of billable professionals (at period end) (3)			680						718						680						718
Percentage change in number of billable    professionals from prior year			-5.3		%				14.1		%				-5.3		%				14.1		%

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

(3)Includes personnel involved in direct client assistance and billable consultants and excludes professionals employed on an as-needed basis

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues decreased $16.3 million, or 14.8%, to $94.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 1.0% estimated positive impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues decreased $17.4 million or 15.8%. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to lower demand for our M&A-related “second request” and information governance, privacy & security services.

Gross profit decreased $6.9 million, or 17.8%, to $31.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin decreased 1.2 percentage points for the three months ended September 30, 2025. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily due to lower profitability for our processing and hosting services, which was partially offset by higher profitability for our consulting and managed review services.

SG&A expenses decreased $3.7 million, or 14.0%, to $22.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 1.0% estimated negative impact from FX. SG&A expenses of 24.1% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 23.8% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation, travel and entertainment and outside services expenses.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues decreased $52.2 million, or 16.0%, to $274.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to lower demand for our M&A-related “second request” services.

Gross profit decreased $29.3 million, or 24.7%, to $89.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin decreased 3.8 percentage points for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily due to lower profitability for our processing and managed review services, largely resulting from the decline in revenues from our M&A-related “second request” services.

SG&A expenses decreased $8.1 million, or 10.4%, to $70.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. SG&A expenses of 25.5% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 23.9% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation, travel and entertainment and outside services expenses.

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STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(dollars in thousands)												(dollars in thousands)
Revenues			$	89,415					$	83,292					$	279,083					$	249,441
Percentage change in revenues from prior year			7.4		%				-4.1		%				11.9		%				2.8		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues			55,297						52,851						177,512						159,559
Selling, general and administrative expenses			18,185						19,214						56,033						56,418
Special charges			—						—						3,268						—
Amortization of intangible assets			68						39						206						208
			73,550						72,104						237,019						216,185
Segment operating income			15,865						11,188						42,064						33,256
Percentage change in segment operating income    from prior year			41.8		%				-10.5		%				26.5		%				2.4		%
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets			1,044						936						2,961						2,905
Special charges			—						—						3,268						—
Adjusted Segment EBITDA			$	16,909					$	12,124					$	48,293					$	36,161
Gross profit (1)			$	34,118					$	30,441					$	101,571					$	89,882
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year			12.1		%				0.1		%				13.0		%				5.4		%
Gross profit margin (2)			38.2		%				36.5		%				36.4		%				36.0		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues			18.9		%				14.6		%				17.3		%				14.5		%
Number of billable professionals (at period end)			904						997						904						997
Percentage change in number of billable    professionals from prior year			-9.3		%				-1.3		%				-9.3		%				-1.3		%

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues increased $6.1 million, or 7.4%, to $89.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 2.0% estimated positive impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues increased $4.4 million, or 5.3%, primarily due to higher demand for our corporate reputation services.

Gross profit increased $3.7 million, or 12.1%, to $34.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin increased 1.6 percentage points for the three months ended September 30, 2025. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to lower compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which included a 9.3% decline in billable headcount.

SG&A expenses decreased $1.0 million, or 5.4%, to $18.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 2.3% estimated negative impact from FX. SG&A expenses of 20.3% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 23.1% of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower infrastructure support and bad debt expenses.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Revenues increased $29.6 million, or 11.9%, to $279.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025,which included a 1.1% estimated positive impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues increased $26.9 million, or 10.8%, primarily due to higher demand for our corporate reputation services and a $12.9 million increase in pass-through revenues.

Gross profit increased $11.7 million, or 13.0%, to $101.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Gross profit margin increased 0.4 percentage points for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The increase in gross profit

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margin was primarily due to lower compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which included a 9.3% decline in billable headcount. This increase was partially offset by higher pass-through revenues and expenses.

