TTEC vs. TBI, HQI, RCMT, CCRN, DLHC, KELYA, BBSI, KFRC, TINV, and LSAK
Should you be buying TTEC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TTEC include TrueBlue (TBI), HireQuest (HQI), RCM Technologies (RCMT), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), DLH (DLHC), Kelly Services (KELYA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kforce (KFRC), Tiga Acquisition (TINV), and Lesaka Technologies (LSAK). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) and TTEC (NASDAQ:TTEC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
TTEC has a net margin of -0.52% compared to TTEC's net margin of -0.63%. TrueBlue's return on equity of 9.61% beat TTEC's return on equity.
TrueBlue received 7 more outperform votes than TTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.05% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote while only 60.56% of users gave TTEC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TrueBlue had 1 more articles in the media than TTEC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TrueBlue and 2 mentions for TTEC. TrueBlue's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat TTEC's score of 0.44 indicating that TTEC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TrueBlue presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.82%. TTEC has a consensus target price of $15.60, indicating a potential upside of 148.80%. Given TrueBlue's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TTEC is more favorable than TrueBlue.
TTEC has higher revenue and earnings than TrueBlue. TrueBlue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TTEC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TrueBlue has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TTEC has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.2% of TrueBlue shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of TTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of TrueBlue shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.3% of TTEC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
TTEC beats TrueBlue on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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