Company Analysis

Granite Construction Inc. (GVA)

NYSE: GVA · Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors · Watsonville, CA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.2
◀ Past 3.3● Present 6.2▶ Future 6.8

The grade of Granite Construction Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past3.340% of the headline
● Present6.235% of the headline
▶ Future6.825% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

13 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-02-18.

weight 33% of this tense · 4th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Granite Construction Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 13 warning events of 4 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, the latest 2026-02-18); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2021-03-19); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 4 times, the latest 2023-02-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 5 times, the latest 2021-03-02) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Granite Construction Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $4.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.5%bottom 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 32% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 50% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak11.3%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.5% a year. 15% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 4 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Granite Construction Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 15% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales (12 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06, buying about $157 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 45% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.2/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Granite Construction Inc. earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 18 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 70 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 39% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 39% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 11 in its family; net margin 4.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Granite Construction Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 35% by size; a net margin of 4.4% ranks in the top 41%; revenue growth of 10.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.42Btop 35% of its family
  • net margin4.4%top 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.3%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 33% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Granite Construction Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Larkin, Kyle T (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-06-04, 5.4 years (top 44% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.4 years (top 31%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 23%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 15 peopletop 23% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.4 yearstop 31% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.4 yearstop 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 32% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Granite Construction Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $529 million against debt of $963 million leaves -10.8% of its assets as net cash, top 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.5% of revenue (top 23%); a gross margin of 16.1% (top 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-10.8%top 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.5%top 23% of its family
  • gross margin16.1%top 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Granite Construction Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.3% a year over the last three filed years against 6.5% over all 10, speeding up (top 23% of its family); the newest year grew 10.4% (top 32%); capital spending grew 4.4% a year (top 45%) (its annual reports). Granite Construction Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Constructions at $3.7 billion (83%), Materials at $769 million (17%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+3.8 points a yeartop 23% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.4%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending4.4%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Granite Construction Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.2% above the $4.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $193 million against a prior three-year average of $84 million (top 15%); a net margin of 4.4% against 2.3% before (top 35%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.2%top 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+129%top 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.1 pointstop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GVA · research, not advice