This is therefore a contrasting of the profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and valuation in Hill International Inc. (NYSE:HIL) and TTEC Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEC). The two are both Business Services companies that compete with one another.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Hill International Inc. | 446.97M | 0.39 | 29.43M | -0.55 | 0.00 |
| TTEC Holdings Inc. | 1.51B | 1.06 | 35.82M | -1.91 | 0.00 |
Table 1 demonstrates Hill International Inc. and TTEC Holdings Inc.’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 represents Hill International Inc. (NYSE:HIL) and TTEC Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEC)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Hill International Inc. | -6.58% | -32.5% | -11.8% |
| TTEC Holdings Inc. | 2.37% | -7.8% | -2.5% |
Risk & Volatility
Hill International Inc. has a 1.08 beta, while its volatility is 8.00%, thus making it more volatile than S&P 500. TTEC Holdings Inc.’s 20.00% less volatile than S&P 500 which is a result of the 0.8 beta.
Liquidity
The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of Hill International Inc. are 1.7 and 1.7 respectively. Its competitor TTEC Holdings Inc.’s Current Ratio is 2.1 and its Quick Ratio is 2.1. TTEC Holdings Inc. can pay off short and long-term obligations better than Hill International Inc.
Dividends
Meanwhile, TTEC Holdings Inc.’s annual dividend is $0.55 per share and it also boasts of a 1.58% dividend yield. Hill International Inc. does not pay a dividend.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
The shares of both Hill International Inc. and TTEC Holdings Inc. are owned by institutional investors at 61.7% and 28.4% respectively. 1.7% are Hill International Inc.’s share owned by insiders. On the other hand, insiders owned about 0.5% of TTEC Holdings Inc.’s shares.
Performance
Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Hill International Inc. | 0.61% | -2.07% | 3.44% | -22.12% | -39.82% | 7.47% |
| TTEC Holdings Inc. | -3.02% | 2.69% | 24.97% | 30.28% | -3.97% | 20.16% |
For the past year Hill International Inc. was less bullish than TTEC Holdings Inc.
Summary
TTEC Holdings Inc. beats Hill International Inc. on 10 of the 11 factors.
Hill International, Inc. provides project and construction management, and other consulting services primarily for the buildings, transportation, environmental, energy, and industrial markets. The company offers program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, troubled project turnaround, staff augmentation, project labor agreement consulting, commissioning, estimating and cost management, and labor compliance and facilities management services. It also manages various phases of the construction process for construction owners, which include cost and budget controls, scheduling, estimating, expediting, inspection, contract administration, and management of contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers. The company primarily serves the United States and other national governments, state and local governments, foreign governments, and the private sector customers. Hill International, Inc. operates in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
TeleTech Holdings, Inc. provides technology enabled customer experience services. It operates through four segments: Customer Management Services, Customer Growth Services, Customer Technology Services, and Customer Strategy Services. The Customer Management Services segment offers customer experience delivery solutions, which integrate technology with customer experience professionals to optimize the customer experience across various channels and stages of the customer lifecycle from an onshore, offshore, or work-from-home environment. The Customer Growth Services segment provides technology-enabled sales and marketing solutions, including sales advisory, search engine optimization, digital demand generation, lead qualification, and acquisition sales, growth, and retention services. The Customer Technology Services segment offers system design consulting, customer experience technology product, and implementation and integration consulting services, as well as manages clientsÂ’ cloud and on-premise solutions. The Customer Strategy Services segment provides professional services in customer experience strategy and operations, insights, system and operational process optimization, and culture development and knowledge management. The company serves automotive, communication, financial services, government, healthcare, logistics, media and entertainment, retail, technology, travel, and transportation industries. It has operations in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. TeleTech Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
