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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD)

Industrials | Engineering & Construction | Houston, United States |
USD

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 4:13 a.m. UTC

GLDD is sandwiched between a strong short-term technical breakout and a severe long-term structural cliff triggered by the Saltchuk merger. While the price has rallied to hit a 52-week high and trading volume suggests bullish momentum, the company's earnings are contracting, and the certainty of being acquired via tender offer at $17 erases all upside potential for long-term holders, while the complete absence of meaningful dividends eliminates any yield strategist appeal.

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MSTL0.207795
AutoETS0.210356
AutoARIMA0.210528

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 37%
H-stat 2.25
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.003
Excess Kurtosis 0.88
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2012-12-19
Last Dividend Date 2012-12-19
Debt to Equity Ratio 88.584
Revenue per Share 13.284
Market Cap 1,135,273,600
Trailing P/E 15.74
Forward P/E 13.43
Beta 1.37
Profit Margins 8.27%
Website https://www.gldd.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2012-12-19 0.250 2.818489
2012-09-05 0.021 0.297856
2012-06-06 0.021 0.335775
2012-03-07 0.021 0.308665
2011-12-07 0.021 0.363855
2011-09-07 0.021 0.450015
2011-06-08 0.021 0.398050
2011-03-09 0.017 0.227742
2010-12-08 0.017 0.232081
2010-09-08 0.017 0.380740
2010-06-09 0.017 0.315117
2010-03-10 0.017 0.399228
2009-12-09 0.017 0.297413
2009-09-09 0.017 0.270311
2009-06-09 0.017 0.313467
2009-03-20 0.017 0.606875
2008-12-08 0.017 0.434201
2008-09-04 0.017 0.247186
2008-06-12 0.017 0.329422
2008-02-14 0.017 0.280915
2007-11-15 0.017 0.214641
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2012-12-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.25
lastDividendDate 2012-12-19

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.9562715
Address1 9,811 Katy Freeway
Address2 Suite 1200
All Time High 17.02
All Time Low 1.78
Ask 21.74
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,771,892
Average Volume 1,724,404
Average Volume10Days 1,771,892
Beta 1.366
Bid 12.23
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 2
Book Value 7.745
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Currency USD
Current Price 17.0
Current Ratio 1.008
Date Short Interest 1,773,360,000
Day High 17.02
Day Low 16.98
Debt To Equity 88.584
Earnings Growth -0.379
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.359
Ebitda 168,936,992
Ebitda Margins 0.19018999
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.353
Enterprise To Revenue 1.779
Enterprise Value 1,580,018,560
Ex Dividend Date 1,355,875,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Timezone Name UTC
Fifty Day Average 16.4944
Fifty Two Week High 17.02
Fifty Two Week Low 8.34
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Epoch Utc 1,110,205,800
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.12
Float Shares 61,492,427
Forward Eps 1.26629
Forward P E 13.425045
Free Cashflow 70,034,872
Full Time Employees 398
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.22908
Gross Profits 203,484,992
Held Percent Insiders 0.03105
Held Percent Institutions 0.86724
Implied Shares Outstanding 66,780,798
Industry Engineering & Construction
Industry Disp Engineering & Construction
Industry Key engineering-construction
Last Dividend Date 1,355,875,200
Last Dividend Value 0.25
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation provides dredging services in the United States. The company offers capital dredging that consists of port expansion projects; coastal restoration and land reclamations; trench digging for pipelines, tunnels, and cables; and other dredging related to the construction of breakwaters, jetties, canals, and other marine structures. It is also involved in coastal protection projects comprising moving sand from the ocean floor to shoreline locations where erosion threatens shoreline assets; maintenance dredging, which consists of the re-dredging of previously deepened waterways and harbors to remove silt, sand, and other accumulated sediments; and lake and river dredging, inland levee and construction dredging, environmental restoration and habitat improvement, and other marine construction projects. In addition, the company operates hydraulic dredges, hopper dredges, mechanical dredges, scows, and multi cats equipment. It serves federal, state, and local governments; foreign governments; and domestic and foreign private concerns comprising utilities, oil and gas, and other energy companies. The company was formerly known as Lydon & Drews Partnership and changed its name to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation in 1905. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. As of April 1, 2026, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Saltchuk Resources, Inc. As of April 1, 2026, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Saltchuk Resources, Inc.
Long Name Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation
Market Cap 1,135,273,600
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_29142
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 73,469,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,135,273,566
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 16.98
Operating Cashflow 246,678,000
Operating Margins 0.118310004
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 346 359 1010
Previous Close 17.0
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.1949644
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.2780626
Profit Margins 0.08271
Quick Ratio 0.763
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.25
Regular Market Day High 17.02
Regular Market Day Low 16.98
Regular Market Open 16.98
Regular Market Previous Close 17.0
Regular Market Volume 2,771,468
Return On Assets 0.061750002
Return On Equity 0.1521
Revenue Growth 0.265
Revenue Per Share 13.284
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 66,780,798
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.044
Shares Short 2,936,995
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,770,940,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,450,984
Short Name Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corpo
Short Percent Of Float 0.0506
Short Ratio 1.61
State TX
Symbol GLDD
Target High Price 17.0
Target Low Price 17.0
Target Mean Price 17.0
Target Median Price 17.0
Time Zone Full Name America/New_York
Time Zone Short Name EDT
Total Cash 13,361,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.2
Total Debt 458,105,984
Total Revenue 888,276,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 1.08
Trailing P E 15.74074
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.2649
Two Hundred Day Average 13.2509
Underlying Symbol GLDD
Uuid bdeaa704-c443-31fc-a345-97c7cad86449
Volume 2,771,468
Website https://www.gldd.com
Zip 77,024