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$11.49 +0.04 (+0.35%)
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GLDD vs. AGX, TPC, MYRG, 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 Argan (AGX), Tutor Perini (TPC), MYR Group (MYRG), Ameresco (AMRC), NWPX Infrastructure (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. Its Competitors

Argan (NYSE:AGX) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Argan has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Argan currently has a consensus price target of $202.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.34%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.85%. Given Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is more favorable than Argan.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Argan
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

79.4% of Argan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Argan shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 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.

In the previous week, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock had 9 more articles in the media than Argan. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and 7 mentions for Argan. Argan's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's score of 1.40 indicating that Argan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Argan
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Argan has higher revenue and earnings than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Argan$874.18M3.40$85.46M$7.1330.57
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock$762.69M1.02$57.26M$1.0510.94

Argan has a net margin of 11.00% compared to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's net margin of 8.63%. Argan's return on equity of 29.61% beat Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Argan11.00% 29.61% 12.82%
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 8.63%15.61%5.88%

Summary

Argan beats Great Lakes Dredge & Dock on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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GLDD vs. The Competition

MetricGreat Lakes Dredge & DockBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$781.32M$16.05B$9.31B$9.56B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%1.86%4.08%
P/E Ratio10.9415.0815.8825.16
Price / Sales1.021.10121.3387.62
Price / Cash6.1513.5915.1858.50
Price / Book1.624.004.696.21
Net Income$57.26M$1.37B$618.69M$265.38M
7 Day Performance1.06%-0.65%-1.76%-1.13%
1 Month Performance2.13%1.81%4.04%-0.71%
1 Year Performance29.83%37.23%98.63%18.86%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.9246 of 5 stars
$11.49
+0.3%
$14.00
+21.8%
+30.4%$781.32M$762.69M10.94430Positive News
AGX
Argan
0.963 of 5 stars
$225.17
+0.5%
$202.00
-10.3%
+198.2%$3.06B$874.18M31.581,595
TPC
Tutor Perini
1.797 of 5 stars
$57.41
+1.2%
$60.00
+4.5%
+156.7%$2.99B$4.33B-22.787,500
MYRG
MYR Group
2.7824 of 5 stars
$183.44
+1.3%
$191.83
+4.6%
+74.4%$2.81B$3.36B38.308,500
AMRC
Ameresco
4.0565 of 5 stars
$22.72
+6.0%
$20.33
-10.5%
-18.8%$1.13B$1.77B19.421,509Analyst Upgrade
NWPX
NWPX Infrastructure
2.6928 of 5 stars
$51.17
-0.7%
$57.50
+12.4%
+17.9%$497.56M$492.55M15.411,358
MTRX
Matrix Service
4.1356 of 5 stars
$14.82
+1.2%
$20.00
+35.0%
+53.4%$404.22M$728.21M-18.302,064Positive News
ORN
Orion Group
3.6267 of 5 stars
$6.71
-0.7%
$11.25
+67.8%
-9.5%$268.21M$796.39M24.842,450
PWR
Quanta Services
4.3022 of 5 stars
$383.43
+0.7%
$392.45
+2.4%
+40.7%$56.74B$23.67B59.3558,400Positive News
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EME
EMCOR Group
4.0046 of 5 stars
$612.73
+1.2%
$594.50
-3.0%
+64.8%$27.11B$14.57B25.4240,400Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.6819 of 5 stars
$694.34
+2.0%
$635.60
-8.5%
+105.8%$24.02B$7.03B35.6818,300Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:GLDD) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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