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ORN vs. GLDD, NWPX, MTRX, PWR, EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, STRL, and DY

Should you be buying Orion Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Group include Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), and Dycom Industries (DY). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Orion Group vs. Its Competitors

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) and Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock had 1 more articles in the media than Orion Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and 6 mentions for Orion Group. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Orion Group's score of 0.47 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Orion Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Orion Group has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 27.19%. Given Orion Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orion Group 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Orion Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of 8.63% compared to Orion Group's net margin of 1.25%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of 15.61% beat Orion Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock8.63% 15.61% 5.88%
Orion Group 1.25%9.23%3.25%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock$830.57M0.93$57.26M$1.0510.80
Orion Group$837.49M0.42-$1.64M$0.2732.76

Summary

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats Orion Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ORN vs. The Competition

MetricOrion GroupBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$351.26M$15.92B$9.58B$21.91B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%1.86%3.64%
P/E Ratio32.7416.7317.2730.13
Price / Sales0.421.16100.5466.04
Price / Cash8.2114.6815.3823.91
Price / Book2.294.554.804.69
Net Income-$1.64M$1.37B$625.67M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.84%-0.27%0.22%-0.51%
1 Month Performance17.39%3.28%-1.18%1.31%
1 Year Performance61.11%36.55%108.84%14.72%

Orion Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ORN
Orion Group
3.6296 of 5 stars
$8.85
+2.6%
$11.25
+27.2%
+53.6%$351.26M$837.49M32.742,450
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.2739 of 5 stars
$11.32
+1.0%
N/A-1.6%$762.23M$762.69M10.78430Positive News
NWPX
NWPX Infrastructure
2.243 of 5 stars
$50.49
+2.1%
$57.50
+13.9%
+16.0%$477.19M$492.55M15.211,358
MTRX
Matrix Service
4.246 of 5 stars
$12.57
+2.4%
$17.00
+35.2%
+13.1%$344.40M$769.29M-11.972,239
PWR
Quanta Services
3.8718 of 5 stars
$431.61
+3.4%
$408.45
-5.4%
+39.5%$62.23B$23.67B66.8158,400Positive News
EME
EMCOR Group
3.7636 of 5 stars
$678.57
+2.2%
$654.83
-3.5%
+49.3%$29.71B$14.57B28.1640,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.3871 of 5 stars
$844.75
+3.5%
$735.80
-12.9%
+98.6%$28.79B$7.03B43.4118,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ACM
AECOM
4.3 of 5 stars
$131.54
+2.1%
$133.20
+1.3%
+24.6%$17.06B$16.11B28.6651,000
MTZ
MasTec
3.9317 of 5 stars
$203.89
+4.2%
$214.47
+5.2%
+63.8%$15.43B$12.30B60.3233,000Analyst Forecast
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
1.7869 of 5 stars
$355.27
+5.5%
$355.00
-0.1%
+126.4%$10.24B$2.12B38.623,000Gap Up
DY
Dycom Industries
3.7821 of 5 stars
$291.28
+2.4%
$298.25
+2.4%
+55.1%$8.23B$4.70B32.7315,623Analyst Forecast

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