Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate GLDD or MYRG?

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.66%. MYR Group has a consensus price target of $155.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.29%. Given Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLDD or MYRG?

MYR Group received 61 more outperform votes than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.37% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote while only 59.35% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	Outperform Votes 292 59.35%	Underperform Votes 200 40.65%
MYR Group	Outperform Votes 353 62.37%	Underperform Votes 213 37.63%

Is GLDD or MYRG more profitable?

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 & Dock	7.51%	13.72%	5.10%
MYR Group	1.08%	6.05%	2.42%

Does the media favor GLDD or MYRG?

In the previous week, MYR Group had 2 more articles in the media than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MYR Group and 4 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's score of 1.32 indicating that MYR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MYR Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, GLDD or MYRG?

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MYR Group has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GLDD or MYRG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	$762.69M	0.78	$13.91M	$0.84	10.57
MYR Group	$3.36B	0.55	$90.99M	$1.85	61.47

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GLDD or MYRG?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of MYR Group shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

MYR Group beats Great Lakes Dredge & Dock on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.