TTEK vs. STN, BAH, VSEC, ROL, CLH, CWST, SRCL, ABM, SP, and WLDN
Should you be buying Tetra Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tetra Tech include Stantec (STN), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), VSE (VSEC), Rollins (ROL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), SP Plus (SP), and Willdan Group (WLDN).
Stantec (NYSE:STN) and Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
63.9% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Tetra Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tetra Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stantec. Stantec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetra Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tetra Tech received 78 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.37% of users gave Tetra Tech an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Stantec pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Tetra Tech pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stantec pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tetra Tech pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Stantec has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Tetra Tech has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Stantec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Stantec currently has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.47%. Tetra Tech has a consensus target price of $236.60, suggesting a potential upside of 13.90%. Given Tetra Tech's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Stantec is more favorable than Tetra Tech.
Tetra Tech has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Tetra Tech's net margin of 5.19%. Stantec's return on equity of 21.16% beat Tetra Tech's return on equity.
Stantec has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tetra Tech had 7 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tetra Tech and 4 mentions for Stantec. Tetra Tech's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Stantec's score of 1.12 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tetra Tech beats Stantec on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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