North American Construction Group Ltd. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, North American Construction Group Ltd. had return on equity of 8.0%, an operating margin of 8.5%, debt equal to 199.4% of equity and a current ratio of 0.88. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

North American Construction Group Ltd.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Mar 2010	2011Mar 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025
Gross margin	18.4%	6.7%	4.0%	9.7%	10.9%	11.3%	15.2%	13.6%	16.8%	13.4%	18.5%	13.8%	13.2%	16.1%	18.0%	12.6%
Operating margin	9.7%	−1.8%	−3.9%	−0.6%	2.5%	1.0%	1.8%	4.6%	7.3%	8.2%	13.5%	8.4%	9.2%	10.0%	13.1%	8.5%
Net margin	3.7%	−5.2%	−2.3%	14.7%	−0.2%	−2.7%	−0.2%	1.8%	3.7%	5.1%	9.9%	7.9%	8.8%	6.5%	3.8%	2.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	−1.2%	−5.0%	5.6%	5.6%	1.4%	15.9%	6.0%	−1.4%	6.9%	0.1%	5.9%	8.0%	7.5%	7.8%	−5.4%	−1.3%
Return on equity	14.5%	−20.7%	−9.6%	42.9%	−0.6%	−4.1%	−0.3%	3.5%	10.4%	22.4%	22.0%	19.9%	23.3%	18.9%	11.9%	8.0%
Return on assets	—	−4.9%	−2.0%	12.1%	−0.3%	−1.8%	−0.1%	1.4%	2.9%	5.0%	5.8%	6.1%	7.4%	4.9%	2.7%	1.9%
Asset turnover	—	0.93	0.85	0.82	1.05	0.67	0.62	0.80	0.78	0.97	0.59	0.78	0.84	0.75	0.72	0.73
Current ratio	—	1.52	1.38	1.37	1.58	1.27	1.01	1.15	0.87	0.75	1.09	0.91	1.20	0.91	1.03	0.88
Debt to equity	0.0%	207.6%	263.8%	46.9%	33.9%	31.4%	24.8%	48.0%	197.7%	184.3%	144.0%	117.0%	137.5%	194.1%	206.6%	199.4%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	2.8x	n/m	n/m	n/m	0.9x	0.3x	0.7x	1.9x	3.4x	2.7x	3.6x	2.9x	2.9x	2.6x	2.6x	1.9x
Effective tax rate	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18.6%	28.5%	7.1%	18.6%	15.3%	20.2%	26.5%	26.6%	40.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue	6.8%	4.9%	9.1%	6.7%	7.4%	11.6%	12.7%	18.4%	19.8%	21.8%	23.5%	17.2%	14.5%	21.0%	26.1%	21.9%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	−32.8%	—	—	37.8%	—	—	—	−77.3%	185.1%	2.5%	59.9%	102.4%	85.6%	119.2%	−142.1%	−50.3%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	0.0%	—	—	—	41.5%	13.1%	6.9%	8.9%	8.6%	11.5%	15.9%	24.2%	39.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	0.0%	44.9%	61.7%	21.3%	86.4%	—	40.8%	276.3%	45.7%	39.8%	72.6%	13.3%	—	—

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 7 checks passed · December 31, 2025

What it owns · $1.3bn

Short-term assets $264mLonger-term assets $1.1bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $1.3bn

Short-term liabilities $300mLonger-term liabilities $694mShareholders' equity $333m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $264m of assets due within a year against $300m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $264m short-term assets against $694m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $73m of cash against $547m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 164% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 137% to 164% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $189m of operating cash flow against $547m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $78m against $42m of interest.

From North American Construction Group Ltd.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from North American Construction Group Ltd.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to North American Construction Group Ltd.