Reviewing Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) and China Communications Construction (OTCMKTS:CCCGY)

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) and China Communications Construction (OTCMKTS:CCCGY) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and China Communications Construction’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	9.65%	16.84%	6.45%
China Communications Construction	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and China Communications Construction”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	$762.69 million	1.38	$57.26 million	$1.18	13.10
China Communications Construction	$106.87 billion	N/A	$3.32 billion	N/A	N/A

China Communications Construction has higher revenue and earnings than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and China Communications Construction, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock	0	1	3	1	3.00
China Communications Construction	0	0	0	0	0.00

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.37%. Given Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is more favorable than China Communications Construction.

Summary

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats China Communications Construction on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. engages in the provision of dredging services. Its projects include channel and port maintenance, channel deepening and port expansion, coastal protection and restoration, as well as land reclamation. The company was founded by William A. Lydon and Frederick C. Drews in 1890 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

About China Communications Construction

China Communications Construction Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the infrastructure construction, design, and dredging businesses. The company is involved in the construction of various infrastructure projects, including road and bridge, port, railway, waterway, river basin, tunnel, rail transit, airport, subway, housing, and municipal and environmental projects; and provision of infrastructure design services, such as consulting and planning, feasibility study, survey and design, engineering consultancy, engineering measurement and technical research, project management, project supervision, general project contracting, compilation of industry standards and codes, etc. It also provides dredging services primarily comprising infrastructure dredging, maintenance dredging, environmental dredging, and reclamation, as well as supports projects related to dredging and land reclamation. In addition, the company engages in the manufacture of road construction machinery; trading of motor vehicle spare parts and machinery; maintenance and repair of port machinery; trading of construction materials and equipment; fund and asset management activities; and provision of financial services. It has operations in Mainland China, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.