Orion Group Holdings Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Orion Group Holdings Inc had return on equity of 1.6%, an operating margin of 1.7%, debt equal to 5.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.36. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 3.2% | 9.0% | 11.9% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 8.7% | 11.4% | 12.4% | 11.8% |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | −19.3% | 0.3% | 3.7% | −1.5% | −1.1% | −0.9% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Net margin | 0.1% | −18.1% | −0.8% | 2.8% | −2.4% | −1.7% | −2.5% | −0.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.0% | 0.8% | −2.5% | 4.4% | −2.8% | −0.7% | 1.2% | −0.2% | −1.3% | −4.1% |
| Return on equity | 0.2% | −50.6% | −3.8% | 13.6% | −9.5% | −8.8% | −13.8% | −1.2% | 1.6% | 3.5% |
| Return on assets | 0.1% | −25.3% | −1.5% | 5.0% | −3.8% | −3.5% | −4.6% | −0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Asset turnover | 1.34 | 1.40 | 2.00 | 1.75 | 1.57 | 2.08 | 1.82 | 1.91 | 2.05 | 1.93 |
| Current ratio | 1.57 | 1.59 | 1.42 | 1.30 | 1.22 | 1.16 | 1.26 | 1.41 | 1.36 | 1.37 |
| Debt to equity | 43.0% | 58.0% | 53.1% | 22.0% | 26.6% | 26.1% | 34.8% | 15.4% | 5.0% | 63.6% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 0.3x | n/m | 0.3x | 5.4x | n/m | n/m | n/m | 0.9x | 1.6x | 1.3x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | 8.9% | — | — | — | — | 14.4% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 9.8% | 10.2% | 8.6% | 9.2% | 10.0% | 8.4% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 11.0% | 10.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.9% | 3.4% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | >999% | — | — | 155.0% | — | — | — | — | −433.9% | −664.5% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.0% | — | — | 0.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 14.0% | 12.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% | 11.6% | 12.0% | 10.3% | 12.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 2.2% | −0.4% | −0.6% | 3.3% |
| Net margin | 3.1% | −0.7% | 0.4% | 1.5% | −0.1% | 2.2% | −1.9% | 2.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.6% | −6.6% | −6.2% | 6.2% | 0.2% | −1.7% | −13.1% | −2.4% |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.41 | 1.52 | 1.37 |
| Debt to equity | 15.4% | 15.5% | 21.8% | 15.0% | 5.0% | 43.3% | 60.3% | 62.8% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 9.9% | 12.0% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 9.9% | 12.2% | 11.0% | 9.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $300m of assets due within a year against $219m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $300m short-term assets against $153m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $6m of cash against $109m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 63% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 1% to 63% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $3m of operating cash flow against $109m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $11m against $8m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Orion Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -1.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 7 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 10.0%, moving by 2.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 0.4%; its worst year was -17.3%.
- Cash conversion 4 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 8 years, at a median -0.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 31.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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