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
Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Tetra Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tetra Tech had 6 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Tetra Tech and 6 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Tetra Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.54 indicating that Tetra Tech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.94%. Tetra Tech has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.66%. Given Tetra Tech's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tetra Tech is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Tetra Tech pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tetra Tech pays out 32.5% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Tetra Tech has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Tetra Tech's net margin of 3.94%. Tetra Tech's return on equity of 24.70% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats Tetra Tech on 11 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
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This page (NASDAQ:TTEK) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
