SLND vs. ORN, MAPS, SES, GLDD, CSTE, SMID, MEC, CHCI, GLT, and SWIM
Should you be buying Southland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southland include Orion Group (ORN), WM Technology (MAPS), SES AI (SES), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Caesarstone (CSTE), Smith-Midland (SMID), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), Glatfelter (GLT), and Latham Group (SWIM).
Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) and Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Orion Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Southland. Orion Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Orion Group had 2 more articles in the media than Southland. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Orion Group and 6 mentions for Southland. Southland's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Orion Group's score of -0.05 indicating that Orion Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orion Group received 468 more outperform votes than Southland when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.87% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Southland an outperform vote.
Orion Group presently has a consensus target price of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.40%. Southland has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Given Orion Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southland is more favorable than Orion Group.
70.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Southland shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 79.0% of Southland shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Southland has a net margin of -1.28% compared to Southland's net margin of -1.59%. Southland's return on equity of -4.14% beat Orion Group's return on equity.
Orion Group has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southland has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Orion Group beats Southland on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SLND and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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