SLND vs. ORN, MAPS, SES, GLDD, CSTE, SMID, MEC, CHCI, GLT, and SWIM
Should you be buying Southland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southland include Orion Group (ORN), WM Technology (MAPS), SES AI (SES), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Caesarstone (CSTE), Smith-Midland (SMID), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), Glatfelter (GLT), and Latham Group (SWIM).
Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) and Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Orion Group has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southland has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.3% of Orion Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Southland shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Orion Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 79.0% of Southland shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Southland had 1 more articles in the media than Orion Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Southland and 5 mentions for Orion Group. Southland's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Orion Group's score of -0.05 indicating that Orion Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southland has a net margin of -1.28% compared to Southland's net margin of -1.59%. Southland's return on equity of -4.14% beat Orion Group's return on equity.
Orion Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Southland. Orion Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Orion Group received 468 more outperform votes than Southland when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.87% of users gave Orion Group an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Southland an outperform vote.
Orion Group currently has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.58%. Southland has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.28%. Given Orion Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Southland is more favorable than Orion Group.
Summary
Orion Group beats Southland on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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