ORN vs. GLDD, SLND, CSTE, GLT, MEC, SMID, WLDN, DRTT, OESX, and CHCI
Should you be buying Orion Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Group include Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Southland (SLND), Caesarstone (CSTE), Glatfelter (GLT), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Smith-Midland (SMID), Willdan Group (WLDN), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), and Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Orion Group vs.
Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Orion Group received 183 more outperform votes than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote while only 60.91% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote.
Orion Group presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 12.28%. Given Orion Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.
Orion Group has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Orion Group has a net margin of -2.44% compared to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's net margin of -7.15%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of -9.65% beat Orion Group's return on equity.
56.3% of Orion Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Orion Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock had 2 more articles in the media than Orion Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and 1 mentions for Orion Group. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Orion Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Orion Group has higher revenue and earnings than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. 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.
Summary
Orion Group beats Great Lakes Dredge & Dock on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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