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Orion Group Holdings Stock Skyrockets After Contract Announcement

Camelliah Ramleh
Camellia Ramleh trader
Updated 18 Jun 2020
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Leading speciality construction company Orion Group Holdings Inc (NYSE:ORN) has seen its stock price jump after yesterday announcing contract awards worth approximately $17 million.

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The company has been awarded contracts to provide dredging services in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in Corpus Christi, Texas and a marine terminal facility for a private client.

Both contracts combined are worth $17 million and work is scheduled to begin immediately.

The company’s President and Chief executive Officer Mark Stauffer said in a press release that “These projects not only represent quality backlog for our Marine segment, but also provide greater visibility into utilization for our dredging fleet throughout the balance of this year and into 2021.”

Yesterday saw the company’s share price surge after the news was announced.

Opening up the day at $3.08, its price jumped by 11.95% to close out at $3.28.

However, in after-hours trading, the company’s share price has moved even higher and is currently up 53.66% pre-market, trading at $5.04.

Orion Analyst rating 062020

Source: TipRanks

Analysts at TipRanks have certainly taken notice and they have set the average price target for the stock at $5.70, with the highest target being at $7.40.

It’s safe to say that we can expect more volatility in Orion’s price in today’s session.

Camelliah Ramleh
Camellia started her career in finance as an Islamic corporate banker at a Japanese mega bank, and later a Director at a London-based award winning hedge fund manager.