Orion Group (ORN) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ORN or NWPX?

70.3% of Orion Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Northwest Pipe shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Orion Group 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ORN or NWPX?

Orion Group received 192 more outperform votes than Northwest Pipe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.92% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote while only 57.92% of users gave Northwest Pipe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orion Group	Outperform Votes 470 62.92%	Underperform Votes 277 37.08%
Northwest Pipe	Outperform Votes 278 57.92%	Underperform Votes 202 42.08%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ORN or NWPX?

Northwest Pipe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Orion Group. Orion Group 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
Orion Group	$722.91M	0.26	-$17.88M	-$0.35	-16.09
Northwest Pipe	$471.61M	0.91	$21.07M	$2.38	18.22

Is ORN or NWPX more profitable?

Northwest Pipe has a net margin of 5.33% compared to Orion Group's net margin of -2.45%. Northwest Pipe's return on equity of 7.34% beat Orion Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion Group	-2.45%	-4.81%	-1.45%
Northwest Pipe	5.33%	7.34%	4.12%

Does the media prefer ORN or NWPX?

In the previous week, Northwest Pipe had 1 more articles in the media than Orion Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Northwest Pipe and 1 mentions for Orion Group. Northwest Pipe's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Orion Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Northwest Pipe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Orion Group	Neutral
Northwest Pipe	Very Positive

Do analysts rate ORN or NWPX?

Orion Group currently has a consensus price target of $13.25, suggesting a potential upside of 135.35%. Northwest Pipe has a consensus price target of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.76%. Given Orion Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Northwest Pipe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Northwest Pipe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ORN or NWPX?

Orion Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Pipe has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Northwest Pipe beats Orion Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.