Orion Marine Group Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 08, 2011
Orion Marine Group Inc. (ORN, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.

Orion Marine Group Inc. has a market cap of $295.6 million; its shares were traded at around $10.99 with a P/E ratio of 13.6 and P/S ratio of 0.8.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Our contract backlog represents our estimate of the revenues we expect to realize under the portion of the contracts remaining to be performed. Given the typical duration of our contracts, which ranges from three to nine months, our backlog at any point in time usually represents only a portion of the revenue that we expect to realize during a twelve month period. We include projects in our backlog only when the customer has provided an executed contract, purchase order or change order. Our backlog under contract as of December 31, 2010 was approximately $194.5 million and at December 31, 2009 was approximately $252.9 million. These estimates are subject to fluctuations based upon the scope of services to be provided, as well as factors affecting the time required to complete the project. In addition, many projects that make up our backlog may be canceled at any time without penalty; however, we can generally recover actual committed costs and profit on work performed up to the date of cancellation. Although we have not been materially adversely affected by contract cancellations or modifications in the past, we may be, especially in economically uncertain periods. Consequently, backlog is not necessarily indicative of future results. In addition to our backlog under contract, we also have a substantial number of projects in negotiation or pending award at any given time.

In connection with our business, we generally are required to provide various types of surety bonds that provide an additional measure of security for our performance under certain government and private sector contracts. Our ability to obtain surety bonds depends upon our capitalization, working capital, past performance, management expertise, and external factors, including the capacity of the overall surety market. Surety companies consider such factors in light of the amount of our backlog that we have currently bonded and their current underwriting standards, which may change from time to time. The capacity of the surety market is subject to market-driven fluctuations driven primarily by the level of surety industry losses and the degree of surety market consolidation. The bonds we provide typically are for the amount of the project and have face amounts ranging from approximately $1.0 to approximately $50.0 million. As of December 31, 2010, we had approximately $130.0 million in surety bonds outstanding. On December 31, 2010, we believe our capacity under our current bonding arrangement was in excess of $400.0 million in aggregate surety bonds.

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