SG&A expenses decreased $0.4 million, or 0.7%, to $56.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, which included a 1.3% estimated negative impact from FX. SG&A expenses of 20.1% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 22.6% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which we have prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 describes the significant accounting policies and methods used in preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenues, goodwill and intangible assets, income taxes and contingencies, on an ongoing basis. Our estimates are based on current facts and circumstances, historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable, which form the basis for making judgments about the values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The accounting estimates that reflect our more significant judgments, and which we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, include the following:

•Revenue Recognition

•Goodwill and Intangible Assets

There were no material changes to our critical accounting estimates from the information provided in “Critical Accounting Estimates” in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in Part II, Item 7, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, or from the information provided in Part II, Item 8, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

SIGNIFICANT NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 2, “New Accounting Standards” in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Liquidity

Our annual cash flows from operations generally exceed our cash needs for capital expenditures and debt service requirements. We typically finance our day-to-day operations, capital expenditures, acquisitions and share repurchases through cash flows from operations. We believe that our cash flows from operations, supplemented by borrowings under our Credit Facility, as necessary, will provide adequate cash to fund our cash needs for at least the next 12 months.

Our operating assets and liabilities consist primarily of billed and unbilled accounts receivable, notes receivable from employees, accounts payable, accrued expenses and accrued compensation expenses. The timing of billings and collections of receivables, as well as compensation and vendor payments, affects the changes in these balances.

Results of operations for our non-U.S. subsidiaries are translated from the designated functional currency to our reporting currency of USD. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates for each month, while assets and liabilities are translated at balance sheet date exchange rates. Resulting net translation adjustments are recorded as a component of stockholders’ equity in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss.”

Uncertainties and Trends Affecting Liquidity

Our conclusion that we will be able to fund our cash requirements for at least the next 12 months by using existing capital resources and cash generated from operations does not take into account events beyond our control that could result in a material adverse impact on our business, the impact of any future acquisitions or unexpected significant changes in the number of employees or other unanticipated uses of cash. The anticipated cash needs of our business could change significantly if we pursue and complete additional business acquisitions, if our business plans change, if events such as economic, political and workforce disruptions arise, including any impact of future public health crises, or economic, political or business conditions change from those currently prevailing or from those now anticipated, or if unexpected circumstances or other events beyond

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our control arise that may have a material adverse effect on the cash flow or profitability of our business, including material negative changes in the health and welfare of our employees or those of our clients, and the operating performance or financial results of our business. Any of these events or circumstances, including any new business opportunities, could involve significant additional funding and could require us to borrow under our Credit Facility or raise additional debt or equity funding to meet those needs. Our ability to borrow or raise additional capital, if necessary, is subject to a variety of factors that we cannot predict with certainty, including:

•our future profitability;

•the quality of our accounts receivable;

•our relative levels of debt and equity;

•the volatility and overall condition of the capital markets; and

•the market prices of our securities.

Any new debt funding, if available, may be on terms less favorable to us than our Credit Facility. See “Forward-Looking Statements” in Part I, Item 2, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and the information contained under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Cash Flows

			Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2025						2024
Cash Flows			(dollars in thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			$	(207,624)					$	79,782
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			$	(50,142)					$	3,517
Net cash used in financing activities			$	(277,283)					$	(4,873)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents			$	20,523					$	4,696
DSO (1)			102						108

(1)DSO is a performance measure used to assess how quickly revenues are collected by the Company. We calculate DSO at the end of each reporting period by dividing net accounts receivable reduced by billings in excess of services provided, by revenues for the quarter, adjusted for changes in FX rates. We multiply the result by the number of days in the quarter.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Net cash used in operating activities of $207.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $79.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in net cash used in operating activities was primarily due to an increase in forgivable loan issuances, and higher compensation and income tax payments. DSO was 102 and 108 days as of September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Net cash used in investing activities of $50.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in net cash used in investing activities was due to a $28.4 million increase in capital expenditures, primarily related to higher spend on leasehold improvements and cloud computing costs as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as well as the prior year maturity of a short-term investment of $25.2 million, which created an inflow in the comparative prior year period.

Net cash used in financing activities of $277.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $4.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in net cash used in financing activities was primarily due to $770.9 million in payments for common stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program, which was partially offset by an increase in net borrowings of $510.0 million under our Credit Facility compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

The effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents had a favorable impact of $20.5 million and $4.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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Cash paid for income taxes and tax credits, net of tax refunds, included $28.9 million and $23.5 million of payments for the purchase of tax credits during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Principal Sources of Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2025, our capital resources included $146.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and available borrowing capacity of $390.0 million under the revolving line of credit under our Credit Facility. The $900.0 million revolving line of credit under our Credit Facility includes a $125.0 million sublimit for borrowings in currencies other than USD, including the euro, British pound, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Japanese yen.

