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$11.72 +0.17 (+1.47%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

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.

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

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of 7.97% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 1.08%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of 13.35% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MYR Group1.08% 6.05% 2.42%
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 7.97%13.35%4.88%

MYR Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock had 2 more articles in the media than MYR Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and 3 mentions for MYR Group. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat MYR Group's score of 0.34 indicating that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MYR Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 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
MYR Group$3.64B0.68$90.99M$2.2966.94
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock$741.65M1.06$13.91M$0.8713.47

MYR Group presently has a consensus price target of $157.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.41%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.45%. Given Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
MYR Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
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 received 60 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 59.39% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MYR GroupOutperform Votes
351
62.23%
Underperform Votes
213
37.77%
Great Lakes Dredge & DockOutperform Votes
291
59.39%
Underperform Votes
199
40.61%

88.9% of MYR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of MYR Group 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$788.43M$17.30B$8.74B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A1.32%1.88%4.22%
P/E Ratio13.4720.2827.6617.18
Price / Sales1.061.242.27116.79
Price / Cash16.0116.1922.2237.86
Price / Book2.023.376.184.78
Net Income$13.91M$815.00M$516.58M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.17%-2.86%-4.51%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-4.87%-0.39%-4.97%3.36%
1 Year Performance56.68%33.70%36.20%16.59%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.9357 of 5 stars
$11.72
+1.5%
$14.00
+19.5%
+59.2%$788.43M$741.65M13.47367News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MYRG
MYR Group
2.2661 of 5 stars
$167.74
+1.3%
$157.00
-6.4%
+4.8%$2.70B$3.54B72.319,000Positive News
AGX
Argan
1.6216 of 5 stars
$147.25
+3.0%
$150.00
+1.9%
+199.6%$2.00B$806.26M30.601,214Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Down
TPC
Tutor Perini
3.7747 of 5 stars
$27.07
+3.3%
$39.00
+44.1%
+200.7%$1.42B$3.88B-10.448,200Positive News
Gap Down
AMRC
Ameresco
4.7821 of 5 stars
$24.35
-2.6%
$36.90
+51.5%
-27.2%$1.28B$1.68B25.001,503
NWPX
Northwest Pipe
1.7914 of 5 stars
$52.40
-0.8%
$45.00
-14.1%
+66.8%$519.76M$483.09M17.891,325Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
MTRX
Matrix Service
3.4662 of 5 stars
$13.28
+1.8%
$18.00
+35.5%
+20.0%$365.93M$696.13M-11.792,064Positive News
ORN
Orion Group
3.8079 of 5 stars
$8.45
+3.6%
$13.25
+56.8%
+60.0%$328.71M$711.78M0.002,450Positive News
Gap Down
PWR
Quanta Services
4.2983 of 5 stars
$341.87
+1.3%
$321.69
-5.9%
+54.3%$50.46B$20.88B62.2952,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EME
EMCOR Group
3.8889 of 5 stars
$485.48
+1.3%
$518.75
+6.9%
+116.6%$22.33B$14.24B24.3438,300Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.7924 of 5 stars
$464.02
+0.4%
$493.50
+6.4%
+111.7%$16.52B$6.52B35.3715,800Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GLDD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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