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).
Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) and Stantec (NYSE:STN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Tetra Tech currently has a consensus target price of $236.60, indicating a potential upside of 16.22%. Stantec has a consensus target price of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.82%. Given Stantec's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stantec is more favorable than Tetra Tech.
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 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 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 has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Stantec shares are held 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.
Tetra Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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, Stantec had 3 more articles in the media than Tetra Tech. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Stantec and 3 mentions for Tetra Tech. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Tetra Tech's score of 1.63 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tetra Tech beats Stantec on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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