Orion vs Construction Partners
ORN and ROAD 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 ORN and ROAD compare
Construction Partners is the larger company, worth 15 times as much as Orion ($4.6B against $311M).
On earnings, Construction Partners is cheaper: it trades at 31.8× trailing earnings, against 51.0× for Orion.
Construction Partners grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (41.9% versus 11.0% for Orion).
Construction Partners keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.1% compared with 0.62% at Orion.
Construction Partners scores higher on the StockData Score (15 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 | ORN | ROAD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $311M | $4.6B |
| Share price | $7.65 | $81.02 |
| Change, 1 year | −22.3% | −26.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 59.4% | 107% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.99 | 1.32 |
| Employees | 808 | 1,639 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 51.0× | 31.8× (better) |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | – | 4.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.7× (better) | 21.1× |
| P/FCF | – | 26.2× |
| PEG | – | 0.49 |
| FCF yield | −12.3% | 3.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $5.36 | $91.68 |
| Margin of safety | −42.8% | 11.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.0% | 41.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.7% | 29.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −39.1% | 91.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −34.8% | 86.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −38.3% | 18.7% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 15.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 8.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.62% | 4.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | −4.1% | 5.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 15.0% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 9.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.72 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.41 (better) | 5.68 |
| Interest coverage | 1.3× | 2.7× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.37 | 1.57 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.31 | 2.62 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 0.71% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.71% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.7% | 87.5% |
| Held by insiders | 6.2% | 52.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.5M | $8.0K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.6% | 12.7% |
Go deeper
- ORN stock overview
- ORN income statement
- ORN valuation and score
- ROAD stock overview
- ROAD income statement
- ROAD valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.