TTEC (TTEC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend TTEC or KFRC?

TTEC presently has a consensus target price of $53.57, suggesting a potential upside of 66.58%. Kforce has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.28%. Given TTEC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TTEC is more favorable than Kforce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TTEC	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Kforce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TTEC or KFRC?

TTEC has higher revenue and earnings than Kforce. Kforce 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	$2.49 billion	0.61	$103.24 million	$1.86	17.29
Kforce	$1.71 billion	0.69	$75.43 million	$3.56	16.41

Does the media prefer TTEC or KFRC?

In the previous week, Kforce had 1 more articles in the media than TTEC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kforce and 4 mentions for TTEC. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat TTEC's score of 0.54 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is TTEC or KFRC more profitable?

Kforce has a net margin of 4.26% compared to TTEC's net margin of 3.56%. Kforce's return on equity of 42.70% beat TTEC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TTEC	3.56%	25.82%	6.79%
Kforce	4.26%	42.70%	20.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TTEC or KFRC?

Kforce received 89 more outperform votes than TTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.12% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave TTEC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TTEC	Outperform Votes 320 61.54%	Underperform Votes 200 38.46%
Kforce	Outperform Votes 409 63.12%	Underperform Votes 239 36.88%

Is TTEC or KFRC a better dividend stock?

TTEC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kforce pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. TTEC pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kforce pays out 40.4% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, TTEC or KFRC?

TTEC has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TTEC or KFRC?

36.9% of TTEC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Kforce shares are held by institutional investors. 59.3% of TTEC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Kforce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Kforce beats TTEC on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.