Northwest Pipe (NWPX) Competitors

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) and Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ:NWPX) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GLDD or NWPX?

89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Northwest Pipe shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Northwest Pipe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GLDD or NWPX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	$806.90M	0.97	$13.91M	$1.02	11.25
Northwest Pipe	$495.45M	0.77	$21.07M	$3.27	11.86

Which has more risk and volatility, GLDD or NWPX?

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Pipe has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLDD or NWPX?

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock received 10 more outperform votes than Northwest Pipe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.43% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote while only 57.17% of users gave Northwest Pipe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	Outperform Votes 293 59.43%	Underperform Votes 200 40.57%
Northwest Pipe	Outperform Votes 283 57.17%	Underperform Votes 212 42.83%

Is GLDD or NWPX more profitable?

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of 7.51% compared to Northwest Pipe's net margin of 6.12%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of 13.72% beat Northwest Pipe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	7.51%	13.72%	5.10%
Northwest Pipe	6.12%	8.47%	4.79%

Do analysts prefer GLDD or NWPX?

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.06%. Northwest Pipe has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.79%. Given Northwest Pipe's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Northwest Pipe is more favorable than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Northwest Pipe	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to GLDD or NWPX?

In the previous week, Northwest Pipe had 3 more articles in the media than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Northwest Pipe and 3 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Northwest Pipe's score of 0.54 indicating that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northwest Pipe	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats Northwest Pipe on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.