The availability of borrowings, as well as issuances and extensions of letters of credit under our Credit Facility, are subject to specified conditions. Subject to certain conditions, at any time prior to maturity, we will be able to invite existing and new lenders to increase the size of the facility up to a maximum of $1.2 billion. See Note 8, “Debt” in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a further discussion of variable interest rates and guarantees under the Credit Facility.

The second amended and restated credit agreement entered into on November 21, 2022 (the “Credit Agreement”) governing the Credit Facility and our other indebtedness outstanding from time to time contains covenants that, among other things, may limit our ability to: incur additional indebtedness; create liens; pay dividends on our capital stock, make distributions or repurchases of our capital stock or make specified other restricted payments; consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our assets; guarantee obligations of other entities or our foreign subsidiaries; enter into hedging agreements; enter into transactions with affiliates or related persons; or engage in any business other than consulting-related businesses. In addition, the Credit Agreement includes a financial covenant that requires us not to exceed a maximum consolidated total net leverage ratio (the ratio of funded debt (less unrestricted cash up to $300.0 million) to Consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the Credit Agreement). As of September 30, 2025, we were in compliance with the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement. See Note 8, “Debt” in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a further discussion of the Credit Agreement.

Principal Uses of Capital Resources

Future Capital Requirements

We anticipate that our future capital requirements will principally consist of funds required for:

•operating and general corporate expenses;

•capital expenditures, primarily for information technology equipment and systems, office furniture and leasehold improvements;

•debt service requirements, including interest payments;

•compensation to designated executive management and senior managing directors under our various long-term incentive compensation programs, including forgivable loans;

•discretionary funding of the Repurchase Program;

•contingent obligations related to our acquisitions;

•potential acquisitions of businesses; and

•other known future contractual obligations.

Capital Expenditures

During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we spent $50.1 million in capital expenditures to support our organization. For the remainder of 2025, we currently expect additional capital expenditures to support our organization in an aggregate amount of between $13 million and $15 million. Our estimate takes into consideration the needs of our existing businesses but does not include the impact of any purchases that we may be required to make as a result of future acquisitions or specific client engagements that are not completed or not currently contemplated. Our capital expenditure requirements may change if our staffing levels or technology needs change significantly from what we currently anticipate, if we are required to purchase additional equipment specifically to support new client engagements, or if we pursue and complete additional acquisitions.

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Share Repurchase Program

During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we made $770.9 million in payments for common stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program. We had $75.3 million remaining available under the Repurchase Program to repurchase additional shares of our common stock as of September 30, 2025.

Future Contractual Obligations

Our future contractual obligations as of September 30, 2025 include long-term obligations of $510.0 million related to outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility. For more information on our Credit Facility, refer to Note 8, “Debt” in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Under our operating leases as described in Note 9, “Leases” in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we have current obligations of $33.4 million and non-current obligations of $226.0 million as of September 30, 2025.

These amounts reflect future unconditional payments and are based on the terms of the relevant agreements, appropriate classification of items under GAAP currently in effect and certain assumptions such as interest rates. Future events could cause actual payments to differ from these amounts.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company was contingently liable under bank guarantees issued in favor of third parties that totaled $19.1 million and $10.9 million, respectively. These bank guarantees primarily support bid and performance obligations and operating leases for office space. The amounts are guaranteed under guarantee facilities totaling $47.5 million and $42.7 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company had $28.3 million and $31.8 million available under the guarantee facilities as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. These bank guarantees are issued separately from our Credit Facility and, as a result, do not affect available borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that involve uncertainties and risks. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, initiatives, projections, prospects, policies, processes and practices, objectives, goals, commitments, strategies, future events, future revenues, future results and performance, future capital allocations and expenditures, expectations, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, share repurchases and other matters, business trends, new, or changes to, laws and regulations, including U.S. and foreign tax laws, environmental, social and governance (“ESG”)-related issues, climate change-related matters, scientific or technological developments, including relating to new and emerging technologies, such as AI and machine learning and other information that is not historical. Forward-looking statements often contain words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “commits,” “aspires,” “forecasts,” “future,” “goal,” “seeks” and variations of such words or similar expressions. All forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, management’s financial guidance and examination of operating trends, are based upon our historical performance and our current plans, estimates, intentions and expectations at the time we make them, and various assumptions. Our actual financial results, performance or achievements and outcomes could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements. Any references to standards of measurement and performance made regarding our climate change-, ESG- or other sustainability-related plans, goals, commitments, intentions, aspirations, forecasts or projections, or expectations are developing and based on assumptions. There can be no assurance that management’s plans, performance, expectations, intentions, aspirations, beliefs, goals, estimates, forecasts and projections, including any that are ESG- or other sustainability-related, will result or be achieved, and the inclusion of any forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the future plans, estimates, forecasts, intentions, aspirations, beliefs or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in, or implied by, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include those set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as well as in other information that we file with the SEC from time to time. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, the following:

