Orion Group (NYSE:ORN – Get Free Report) and IES (NASDAQ:IESC – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Orion Group and IES, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Orion Group | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.50 |
| IES | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
Orion Group presently has a consensus price target of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 74.71%. IES has a consensus price target of $277.25, indicating a potential downside of 19.70%. Given Orion Group’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Orion Group is more favorable than IES.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Orion Group | 0.40% | 3.07% | 1.10% |
| IES | 11.40% | 35.70% | 19.68% |
Volatility & Risk
Orion Group has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IES has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Orion Group and IES”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Orion Group | $852.26 million | 0.44 | $2.49 million | $0.09 | 103.88 |
| IES | $3.99 billion | 3.45 | $303.06 million | $11.26 | 30.66 |
IES has higher revenue and earnings than Orion Group. IES is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
70.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of IES shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Orion Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of IES shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
IES beats Orion Group on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About IES
IES Holdings, Inc. engages in the design and installation of integrated electrical and technology systems, and provides infrastructure products and services in the United States. The Communications segment designs, installs, and maintains network infrastructure within data centers for co-location and managed hosting customers; corporate, educational, financial, hospitality, and healthcare buildings; e-commerce distribution centers; and high-tech manufacturing facilities. This segment also provides design and installation services for audio/visual, telephone, fire, and wireless access and intrusion alarm systems; and engages in designing/building, servicing, and maintaining data network systems. The Residential segment offers electrical installations to single-family housing and multi-family apartments; and cable television installations to residential and light commercial applications, as well as installs residential solar power for new construction and existing residences. The Infrastructure Solutions segment maintains and repairs alternating and direct current electric motors and generators, and power generating and distribution equipment; manufactures custom-engineered metal enclosed bus duct solutions used in power distribution; manufactures custom commercial and industrial generator enclosures; manufactures, re-manufactures, and repairs industrial lifting magnets; and maintains and repairs railroad main and auxiliary generators, main alternators, and traction motors. The Commercial & Industrial segment offers electrical and mechanical design, construction, and maintenance services for office buildings, manufacturing facilities, data centers, chemical plants, refineries, wind farms, solar facilities, municipal infrastructures, and health care facilities. The company was formerly known as Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. and changed its name to IES Holdings, Inc. in May 2016. IES Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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