This is therefore a comparing of the dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation in Vectrus Inc. (NYSE:VEC) and Newtek Business Services Corp. (NASDAQ:NEWT). 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
Vectrus Inc.	1.28B	0.25	35.30M	3.28	8.46
Newtek Business Services Corp.	49.52M	7.93	35.68M	0.00	0.00

Table 1 showcases the top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation of Vectrus Inc. and Newtek Business Services Corp.

Profitability

Table 2 shows us the return on assets, return on equity and net margins of both companies.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vectrus Inc.	2.76%	17.1%	6.5%
Newtek Business Services Corp.	72.05%	0%	0%

Risk & Volatility

A 1.57 beta means Vectrus Inc.’s volatility is 57.00% more than Standard & Poor’s 500’s volatility. Competitively, Newtek Business Services Corp. is 42.00% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500, because of the 1.42 beta.

Dividends

Newtek Business Services Corp. has an annual dividend pay of $1.8 per share while its annual dividend yield is 8.79%. Vectrus Inc. does not pay a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

The table shown features the ratings and recommendations for Vectrus Inc. and Newtek Business Services Corp.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vectrus Inc.	0	0	0	0.00
Newtek Business Services Corp.	0	1	1	2.50

On the other hand, Newtek Business Services Corp.’s potential downside is -0.49% and its consensus price target is $20.5.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

Institutional investors held 91.5% of Vectrus Inc. shares and 21.1% of Newtek Business Services Corp. shares. Insiders held roughly 1.6% of Vectrus Inc.’s shares. Comparatively, insiders own roughly 6.3% of Newtek Business Services Corp.’s shares.

Performance

In this table we provide 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)
Vectrus Inc.	-1.46%	10.12%	13.55%	-16.14%	1.39%	28.54%
Newtek Business Services Corp.	0.25%	4.25%	-7.41%	-14.06%	18.02%	15.31%

For the past year Vectrus Inc. has stronger performance than Newtek Business Services Corp.

Summary

On 7 of the 13 factors Vectrus Inc. beats Newtek Business Services Corp.

Vectrus, Inc. provides infrastructure asset management, logistics and supply chain management, and information technology and network communication services to the U.S. government worldwide. It offers infrastructure asset management services, such as civil engineering, infrastructure, operation and maintenance, security, warehouse management and distribution, ammunition management, air base maintenance and operation, communication, emergency, transportation, and life support services for U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy. The company also provides logistics and supply chain management services, including care of supplies in storage, warehouse management and distribution, supply point distribution, and transportation support, as well as equipment maintenance, repair, and services for U.S. Army and Marine Corps. In addition, it offers information technology and network communication services comprising sustainment of communications systems, network security, systems installation, and full life cycle management of information technology systems for the U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Newtek Business Services Corp. is a business development company specializing in providing financial and business services to the small-and medium-sized business market in the United States. The firm also seeks to invest in early stage businesses. The firm seeks to makes both debt and equity investments. Under debt investments, it focuses on first lien loans, which have terms of 1 to 25 years; second lien loans, which have terms of 5 to 25 years, and unsecured loans, which are provided to meet short-term funding needs and are repaid within 6 to 12 months. It operates through Electronic Payment Processing, Managed Technology Solutions, Small Business Finance, and Capcos segments. The company originates small business administration loans for the purpose of acquiring commercial real estate, machinery, equipment, and inventory, as well as to refinance debt and fund franchises, working capital, and business acquisitions; and offers small business loan servicing and consulting services to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and various other financial institutions, as well as provides management services. Its electronic payment processing services include credit and debit card processing, check approval, ancillary processing equipment and software to merchants, eCommerce, electronic solutions to accept non-cash payments, check conversion, remote deposit capture, ACH processing, and electronic gift and loyalty card programs. The company also provides Website hosting, dedicated server, and cloud hosting services; Web design and development; Internet marketing; data storage and backup and other related services; and ecommerce services, such as payment processing, online shopping cart tools, Website design and Web related services; Accounts Receivable Financing, and The Secure Gateway. In addition, it offers Newtek Advantage, a mobile, real-time operating platform enabling a business to access data on a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or PC for eCommerce, credit/debit transactions, Website statistics, payroll, insurance, and business loans. Further, the company sells personal, commercial, and health/benefits lines of insurance products; and payroll management processing and employee tax filing services. It has strategic alliances with American International Group, CTAA, Navy Federal Credit Union, Credit Union National Association, Pershing, and others to provide agent services to small business clients. The firm seeks to invest in New York and Louisiana area. The firm seeks to invest $0.3 million to $3 million in businesses. It provides small business terms loans ranging from $0.05 million to $10 million. The firm also provides account receivable financing ranging from $0.05 million to $1.5 million. It also provides $0.05 million to $10 million financing to owner occupied real estate businesses whose average net income over the last 2 years must not exceed $2.5 million. Newtek Business Services Corp., formerly known as Newtek Business Services Inc., was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Lake Success, New York with additional offices in Garden City, New York; Miami, Florida; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; New Orleans, Louisiana; and New York, New York.