Granite Construction vs Orion
GVA and ORN side by side, both in heavy construction other than building construction contractors. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GVA and ORN compare
Granite Construction is the larger company, worth 18 times as much as Orion ($5.5B against $308M).
Granite Construction grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (25.1% versus 11.0% for Orion).
Orion keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 0.62% compared with −5.0% at Granite Construction.
Granite Construction pays a dividend yielding 0.42%; Orion does not pay one.
Granite Construction scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 5 for Orion), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GVA | ORN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.5B | $308M |
| Share price | $124.52 | $7.57 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.5% | −24.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 193% | 57.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.98 | 0.99 |
| Employees | 2,500 | 808 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 50.5× |
| P/S | 1.0× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 5.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.4× (better) | 13.6× |
| P/FCF | 12.4× | – |
| FCF yield | 8.1% (better) | −12.5% |
| Fair value | $119.54 | $5.30 |
| Margin of safety | −4.2% (better) | −42.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 25.1% (better) | 11.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.4% (better) | 3.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −245% | −39.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −284% | −34.8% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −38.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 16.1% (better) | 11.8% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% (better) | 1.2% |
| Net margin | −5.0% | 0.62% (better) |
| FCF margin | 8.4% (better) | −4.1% |
| Return on equity | −25.2% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 15.9% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.64 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.80 (better) | 3.41 |
| Interest coverage | 1.1× | 1.3× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.11 | 1.37 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.62 (better) | 2.31 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.42% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.00% | – |
| Buyback yield | 1.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.9% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 112% | 85.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.80% | 6.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.6M | −$1.5M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.8% | 5.6% |
Go deeper
- GVA stock overview
- GVA income statement
- GVA valuation and score
- ORN stock overview
- ORN income statement
- ORN valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.