Head to Head Review: Tutor Perini Corporation (TPC) vs. Orion Group Holdings (ORN)

Orion Group Holdings (NYSE: ORN) and Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE:TPC) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitabiliy, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Orion Group Holdings and Tutor Perini Corporation’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Group Holdings	$587.37 million	0.30	$34.47 million	($0.21)	-29.95
Tutor Perini Corporation	$5.01 billion	0.26	$274.30 million	$1.87	13.98

Tutor Perini Corporation has higher revenue and earnings than Orion Group Holdings. Orion Group Holdings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tutor Perini Corporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Orion Group Holdings and Tutor Perini Corporation, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Group Holdings	0	3	1	0	2.25
Tutor Perini Corporation	0	1	6	0	2.86

Orion Group Holdings presently has a consensus price target of $8.38, indicating a potential upside of 33.15%. Tutor Perini Corporation has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.55%. Given Orion Group Holdings’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Orion Group Holdings is more favorable than Tutor Perini Corporation.

Profitability

This table compares Orion Group Holdings and Tutor Perini Corporation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion Group Holdings	-0.98%	1.37%	0.70%
Tutor Perini Corporation	1.88%	6.15%	2.29%

Volatility & Risk

Orion Group Holdings has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tutor Perini Corporation has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.4% of Orion Group Holdings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Tutor Perini Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Orion Group Holdings shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Tutor Perini Corporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tutor Perini Corporation beats Orion Group Holdings on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Orion Group Holdings

Orion Group Holdings, Inc., formerly Orion Marine Group, Inc., is engaged in heavy civil construction project management business. The Company specializes in marine construction. It provides a range of heavy civil marine construction services to federal agencies, state and municipal governments, and private commercial and industrial customers. Its heavy civil marine construction and project management services include new construction, dredging, repair and maintenance, and other related specialty services. It provides heavy civil marine construction services on, over and under the water in the continental United States, Alaska, Canada and the Caribbean Basin. It provides heavy civil marine construction services through projects that are obtained primarily through a competitive bid or contract process. It also provides tilt-wall construction services, parking structures, concrete slabs for commercial and institutional applications, curbs, gutters and paving, among other capabilities.

About Tutor Perini Corporation

Tutor Perini Corporation is a construction company offering general contracting, construction management and design-build services to private customers and public agencies across the world. The Company operates through three segments: Civil, Building and Specialty Contractors. Its Civil segment specializes in public works construction and the repair, replacement and reconstruction of infrastructure across various geographic regions of the United States. Its Building segment provides services to various specialized building markets for private and public works customers, including the hospitality and gaming, transportation, healthcare, corporate and municipal offices, sports and entertainment, education, correctional facilities, biotech, pharmaceutical and industrial markets. Its Specialty Contractors segment specializes in electrical, mechanical, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), fire protection systems, and pneumatically placed concrete.