TTEK vs. AIT, DCI, ROL, CLH, CWST, ABM, TISI, WM, RSG, and ATMU
Should you be buying Tetra Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tetra Tech include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Donaldson (DCI), Rollins (ROL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), and Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU).
Tetra Tech vs. Its Competitors
Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.64% compared to Tetra Tech's net margin of 3.44%. Tetra Tech's return on equity of 23.31% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.
Tetra Tech presently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.58%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Tetra Tech's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Tetra Tech is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.
Tetra Tech pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Tetra Tech pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% 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. Tetra Tech has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Applied Industrial Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Applied Industrial Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tetra Tech. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetra Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Tetra Tech. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 7 mentions for Tetra Tech. Tetra Tech's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 1.03 indicating that Tetra Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Tetra Tech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats Tetra Tech on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:TTEK) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
