TTEK vs. STN, BAH, VSEC, WLDN, MG, ROL, CLH, CWST, SRCL, and ABM
Should you be buying Tetra Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tetra Tech include Stantec (STN), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), VSE (VSEC), Willdan Group (WLDN), Mistras Group (MG), Rollins (ROL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Stericycle (SRCL), and ABM Industries (ABM).
Stantec (NYSE:STN) and Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Tetra Tech had 5 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tetra Tech and 6 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Tetra Tech's score of 0.70 indicating that Tetra Tech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tetra Tech has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Tetra Tech's net margin of 5.19%. Stantec's return on equity of 21.16% beat Tetra Tech's return on equity.
Stantec currently has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.05%. Tetra Tech has a consensus price target of $236.60, suggesting a potential upside of 12.37%. Given Tetra Tech's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stantec is more favorable than Tetra Tech.
Tetra Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stantec. Stantec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetra Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stantec pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Tetra Tech pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stantec pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tetra Tech pays out 23.5% 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. Stantec has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Stantec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Stantec has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tetra Tech received 80 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Tetra Tech an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Tetra Tech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tetra Tech beats Stantec on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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