ORN vs. GLDD, AMRC, NWPX, MTRX, PWR, EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, and FLR
Should you be buying Orion Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Group include Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Ameresco (AMRC), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), and Fluor (FLR). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Orion Group vs.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) and Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock had 6 more articles in the media than Orion Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and 6 mentions for Orion Group. Orion Group's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's score of 1.15 indicating that Orion Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.81%. Orion Group has a consensus target price of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.28%. Given Orion Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Group has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of 7.51% compared to Orion Group's net margin of -1.63%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of 13.72% beat Orion Group's return on equity.
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.
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. 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Orion Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Orion Group received 183 more outperform votes than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.05% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote while only 59.43% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote.
Summary
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats Orion Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ORN) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
