Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Great Lakes Dredge And Dock (GLDD) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Great Lakes Dredge And Dock vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 887M vs 928M combined for its competitors (48.9% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+15.7% annualized vs trailing 12 months), vs holding steady (+0.9%) for its tracked peer group.
- Growth: Great Lakes Dredge And Dock generated 25.9% revenue growth year over year in Q4 2025, vs 7.2% for its competitors combined.
- Profitability: Its 4.9% net margin compares with -0.1% for the peer group.
- Peer revenue share: Great Lakes Dredge And Dock accounted for 52.3% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 48.3% a year earlier.
- Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $0.81M compares with $0.30M for the peer group (2.7x).
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
GLDD Sales vs. its Competitors, Q4 2025
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock reported revenue growth of 25.85 % year on year in Q4 2025, above its competitors' combined revenue growth of 7.23 %.
With a net margin of 4.92 %, Great Lakes Dredge And Dock achieved higher profitability than its competitors (-0.10 %).
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock generated 52.30 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 48.30 % a year earlier.
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Great Lakes Dredge And Dock vs. its Competitors, Q4 2025
Revenue growth, year on year
Net margin
Revenue run-rate vs trailing 12 months
TTM net margin
TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in Great Lakes Dredge And Dock reports; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.
TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Great Lakes Dredge And Dock and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.
| Entity | TTM Revenue | Rev Run-rate vs TTM |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Competitors combined | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Similar Growth & Profitability (6) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.
For context: the Construction Services industry grew revenue 35.0% year over year, combined, vs 25.9% for Great Lakes Dredge And Dock. Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.17% to 0.16%, a loss of 0.01 percentage points.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Competitor Quality Breadth
Group definitions: see Methodology: Performance Group Definitions.
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Competitors combined (1) | ||||
| High-Confidence Competitors (2) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 25.00 % (2 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
GLDD Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
GLDD Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
GLDD Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months
| # | Competitor | TTM Share Price Return | vs U.S.A. 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orion Group Holdings Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's best-performing competitors requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Publicly Traded Peers of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
 Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation |
1,151.70 | 887.49 |
 Orion Group Holdings Inc |
292.54 | 928.08 |
| SUBTOTAL | 1,444.24 | 1,815.57 |
Sources: see Methodology: Peer & Competitor Identification, Sourcing.
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Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from Great Lakes Dredge And Dock reports and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes | Company report | 85% |
| Nelnet Inc | Company report | 85% |
| Orion Group Holdings Inc | Company report | 85% |
Company report basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: see Methodology: Peer & Competitor Identification, Sourcing.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Orion Group Holdings Inc | Heavy Civil Marine Construction Segment 62.91 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's reports (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | 1,152 | 809,749 | 67,034 |
| Orion Group Holdings Inc | 293 | 301,717 | 1,877 |
| PEERS TOTAL | 293 | 301,717 | 1,877 |
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Position in Industry Market Structure
Market-capitalization share and concentration across all 77 companies in Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's industry classification, broader than the peer set above. Market cap in millions of $.Great Lakes Dredge And Dock ranks #0 of 77 companies by market capitalization in its industry, holding 0.00 % of total industry market cap. The industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is 673, indicating a unconcentrated market structure (see Methodology: Market Structure & Concentration).
| Rank | Company | Market Cap | Industry Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quanta Services Inc | 82,454 | 18.34 % |
| 2 | D r Horton Inc | 43,095 | 9.59 % |
| 3 | Comfort Systems Usa inc | 35,871 | 7.98 % |
| 4 | Emcor Group Inc | 27,108 | 6.03 % |
| 5 | Pultegroup Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Lennar Corp | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 7 | Nvr Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 8 | Jacobs Solutions Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 9 | Toll Brothers Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 10 | Mastec Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 0 | Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | 1,145 | 0.00 % |
Market cap and industry share for the rest of Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's industry peers requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation) across CSIMarket's industry classification, market capitalization as of 2026-04-01.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Profitability & Cost Structure
Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Construction Services industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (118 companies). See the full Construction Services industry profitability benchmarks.| Metric | Company | Industry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 22.93 % | 17.79 % (avg) | +5.1 pp |
| Operating Margin | 14.40 % | industry median | +6.1 pp |
| EBITDA Margin | 17.64 % | 2.73 % (avg) | +14.9 pp |
| Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) | 16.59 % | 3.49 % (avg) | +13.1 pp |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Valuation vs Competitive Position
Valuation multiples vs the Construction Services industry average (118 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns. See the full Construction Services industry valuation benchmarks.| Metric | Company | Industry Average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 11.4x | 25.8x | -14.4x |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.9x | 16.4x | -8.5x |
| P/B | 1.7x | 3.9x | -2.2x |
| Return on Equity | 14.83 % | industry aggregate | 1.23 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 8.22 % | 1.41 % (avg) | 6.81 % |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in company reports.| Metric | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | -11.63 % | 14.61 % | 3.10 % | -1.02 % | -10.65 % | -9.26 % | 29.53 % | 16.38 % |
| Operating Margin | 8.48 % | 13.79 % | 15.24 % | 11.49 % | -4.28 % | 4.79 % | 12.17 % | 14.40 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 6.33 % | 11.19 % | 10.43 % | 7.07 % | -2.21 % | 2.26 % | 6.63 % | 8.22 % |
| P/E | - | 14.4x | 12.2x | 20.5x | - | 34.7x | 14.2x | 11.4x |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Strategic Group Map
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC are labeled. See Methodology: Strategic Group Map for how this chart is built.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's trailing-12-month revenue growth of 16.4% and operating margin of 14.4% compares with an average of 14.7% growth and 8.8% margin across its 8 closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC -- Great Lakes Dredge And Dock sits above that peer average on growth and above it on margin.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)
Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.| Force | Assessment | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Competitive Rivalry | High | Industry HHI of 673 (see Industry Market Structure & Concentration above) |
| Barriers to Entry | High (capital intensive) | Capital intensity (capex / revenue) of 16.59 % vs industry average 3.49 % (see Profitability & Cost Structure above) |
Note: see Methodology: Porter's Five Forces. Supplier power and buyer power are covered on Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's dedicated Suppliers and Customers pages, not here.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
See Methodology: GE/McKinsey Matrix for how the two axes are built.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock falls in the Low attractiveness / High strength cell: Selective.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
- Operating margin 6.1 points above the industry median.
- Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+15.7% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Outperforming the U.S.A. 500 over the trailing 12 months.
Weaknesses
No rule matched.
Opportunities
- Trades at a lower P/E than the industry average (11.4x vs 25.8x) despite a higher return on invested capital -- a possible re-rating opportunity.
Threats
- High capital intensity requires continuous reinvestment just to keep pace with the industry.
Methodology: see Methodology: SWOT Analysis.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | 0.05 | 1.17 | 0.82 |
| Orion Group Holdings Inc | 0.02 | 1.41 | 0.43 |
Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | Q4 2025 | +25.8 % | -35.9 % |
| Orion Group Holdings Inc | Q3 2026 | +14.0 % | +65.8 % |
| PEERS TOTAL | +19.6 % | -21.3 % |
Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | Q4 2025 | +31.0 % | +30.3 % |
| Orion Group Holdings Inc | Q3 2026 | +14.4 % | -14.4 % |
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | 5.84% | 6.94% | 14.83% |
| Orion Group Holdings Inc | 1.19% | 1.82% | 3.48% |
ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Great Lakes Dredge And Dock's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation | 15.79 | 1.30 |
| Orion Group Holdings Inc | 46.67 | 0.32 |
| PEERS AVERAGE | 18.23 | 0.80 |
P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.