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•changes in demand for our services;

•our ability to recruit and retain qualified professionals and senior management, including segment, industry and regional leaders;

•conflicts resulting in our inability to represent certain clients;

•our former employees joining or forming competing businesses;

•the enactment of legislation rendering contractual protections against competition by former employees unenforceable;

•our ability to manage our headcount needs and our professionals’ utilization and billing rates and maintain or increase the pricing of our services and products;

•our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates, negotiate favorable terms, take advantage of opportunistic acquisition situations and integrate the operations of acquisitions, as well as the costs of integration;

•our ability to adapt to and manage the risks associated with operating in non-U.S. markets;

•our ability to replace key personnel, including former executives, officers, senior managers and practice and regional leaders who have highly specialized skills and experience;

•our ability to protect the confidentiality of internal and client data and proprietary and confidential information, including from cyberattacks, systems failures or other similar events or outside or internal bad actors, or the use or misuse of social media;

•legislation or judicial rulings, including legislation or rulings regarding data privacy and the discovery process;

•periodic fluctuations in revenues, operating income and cash flows;

•damage to our reputation as a result of claims involving the quality of our services, failures of our internal information technology systems controls or adverse publicity relating to certain clients or engagements;

•fee discounting or renegotiation, lower pricing, less advantageous contract terms and unexpected termination of client engagements;

•competition for clients and key personnel;

•general economic factors, industry trends, restructuring and bankruptcy rates, legal or regulatory requirements, capital market conditions, merger and acquisition activity, major litigation activity, geopolitical disruptions and other events outside of our control;

•our ability to manage growth;

•risk of non-payment of receivables;

•the amount and terms of our outstanding indebtedness;

•risks relating to the obsolescence, replacement, protection, implementation or operation of our information technology systems, including our enterprise resource planning and other financial systems, and software, proprietary software products, intellectual property rights and trade secrets, which could adversely affect our ability to retain or win clients, conduct business, preserve or enhance our reputation, maintain business continuity or report financial results;

•risks relating to the adoption and integration of technological innovations such as AI and machine learning;

•foreign currency disruptions and currency fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies;

•U.S. and foreign tax law changes, including the enactment of tax legislation, proposed from time to time, into law, which could increase our effective tax rate and cash tax expenditures;

•physical risks related to climate change, including rising temperatures, severe storms, energy disruptions, fires or wildfires, flooding and rising sea levels, among others, which could adversely impact our ability to conduct business

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or maintain business continuity, including by affecting our access to our leased office space in affected geographies and the integrity of our information technology systems;

•our climate change and ESG-related initiatives and goals, including our policies and practices relating to the environment and climate change, sustainability, and inclusion, if they do not meet or keep pace with current or evolving governmental, investor or other stakeholder or media (including social media) expectations and standards or rules and regulations; and

•fluctuations in the mix of our services and the geographic locations in which our clients are located or our services are rendered.

