TSS (TSSI) Competitors

TELUS International (Cda) (NYSE:TIXT) and TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Does the media favor TIXT or TSSI?

In the previous week, TSS had 2 more articles in the media than TELUS International (Cda). MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TSS and 1 mentions for TELUS International (Cda). TELUS International (Cda)'s average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat TSS's score of 0.85 indicating that TELUS International (Cda) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TELUS International (Cda)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
TSS	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, TIXT or TSSI?

TELUS International (Cda) has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TSS has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TIXT or TSSI?

59.5% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of TSS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TIXT or TSSI?

TSS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TELUS International (Cda). TELUS International (Cda) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TSS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TELUS International (Cda)	$2.66B	0.26	-$61M	-$0.35	-7.07
TSS	$148.14M	1.19	$70K	$0.24	30.75

Do analysts prefer TIXT or TSSI?

TELUS International (Cda) currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 142.42%. Given TELUS International (Cda)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TELUS International (Cda) is more favorable than TSS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TELUS International (Cda)	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.12
TSS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TIXT or TSSI?

TELUS International (Cda) received 58 more outperform votes than TSS when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TELUS International (Cda)	Outperform Votes 58 42.03%	Underperform Votes 80 57.97%
TSS	N/A	N/A

Is TIXT or TSSI more profitable?

TSS has a net margin of 3.59% compared to TELUS International (Cda)'s net margin of -2.30%. TSS's return on equity of 87.89% beat TELUS International (Cda)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TELUS International (Cda)	-2.30%	5.73%	2.48%
TSS	3.59%	87.89%	11.84%

Summary

TSS beats TELUS International (Cda) on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.