TTEC (TTEC) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TTEC or TBI?

38.0% of TTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of TrueBlue shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.3% of TTEC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of TrueBlue shares are owned 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.

Does the media favor TTEC or TBI?

In the previous week, TrueBlue had 4 more articles in the media than TTEC. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TrueBlue and 8 mentions for TTEC. TTEC's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat TrueBlue's score of 0.06 indicating that TTEC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TTEC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TrueBlue	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, TTEC or TBI?

TTEC has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrueBlue has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TTEC or TBI?

TTEC has higher revenue and earnings than TrueBlue. TrueBlue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TTEC, 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
TTEC	$2.46B	0.11	$8.43M	-$6.58	-0.83
TrueBlue	$1.91B	0.13	-$14.17M	-$3.84	-2.13

Is TTEC or TBI more profitable?

TrueBlue has a net margin of -6.97% compared to TTEC's net margin of -13.39%. TTEC's return on equity of 7.38% beat TrueBlue's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TTEC	-13.39%	7.38%	1.91%
TrueBlue	-6.97%	-2.55%	-1.27%

Do analysts rate TTEC or TBI?

TTEC presently has a consensus target price of $11.90, suggesting a potential upside of 119.15%. TrueBlue has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.93%. Given TTEC's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TTEC is more favorable than TrueBlue.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TTEC	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
TrueBlue	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TTEC or TBI?

TrueBlue received 9 more outperform votes than TTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.14% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote while only 59.96% of users gave TTEC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TTEC	Outperform Votes 325 59.96%	Underperform Votes 217 40.04%
TrueBlue	Outperform Votes 334 63.14%	Underperform Votes 195 36.86%

Summary

TrueBlue beats TTEC on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.