Orion Group (ORN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMRC or ORN?

99.2% of Ameresco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Orion Group shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of Ameresco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Orion Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate AMRC or ORN?

Ameresco currently has a consensus target price of $20.17, indicating a potential upside of 37.84%. Orion Group has a consensus target price of $11.75, indicating a potential upside of 39.71%. Given Orion Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Ameresco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ameresco	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Orion Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is AMRC or ORN more profitable?

Ameresco has a net margin of 3.18% compared to Orion Group's net margin of -1.63%. Ameresco's return on equity of 5.68% beat Orion Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ameresco	3.18%	5.68%	1.38%
Orion Group	-1.63%	-0.71%	-0.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMRC or ORN?

Orion Group received 65 more outperform votes than Ameresco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.45% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote while only 63.00% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ameresco	Outperform Votes 410 68.45%	Underperform Votes 189 31.55%
Orion Group	Outperform Votes 475 63.00%	Underperform Votes 279 37.00%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AMRC or ORN?

Ameresco has higher revenue and earnings than Orion Group. Ameresco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion Group, 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
Ameresco	$1.82B	0.42	$62.47M	$1.02	14.34
Orion Group	$824.38M	0.40	-$17.88M	$0.05	168.20

Does the media favor AMRC or ORN?

In the previous week, Ameresco had 7 more articles in the media than Orion Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ameresco and 5 mentions for Orion Group. Ameresco's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Orion Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Ameresco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ameresco	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Orion Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AMRC or ORN?

Ameresco has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Group has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ameresco beats Orion Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.