Mayville Engineering (MEC) Competitors

Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) and Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is ORN or MEC more profitable?

Mayville Engineering has a net margin of 1.33% compared to Mayville Engineering's net margin of -2.51%. Orion Group's return on equity of 6.58% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion Group	-2.51%	-9.14%	-3.02%
Mayville Engineering	1.33%	6.58%	2.98%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ORN or MEC?

Orion Group received 383 more outperform votes than Mayville Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote while only 55.92% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orion Group	Outperform Votes 468 62.90%	Underperform Votes 276 37.10%
Mayville Engineering	Outperform Votes 85 55.92%	Underperform Votes 67 44.08%

Which has more volatility & risk, ORN or MEC?

Orion Group has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ORN or MEC?

Orion Group currently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.87%. Mayville Engineering has a consensus price target of $17.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.69%. Given Orion Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mayville Engineering is more favorable than Orion Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Mayville Engineering	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ORN or MEC?

Mayville Engineering has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Orion Group. Orion Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mayville Engineering, 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
Orion Group	$711.78M	0.36	-$17.88M	-$0.55	-14.29
Mayville Engineering	$588.42M	0.47	$7.84M	$0.38	35.72

Does the media prefer ORN or MEC?

In the previous week, Orion Group had 2 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Orion Group and 1 mentions for Mayville Engineering. Mayville Engineering's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Orion Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Orion Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orion Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mayville Engineering	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ORN or MEC?

70.3% of Orion Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Orion Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mayville Engineering beats Orion Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.