Tetra Tech (TTEK) Competitors

Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Is TTEK or BAH a better dividend stock?

Tetra Tech pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Booz Allen Hamilton pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Tetra Tech pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Booz Allen Hamilton pays out 32.0% 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. Booz Allen Hamilton has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Booz Allen Hamilton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TTEK or BAH?

Booz Allen Hamilton has higher revenue and earnings than Tetra Tech. Booz Allen Hamilton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetra Tech, 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
Tetra Tech	$5.20B	2.07	$333.38M	$1.23	32.65
Booz Allen Hamilton	$10.66B	1.73	$605.71M	$6.37	22.64

Do analysts prefer TTEK or BAH?

Tetra Tech currently has a consensus price target of $49.32, indicating a potential upside of 22.63%. Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus price target of $180.63, indicating a potential upside of 25.25%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Booz Allen Hamilton is more favorable than Tetra Tech.

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
Booz Allen Hamilton	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TTEK or BAH?

93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Tetra Tech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, TTEK or BAH?

Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TTEK or BAH?

Booz Allen Hamilton received 56 more outperform votes than Tetra Tech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.26% of users gave Tetra Tech an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tetra Tech	Outperform Votes 489 67.26%	Underperform Votes 238 32.74%
Booz Allen Hamilton	Outperform Votes 545 64.12%	Underperform Votes 305 35.88%

Is TTEK or BAH more profitable?

Booz Allen Hamilton has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Tetra Tech's net margin of 6.41%. Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity of 69.67% beat Tetra Tech's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tetra Tech	6.41%	20.64%	8.38%
Booz Allen Hamilton	7.25%	69.67%	11.59%

Does the media refer more to TTEK or BAH?

In the previous week, Tetra Tech had 31 more articles in the media than Booz Allen Hamilton. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Tetra Tech and 12 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Tetra Tech's score of 0.73 indicating that Booz Allen Hamilton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tetra Tech	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Booz Allen Hamilton	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Booz Allen Hamilton beats Tetra Tech on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.