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Orion Group (ORN) Competitors

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$8.89 +0.16 (+1.83%)
(As of 11:01 AM ET)

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.

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

Orion Group received 180 more outperform votes than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.97% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Orion GroupOutperform Votes
471
62.97%
Underperform Votes
277
37.03%
Great Lakes Dredge & DockOutperform Votes
291
59.39%
Underperform Votes
199
40.61%

Orion Group currently has a consensus target price of $13.25, suggesting a potential upside of 49.04%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given Orion Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.

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

70.3% of Orion Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Orion Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock had 1 more articles in the media than Orion Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and 3 mentions for Orion Group. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Orion Group's score of 1.18 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
Orion Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Orion Group$711.78M0.49-$17.88M-$0.40-22.22
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock$589.62M1.41$13.91M$0.8714.16

Orion Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Orion Group-1.63% -0.71% -0.21%
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 7.97%13.35%4.88%

Summary

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats Orion Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ORN vs. The Competition

MetricOrion GroupHeavy construction, except building construction IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$345.82M$17.21B$10.00B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%1.82%3.49%
P/E Ratio-22.2219.0827.4836.63
Price / Sales0.491.163.4817.98
Price / Cash10.0516.6521.4621.28
Price / Book2.438.784.974.58
Net Income-$17.88M$801.52M$515.90M$985.06M
7 Day Performance14.49%0.60%1.09%0.51%
1 Month Performance48.17%1.16%2.12%1.13%
1 Year Performance84.44%46.71%48.00%24.80%

Orion Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ORN
Orion Group
4.365 of 5 stars
$8.89
+1.8%
$13.25
+49.0%
+79.3%$345.82M$711.78M-22.222,450Positive News
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.9155 of 5 stars
$12.32
+0.8%
$14.00
+13.6%
+85.7%$828.77M$589.62M14.05367Positive News
NWPX
Northwest Pipe
1.6445 of 5 stars
$55.15
+1.9%
$45.00
-18.4%
+103.5%$547.09M$444.36M18.411,325
MTRX
Matrix Service
4.2365 of 5 stars
$13.50
+1.1%
$18.00
+33.3%
+32.6%$372.06M$728.21M-11.922,064Positive News
PWR
Quanta Services
4.5618 of 5 stars
$341.05
+2.6%
$314.27
-7.9%
+80.5%$50.34B$20.88B61.3252,500Dividend Increase
Positive News
EME
EMCOR Group
2.9201 of 5 stars
$527.49
+2.3%
$515.00
-2.4%
+141.4%$24.26B$12.58B26.2038,300News Coverage
Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.539 of 5 stars
$490.54
+3.0%
$466.33
-4.9%
+145.3%$17.46B$6.52B36.4615,800Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
ACM
AECOM
4.2398 of 5 stars
$112.84
+3.1%
$116.43
+3.2%
+26.0%$15.13B$16.11B36.9952,000Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
3.9204 of 5 stars
$143.63
+2.0%
$148.62
+3.5%
+156.3%$11.38B$12.00B125.7534,000Positive News
FLR
Fluor
4.3383 of 5 stars
$54.32
+3.4%
$60.29
+11.0%
+37.0%$9.32B$15.47B35.0230,187
KBR
KBR
4.798 of 5 stars
$59.57
+2.6%
$81.14
+36.2%
+10.7%$7.94B$6.96B24.3834,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:ORN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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