Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) vs. Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) Critical Review

Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) and Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Orion Group and Bouygues, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Group	2	0	5	0	2.43
Bouygues	0	2	2	0	2.50

Orion Group presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.82%. Given Orion Group’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Bouygues.

Risk and Volatility

Orion Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bouygues has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Orion Group and Bouygues’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion Group	0.40%	3.07%	1.10%
Bouygues	2.22%	8.64%	1.98%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Orion Group and Bouygues”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Group	$896.50 million	0.41	$2.49 million	$0.09	101.11
Bouygues	$64.34 billion	1.29	$1.29 billion	$3.80	11.55

Bouygues has higher revenue and earnings than Orion Group. Bouygues 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 & Institutional Ownership

70.3% of Orion Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Orion Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bouygues beats Orion Group on 8 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 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.