Orion Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ORN) is a company in the Heavy Construction industry and that’s how we compare it to its competitors. The contrasting will be based on the profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.1% of Orion Group Holdings Inc.’s shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.42% of all Heavy Construction’s companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Orion Group Holdings Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.00% of all Heavy Construction companies shares are held by company insiders.

Profitability

On first table we have Orion Group Holdings Inc. and its competitors’ return on equity, return on assets and net margins.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion Group Holdings Inc.	1.63%	4.00%	2.20%
Industry Average	2.12%	11.94%	5.55%

Earnings and Valuation

In next table we are contrasting Orion Group Holdings Inc. and its competitors’ net income, top-line revenue and valuation.

	Net Income	Gross Revenue	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Group Holdings Inc.	9.53M	583.90M	34.68
Industry Average	51.38M	2.43B	25.01

Orion Group Holdings Inc. has lower revenue, but higher P/E Ratio than its peers. The company has a higher P/E ratio which is presently more expensive in compare to its competitors.

Analyst Ratings

Table 3 shows breakdown of recent ratings for Orion Group Holdings Inc. and its competitors.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Group Holdings Inc.	0	2	0	2.00
Industry Average	0.00	1.75	1.56	2.56

$8 is the average price target of Orion Group Holdings Inc., with a potential upside of 86.05%. The potential upside of the rivals is 26.12%. Given Orion Group Holdings Inc.’s competitors higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Orion Group Holdings Inc. has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of Orion Group Holdings Inc. and its peers.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Orion Group Holdings Inc.	-8.32%	1.9%	0.94%	-49.88%	-30.98%	0.23%
Industry Average	3.57%	9.93%	11.84%	14.11%	43.05%	23.34%

For the past year Orion Group Holdings Inc.’s stock price has smaller growth than the average for its competitors.

Liquidity

The Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of Orion Group Holdings Inc. are 1.6 and 1.1. Competitively, Orion Group Holdings Inc.’s peers have 2.09 and 1.65 for Current and Quick Ratio. Orion Group Holdings Inc.’s peers have better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Orion Group Holdings Inc.

Risk and Volatility

Orion Group Holdings Inc. is 16.00% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500 because the company has a beta of 1.16. Competitively, Orion Group Holdings Inc.’s peers are 31.38% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500, because of the 1.31 beta.

Dividends

Orion Group Holdings Inc. does not pay a dividend.

Summary

On 5 of the 6 factors Orion Group Holdings Inc.’s peers beat Orion Group Holdings Inc.