Tetra Tech (TTEK) Competitors

Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) and VSE (NASDAQ:VSEC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Is TTEK or VSEC a better dividend stock?

Tetra Tech pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. VSE pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Tetra Tech pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TTEK or VSEC?

93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of VSE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Tetra Tech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of VSE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend TTEK or VSEC?

Tetra Tech presently has a consensus price target of $50.68, indicating a potential upside of 7.03%. VSE has a consensus price target of $116.83, indicating a potential downside of 3.73%. Given Tetra Tech's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tetra Tech is more favorable than VSE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tetra Tech	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
VSE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer TTEK or VSEC?

In the previous week, Tetra Tech had 1 more articles in the media than VSE. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Tetra Tech and 31 mentions for VSE. Tetra Tech's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat VSE's score of 0.25 indicating that Tetra Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tetra Tech	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VSE	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TTEK or VSEC more profitable?

Tetra Tech has a net margin of 5.72% compared to VSE's net margin of 1.36%. Tetra Tech's return on equity of 21.50% beat VSE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tetra Tech	5.72%	21.50%	8.36%
VSE	1.36%	7.26%	3.60%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TTEK or VSEC?

Tetra Tech has higher revenue and earnings than VSE.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tetra Tech	$4.52B	2.80	$273.42M	$1.08	43.76
VSE	$860.49M	2.88	$39.13M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TTEK or VSEC?

Tetra Tech received 299 more outperform votes than VSE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.27% of users gave Tetra Tech an outperform vote while only 60.65% of users gave VSE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tetra Tech	Outperform Votes 487 67.27%	Underperform Votes 237 32.73%
VSE	Outperform Votes 188 60.65%	Underperform Votes 122 39.35%

Which has more volatility & risk, TTEK or VSEC?

Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VSE has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tetra Tech beats VSE on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.