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$8.42 -0.27 (-3.11%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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GLDD vs. MYRG, AGX, TPC, AMRC, NWPX, MTRX, ORN, PWR, EME, and FIX

Should you be buying Great Lakes Dredge & Dock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock include MYR Group (MYRG), Argan (AGX), Tutor Perini (TPC), Ameresco (AMRC), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), Orion Group (ORN), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), and Comfort Systems USA (FIX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock vs.

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

89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of MYR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of MYR 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.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.27%. MYR Group has a consensus price target of $157.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.25%. Given Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is more favorable than MYR Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
MYR Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

MYR Group received 59 more outperform votes than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.23% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote while only 59.47% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Great Lakes Dredge & DockOutperform Votes
292
59.47%
Underperform Votes
199
40.53%
MYR GroupOutperform Votes
351
62.23%
Underperform Votes
213
37.77%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MYR Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of 7.51% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 1.08%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of 13.72% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock7.51% 13.72% 5.10%
MYR Group 1.08%6.05%2.42%

In the previous week, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock had 24 more articles in the media than MYR Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and 7 mentions for MYR Group. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat MYR Group's score of 0.98 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MYR Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MYR 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 MYR 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$762.69M0.74$13.91M$0.8410.02
MYR Group$3.64B0.53$90.99M$2.2952.64

Summary

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats MYR Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLDD vs. The Competition

MetricGreat Lakes Dredge & DockHeavy construction, except building construction IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$566.41M$17.59B$8.46B$8.98B
Dividend YieldN/A1.44%1.94%3.85%
P/E Ratio10.0215.8315.5818.82
Price / Sales0.740.9066.6580.40
Price / Cash10.7313.5022.1937.47
Price / Book1.452.534.434.64
Net Income$13.91M$821.36M$536.25M$245.69M
7 Day Performance-23.45%-9.21%-2.90%-2.66%
1 Month Performance-30.81%-17.73%-5.61%-2.15%
1 Year Performance-1.64%1.77%32.83%12.90%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.8367 of 5 stars
$8.42
-3.1%
$14.00
+66.3%
-1.6%$566.41M$762.69M10.02430Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
MYRG
MYR Group
3.277 of 5 stars
$134.00
-0.1%
$157.00
+17.2%
-22.8%$2.16B$3.64B58.529,000News Coverage
AGX
Argan
2.5621 of 5 stars
$148.22
+0.1%
$150.00
+1.2%
+187.8%$2.01B$573.33M31.011,214Short Interest ↓
TPC
Tutor Perini
3.5347 of 5 stars
$23.66
+1.7%
$39.00
+64.8%
+121.0%$1.24B$3.88B-9.438,200News Coverage
Gap Up
AMRC
Ameresco
4.9543 of 5 stars
$19.60
+2.7%
$36.56
+86.5%
-16.2%$1.03B$1.68B19.601,503Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
NWPX
Northwest Pipe
1.8791 of 5 stars
$52.58
+2.7%
$47.50
-9.7%
+64.7%$521.59M$444.36M17.881,325News Coverage
Positive News
MTRX
Matrix Service
4.3701 of 5 stars
$15.20
-1.0%
$20.00
+31.6%
+12.5%$418.91M$728.21M-12.462,064
ORN
Orion Group
3.6355 of 5 stars
$7.91
-3.1%
$12.50
+58.0%
+10.1%$307.70M$711.78M-19.772,450Positive News
Gap Up
PWR
Quanta Services
4.7721 of 5 stars
$285.13
-2.0%
$330.50
+15.9%
+27.7%$42.09B$20.88B52.6152,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
EME
EMCOR Group
3.8162 of 5 stars
$425.80
-0.4%
$518.75
+21.8%
+60.1%$19.59B$12.58B21.6338,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.9194 of 5 stars
$391.40
-0.9%
$506.75
+29.5%
+49.7%$13.93B$5.21B29.9515,800Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up

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