TTEK vs. STN, BAH, VSEC, ROL, CLH, CWST, SRCL, ABM, SP, and WLDN
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), Rollins (ROL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), SP Plus (SP), and Willdan Group (WLDN).
Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) and Stantec (NYSE:STN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Tetra Tech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tetra Tech has higher revenue and 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.
In the previous week, Tetra Tech had 2 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tetra Tech and 2 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Tetra Tech's score of 1.28 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tetra Tech pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Tetra Tech pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 27.1% 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.
Tetra Tech received 78 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.37% of users gave Tetra Tech an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Tetra Tech has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Stantec's net margin of 5.19%. Tetra Tech's return on equity of 21.16% beat Stantec's return on equity.
Tetra Tech presently has a consensus price target of $236.60, suggesting a potential upside of 12.94%. Stantec has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.14%. Given Stantec's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stantec is more favorable than Tetra Tech.
Summary
Tetra Tech beats Stantec on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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