ORN vs. TPC, AGX, GLDD, NWPX, MTRX, PWR, EME, FIX, ACM, and KBR
Should you be buying Orion Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Group include Tutor Perini (TPC), Argan (AGX), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), and KBR (KBR). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) and Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Orion Group currently has a consensus target price of $11.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.41%. Tutor Perini has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential downside of 49.91%. Given Orion Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Tutor Perini.
Orion Group has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tutor Perini has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Orion Group has a net margin of -1.59% compared to Tutor Perini's net margin of -2.56%. Orion Group's return on equity of -4.14% beat Tutor Perini's return on equity.
Orion Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tutor Perini. Orion Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tutor Perini, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of Tutor Perini shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Tutor Perini shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Orion Group received 111 more outperform votes than Tutor Perini when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Tutor Perini an outperform vote while only 62.87% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Tutor Perini had 2 more articles in the media than Orion Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tutor Perini and 2 mentions for Orion Group. Orion Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Tutor Perini's score of 0.33 indicating that Orion Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Orion Group beats Tutor Perini on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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