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Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J) vs Tetra Tech, Inc. (TTEK)

Jacobs Solutions Inc. and Tetra Tech, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Jacobs Solutions Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $16.6B against $8.9B — 1.9× the size. Tetra Tech, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.8× against 49.7×. Jacobs Solutions Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.1% against −7.61%. Tetra Tech, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.60% vs 2.38%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.8% vs 7.19%). Both pay a dividend; Jacobs Solutions Inc. yields more (0.99% vs 0.79%). Across the 23 metrics below, Tetra Tech, Inc. leads on 16 and Jacobs Solutions Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric J TTEK Engineering & Construction median
P/E 49.68 20.79 29.24
P/S 1.17 1.77 1.09
P/B 5.11 4.84 3.39
Price to free cash flow 25.59 16.35 24.81
EV/EBITDA 22.48 13.88 14.38
EV/Sales 1.39 1.93 1.37
Earnings yield 2.01% 4.81% 2.83%
Free cash flow yield 3.91% 6.12% 2.28%

Profitability

Metric J TTEK Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 22.07% 18.78% 18.76%
Operating margin 4.57% 12.07% 6.26%
Net margin 2.38% 8.60% 2.23%
Free cash flow margin 4.56% 10.81% 1.83%
Return on equity 9.56% 24.26% 7.90%
Return on assets 2.92% 9.97% 0.87%
Return on invested capital 7.19% 15.78% 2.52%

Growth

Metric J TTEK Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.14% (7.61%) 16.67%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (62.34%) (24.39%) 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.38%) 12.69% 11.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (10.07%) 7.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric J TTEK Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.10 0.43 0.40
Current ratio 1.29 1.18 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA 0.91 1.00 0.38

Dividend

Metric J TTEK Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield 0.99% 0.79% 0.63%
Payout ratio 0.50 0.17 0.17

Size

Metric J TTEK Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 16.62b 8.91b 1.09b

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