Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GVA. As of February 6, 2026, 43,503,673 shares of our common stock were outstanding and held by 566 shareholders of record. We have paid quarterly cash dividends since the second quarter of 1990, and we expect to continue to do so.
The following table sets forth information regarding the repurchase of shares of our common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2025:
Period Total number of shares purchased (1) Average price paid per share Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (2)
October 1, 2025 through October 31, 2025 105,175 $ 106.09 105,116 $ 172,791,212
November 1, 2025 through November 30, 2025 86,594 $ 102.68 86,356 $ 163,924,075
December 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 59,470 $ 109.92 57,408 $ 157,621,254
251,239 $ 105.82 248,880
(1) Includes 59, 238 and 2,062 shares purchased during October, November and December, respectively, in connection with employee tax withholding for restricted stock units vested under our equity incentive plans.
(2) As announced on February 3, 2022, on February 1, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized us to purchase up to $300.0 million of our common stock at management’s discretion. The specific timing and amount of any future purchases will vary based on market conditions, securities law limitations and other factors.
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Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative five-year total return provided to Granite Construction Incorporated’s common stockholders relative to the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones U.S. Heavy Construction index. The Dow Jones U.S. Heavy Construction index includes the following companies: AECOM, EMCOR Group Inc, Fluor Corporation, Jacobs Solutions Inc, KBR, Inc, MDU Resources Group Inc, MasTec Inc, and
Willscot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. Certain of these companies differ from Granite in that they derive more revenue and profit from non-U.S. operations and have customers in different markets. The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our common stock and in each index (with the reinvestment of all dividends) from December 31, 2020 through December 31, 2025.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among Granite Construction Incorporated, the S&P 500 Index
and the Dow Jones US Heavy Construction Index
* $100 invested on 12/31/20 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ending December 31.
Item 6. RESERVED
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