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$11.16 -0.20 (-1.76%)
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GLDD vs. MYRG, AGX, TPC, AMRC, NWPX, MTRX, ORN, PWR, EME, and FIX

Should you be buying Great Lakes Dredge & Dock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock include MYR Group (MYRG), Argan (AGX), Tutor Perini (TPC), Ameresco (AMRC), NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), Orion Group (ORN), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), and Comfort Systems USA (FIX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock vs. Its Competitors

MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) are both construction & engineering companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of 8.63% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 1.02%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of 15.72% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MYR Group1.02% 5.84% 2.21%
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 8.63%15.72%5.85%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MYR Group. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MYR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MYR Group$3.36B0.89$30.26M$2.1888.05
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock$762.69M0.99$57.26M$1.0210.94

MYR Group currently has a consensus price target of $180.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.22%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.45%. Given Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is more favorable than MYR Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MYR Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, MYR Group had 9 more articles in the media than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MYR Group and 3 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat MYR Group's score of 0.58 indicating that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MYR Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MYR Group has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats MYR Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GLDD vs. The Competition

MetricGreat Lakes Dredge & DockBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$771.64M$15.40B$9.40B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%2.05%4.03%
P/E Ratio10.9428.3416.0020.09
Price / Sales0.991.07111.4499.01
Price / Cash6.1413.1714.8258.27
Price / Book1.673.974.505.65
Net Income$57.26M$1.37B$622.34M$257.91M
7 Day Performance0.81%0.60%-1.93%2.09%
1 Month Performance-5.58%3.23%3.55%11.13%
1 Year Performance23.04%32.44%96.75%18.40%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.8601 of 5 stars
$11.16
-1.8%
$14.00
+25.4%
+23.6%$771.64M$762.69M10.94430
MYRG
MYR Group
3.0251 of 5 stars
$186.81
-1.1%
$157.00
-16.0%
+36.4%$2.93B$3.36B85.698,500Analyst Forecast
AGX
Argan
0.9788 of 5 stars
$209.34
-0.8%
$193.00
-7.8%
+167.0%$2.88B$874.18M29.361,595News Coverage
Positive News
TPC
Tutor Perini
1.3065 of 5 stars
$47.92
-0.5%
$43.00
-10.3%
+113.3%$2.54B$4.33B-16.647,500Analyst Revision
AMRC
Ameresco
4.8407 of 5 stars
$16.08
-4.3%
$20.67
+28.5%
-43.8%$883.22M$1.77B15.761,509
NWPX
NWPX Infrastructure
3.0835 of 5 stars
$42.14
-1.5%
$55.00
+30.5%
+12.6%$422.58M$492.55M12.891,358
MTRX
Matrix Service
4.251 of 5 stars
$13.63
-1.7%
$20.00
+46.7%
+44.6%$382.96M$728.21M-16.832,064
ORN
Orion Group
3.6301 of 5 stars
$9.04
-5.8%
$11.25
+24.4%
-22.0%$379.72M$796.39M180.842,450Analyst Revision
PWR
Quanta Services
3.8327 of 5 stars
$385.18
-0.3%
$350.95
-8.9%
+62.6%$57.31B$23.67B62.1358,400Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
EME
EMCOR Group
3.5979 of 5 stars
$550.42
+0.6%
$518.00
-5.9%
+54.9%$24.49B$14.57B24.3240,400Ex-Dividend
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
3.8634 of 5 stars
$540.50
-0.1%
$558.80
+3.4%
+82.0%$19.08B$7.03B32.4218,300Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:GLDD) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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