There may be other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf apply only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included herein. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances and do not intend to do so.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

For information regarding our exposure to certain market risks, see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in Part II, Item 7A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. There have been no material changes in our market risk exposure during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, was made under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (a) were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is timely recorded, processed, summarized and reported and (b) included, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time in the ordinary course of business, we are subject to claims, asserted or unasserted, or named as a party to lawsuits or investigations. Litigation, in general, and intellectual property and securities litigation in particular, can be expensive and disruptive to normal business operations. Moreover, the results of legal proceedings cannot be predicted with any certainty and in the case of more complex legal proceedings such as intellectual property and securities litigation, the results are difficult to predict at all. We are not aware of any asserted or unasserted legal proceedings or claims that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or our results of operations.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in any risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC. We may disclose changes to risk factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may impair our business operations.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Unregistered sales of equity securities.

None.

Repurchases of our common stock.

The following table provides information with respect to purchases we made of our common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2025:

			Total Number of Shares Purchased						Average Price Paid per Share						Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program (1)						Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program
			(in thousands, except price per share data)
July 1 through July 31, 2025			533			(2)			$	165.11					530			(4)			$	221,903
August 1 through August 31, 2025			263						$	166.51					263			(5)			$	178,107
September 1 through September 30, 2025			638			(3)			$	162.43					633			(6)			$	75,256
			1,434												1,426

(1)On June 2, 2016, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program (the “Repurchase Program”), which was most recently increased by $400.0 million to an aggregate authorization of $1.7 billion on April 21, 2025. No time limit has been established for the completion of the Repurchase Program, and the Repurchase Program may be suspended, discontinued or replaced by the Board of Directors at any time without prior notice. During the quarter ended September 30, 2025, we repurchased an aggregate of 1,425,644 shares of our common stock under the Repurchase Program at an average price of $164.18 per share for a total cost of approximately $234.1 million.

(2)Includes 3,826 shares of common stock withheld to cover payroll tax withholdings.

(3)Includes 4,847 shares of common stock withheld to cover payroll tax withholdings.

(4)During the month ended July 31, 2025, we repurchased and retired 529,581 shares of common stock, at an average price per share of $165.10, for an aggregate cost of $87.4 million.

(5)During the month ended August 31, 2025, we repurchased and retired 262,996 shares of common stock, at an average price per share of $166.51, for an aggregate cost of $43.8 million.

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(6)During the month ended September 30, 2025, we repurchased and retired 633,067 shares of common stock, at an average price per share of $162.44, for an aggregate cost of $102.8 million.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

(c) Trading plans

During the quarter ended September 30, 2025, no director or Section 16 officer of the Company adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements (in each case, as defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K).

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit Number						Description
3.1						Articles of Incorporation of FTI Consulting, Inc., as amended and restated. (Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2003 as an Exhibit to FTI Consulting, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 21, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.)
3.2						Articles of Amendment of FTI Consulting, Inc. (Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2011 as an Exhibit to FTI Consulting, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.)
3.3						Bylaws of FTI Consulting, Inc., as Amended and Restated Adopted February 20, 2023. (Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2023 as an Exhibit to FTI Consulting, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 20, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.)
31.1†						Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.)
31.2†						Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.)
32.1†**						Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.)
32.2†**						Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.)
101						The following financial information from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of FTI Consulting, Inc., included herewith, and formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024; (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024; (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024; and (v) Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.
104						The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).

† Filed herewith.

** This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 23, 2025

FTI CONSULTING, INC.
By:						/s/ Brendan Keating
						Brendan Keating
						Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
						(principal accounting officer)

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FAQ

How did FTI Consulting (FCN) perform in Q3 2025?

Revenue was $956.2 million, diluted EPS was $2.60, operating income was $117.7 million, and Adjusted EBITDA was $130.6 million (margin 13.7%).

Which FCN segments drove Q3 2025 results?

Corporate Finance and FLC grew on higher rates and utilization; Economic Consulting and Technology declined year over year.

What were FCN’s share repurchases in Q3 2025 and year to date?

Repurchases were 1.426 million shares for $234.1 million in Q3 and $775.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

What is FCN’s liquidity and leverage position?

Cash was $145.97 million and long‑term debt was $510.0 million as of September 30, 2025.

What were FCN’s Q3 2025 cash flows?

Operating cash flow was $201.9 million and Free Cash Flow was $187.0 million for the quarter.

How many FCN shares were outstanding recently?

Common stock outstanding was 30,876,070 shares as of October 16, 2025.

Were there special charges in 2025?

Yes, $25.3 million year to date tied to headcount reductions; these concluded by March 31, 2025.