ORN vs. GLDD, NWPX, MTRX, PWR, EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, and KBR
Should you be buying Orion Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Group include Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), and KBR (KBR). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Orion Group vs.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) and Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Orion Group received 180 more outperform votes than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.02% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote while only 59.47% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote.
89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Orion Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Orion Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.47%. Orion Group has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.54%. Given Orion Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of 7.97% compared to Orion Group's net margin of -1.63%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of 13.35% beat Orion Group's return on equity.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Orion Group. Orion Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Group has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Orion Group had 3 more articles in the media than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Orion Group and 2 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Orion Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats Orion Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ORN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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