Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) vs. Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) Critical Contrast

Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Orion Group (NYSE:ORN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Cadeler A/S has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Group has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Cadeler A/S and Orion Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	3	0	0	2.00
Orion Group	2	0	6	0	2.50

Orion Group has a consensus price target of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 80.38%. Given Orion Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Orion Group is more favorable than Cadeler A/S.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Orion Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Orion Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Orion Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$701.71 million	3.51	$317.00 million	$2.51	10.17
Orion Group	$896.50 million	0.41	$2.49 million	$0.09	100.61

Cadeler A/S has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Orion Group. Cadeler A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Orion Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadeler A/S	27.45%	12.58%	5.95%
Orion Group	0.40%	3.07%	1.10%

Summary

Orion Group beats Cadeler A/S on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cadeler A/S

Cadeler A/S operates as an offshore wind farm transportation and installation contractor in Denmark. It also provides wind farm construction, maintenance, decommissioning, and other tasks within the offshore industry, as well as marine and engineering services. The company owns and operates four offshore jack-up windfarm installation vessels. Cadeler A/S was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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.