Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF – Get Free Report) and Orion Group (NYSE:ORN – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Bouygues and Orion Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bouygues | $64.34 billion | 1.29 | $1.29 billion | $3.80 | 11.55 |
| Orion Group | $852.26 million | 0.44 | $2.49 million | $0.09 | 101.90 |
Risk and Volatility
Bouygues has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Group has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Bouygues and Orion Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bouygues | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Orion Group | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.43 |
Orion Group has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 60.83%. Given Orion Group’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Bouygues.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
70.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Orion Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Bouygues and Orion Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bouygues | 2.22% | 8.64% | 1.98% |
| Orion Group | 0.40% | 3.07% | 1.10% |
Summary
Bouygues beats Orion Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bouygues
Bouygues SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the construction, energy, telecom, media, and transport infrastructure sectors in France and internationally. The company designs, builds, renovates, operates, and deconstructs building, infrastructure, and industrial projects; develops urban planning, residential, and commercial projects; builds and maintains roads and motorways, airport runways, ports, industrial logistics hubs, external works and amenities, reserved-lane public transport, recreational facilities, and environmental projects, as well as undertakes civil engineering, road safety, and signaling activities; produces, distributes, sells, and recycles aggregates, emulsions, asphalt mixes, ready-mix concrete, and bitumen; construction, renewal, and maintenance of rail networks; and installation and maintenance of pipes and pipelines. It also provides design, installation, and maintenance services in various fields that include cooling and fire protection, digital and ICT, electrical, and mechanical and robotics, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. In addition, the company produces TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1, and LCI complementary TV channels; operates Ushuaïa TV, Histoire TV, TV Breizh, and Serieclub channels; produces, broadcasts, and distributes content; operates la seine musical entertainment and concert venue; and entertainment and leisure comprising licenses, podcasts, music production, and live events. Further, it offers telecom services; and mobile and fixed network services. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Paris, France.
About Orion Group
Orion Group Holdings, Inc., a leading specialty construction company serving the infrastructure, industrial and building sectors, provides services both on and off the water in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and the Caribbean Basin through its marine segment and its concrete segment. The Company’s marine segment provides construction and dredging services related to marine transportation facility construction, marine pipeline construction, marine environmental structures, dredging of waterways, channels and ports, environmental dredging, design, and specialty services. Its concrete segment provides turnkey concrete construction services including place and finish, site prep, layout, forming, and rebar placement for large commercial, structural and other associated business areas. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas with regional offices throughout its operating areas.
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