Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK – Get Free Report) and Smart Powerr (NASDAQ:CREG – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Tetra Tech and Smart Powerr’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tetra Tech | 8.60% | 22.32% | 9.47% |
| Smart Powerr | -732.00% | -1.95% | -1.76% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
93.9% of Tetra Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Smart Powerr shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Tetra Tech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Smart Powerr 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.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tetra Tech | $5.44 billion | 1.57 | $247.72 million | $1.66 | 20.08 |
| Smart Powerr | $350,237.00 | 1.15 | -$2.90 million | ($1.90) | -0.08 |
Tetra Tech has higher revenue and earnings than Smart Powerr. Smart Powerr is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetra Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Tetra Tech and Smart Powerr, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tetra Tech | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Smart Powerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Tetra Tech presently has a consensus target price of $38.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.76%. Given Tetra Tech’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tetra Tech is more favorable than Smart Powerr.
Volatility & Risk
Tetra Tech has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Powerr has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tetra Tech beats Smart Powerr on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech, Inc. provides consulting and engineering services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Government Services Group (GSG) and Commercial/International Services Group (CIG). The GSG segment offers early data collection and monitoring, data analysis and information management, science and engineering applied research, engineering design, project management, and operations and maintenance services; and climate change and energy management consulting, as well as greenhouse gas inventory assessment, certification, reduction, and management services. This segment serves federal, state, and local governments; and development agencies in water resources analysis and water management, environmental monitoring, data analytics, government consulting, waste management, and a range of civil infrastructure master planning and engineering design markets. The CIG segment provides early data collection and monitoring, data analysis and information management, feasibility studies and assessments, science and engineering applied research, engineering design, project management, and operations and maintenance services; and environmental remediation and reconstruction services, and industrial water treatment services. This segment serves natural resources, energy, and utilities markets, as well as sustainable infrastructure master planning and engineering design for facilities, transportation, and local development projects. Tetra Tech, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
About Smart Powerr
Smart Powerr Corp. engages in the waste energy recycling business in China. The company provides energy saving and recovery facilities for various energy intensive industries; waste energy recycling systems for use in nonferrous metal plants; and clean-technology and energy-efficient solutions to reduce air pollution and energy shortage problems. It also designs, finances, constructs, and installs the waste energy recycling project to mid to large-size enterprises involved in high energy-consuming businesses; and provides project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, technical, financial leasing, and financial leasing transactions and consulting services; purchases, repairs, and disposes financial leasing assets; sells and leases energy saving systems and equipment. In addition, the company offers waste gas-to-energy solutions comprising the waste gas power generation system that utilizes flammable waste gas to generate electricity; and flammable waste gases emitted from industrial production processes, such as blast furnace gas, and coke furnace gas, oil or gas to power gas-fired generators, as well as uses the waste heat generated in industrial production to make steam to generate electricity through a steam turbine. Further, it markets its projects to the industrial manufacturers to utilize energy recovery projects in their manufacturing processes, including steel, cement, nonferrous metal, coal, and petrochemical industries. The company was formerly known as China Recycling Energy Corporation and changed its name to Smart Powerr Corp. in March 2022. Smart Powerr Corp. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Xi'an, China.
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