TTEK vs. ALLE, RRX, CCK, ATR, STN, DCI, AOS, AGCO, LECO, and GPK
Should you be buying Tetra Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tetra Tech include Allegion (ALLE), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Stantec (STN), Donaldson (DCI), A. O. Smith (AOS), AGCO (AGCO), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Graphic Packaging (GPK).
Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) and Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Tetra Tech had 32 more articles in the media than Allegion. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Tetra Tech and 8 mentions for Allegion. Tetra Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Allegion's score of 0.69 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allegion has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Allegion has a net margin of 14.93% compared to Allegion's net margin of 5.36%. Tetra Tech's return on equity of 48.58% beat Allegion's return on equity.
Tetra Tech received 42 more outperform votes than Allegion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Tetra Tech an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.
Allegion presently has a consensus price target of $127.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.03%. Tetra Tech has a consensus price target of $221.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.57%. Given Allegion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tetra Tech is more favorable than Allegion.
92.2% of Allegion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Allegion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Tetra Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Allegion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tetra Tech. Allegion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetra Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Allegion pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Tetra Tech pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Allegion pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tetra Tech pays out 21.1% 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. Allegion has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Tetra Tech has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Allegion is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Tetra Tech beats Allegion on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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