Contrasting TTEC (NASDAQ:TTEC) & Atlantic International (NASDAQ:ATLN)

TTEC (NASDAQ:TTEC) and Atlantic International (NASDAQ:ATLN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

TTEC has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic International has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TTEC and Atlantic International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TTEC	$2.21 billion	0.08	$8.43 million	($6.74)	-0.55
Atlantic International	$442.61 million	0.45	-$5.63 million	($6.63)	-0.60

TTEC has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic International. Atlantic International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TTEC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for TTEC and Atlantic International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TTEC	0	2	2	0	2.50
Atlantic International	0	0	0	0	0.00

TTEC presently has a consensus price target of $10.83, indicating a potential upside of 189.66%. Given TTEC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TTEC is more favorable than Atlantic International.

Profitability

This table compares TTEC and Atlantic International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TTEC	-14.69%	5.00%	1.15%
Atlantic International	N/A	-298.20%	-42.32%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

38.0% of TTEC shares are held by institutional investors. 59.3% of TTEC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of Atlantic International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TTEC beats Atlantic International on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TTEC

TTEC Holdings, Inc. operates as a customer experience (CX) company that designs, builds, and operates technology-enabled customer experiences across digital and live interaction channels. It operates through two segments, TTEC Digital and TTEC Engage. The TTEC Digital segment provides CX technologies for contact center as a service, customer relationship management, and artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics; creates and implements strategic CX transformation roadmaps; sells, operates, and provides managed services for cloud platforms and premise based CX technologies; creates proprietary IP to support industry specific and custom client needs; and offers CX consulting services. The TTEC Engage segment provides digitally enabled CX operational and managed services; delivers data-driven omnichannel customer care, customer acquisition, growth and retention services, tech support, trust and safety, and back-office solutions; and offers solutions for AI operations, including data annotation and labeling. It serves clients in the healthcare, automotive, government, financial services, communication, technology, travel, logistics, media and entertainment, e-tail/retail, and transportation industries with operations in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as TeleTech Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to TTEC Holdings, Inc. in January 2018. TTEC Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

About Atlantic International

Atlantic International Corp. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of genetic analysis technologies. Its services include RNA sequencing and DNA sequencing. The company was founded by William C. St. Laurent and Daniel R. Jones in 2013 and is headquartered in Billercia, MA.