Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL – Get Free Report) is one of 188 publicly-traded companies in the “Construction & Engineering” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Sterling Infrastructure to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure’s competitors have a beta of 1.61, suggesting that their average share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Sterling Infrastructure and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sterling Infrastructure | $2.49 billion | $290.15 million | 19.16 |
| Sterling Infrastructure Competitors | $10.72 billion | $456.60 million | -5,802.55 |
Sterling Infrastructure’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares Sterling Infrastructure and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sterling Infrastructure | 12.85% | 45.97% | 19.94% |
| Sterling Infrastructure Competitors | -4.04% | 2.59% | 3.80% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sterling Infrastructure and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sterling Infrastructure | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.75 |
| Sterling Infrastructure Competitors | 844 | 3453 | 7334 | 356 | 2.60 |
Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $729.83, suggesting a potential upside of 113.73%. As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 38.95%. Given Sterling Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than its competitors.
Summary
Sterling Infrastructure beats its competitors on 9 of the 13 factors compared.
Sterling Infrastructure Company Profile
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. engages in the provision of e-infrastructure, transportation, and building solutions primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: E-Infrastructure Solutions, Transportation Solutions, and Building Solutions. The E-Infrastructure Solutions segment provides site development services for the blue-chip end users in the e-commerce distribution center, data center, manufacturing, warehousing, and power generation sectors. The Transportation Solutions segment is involved in the development of infrastructure and rehabilitation projects for highways, roads, bridges, airports, ports, rail, and storm drainage systems for the departments of transportation in various states, regional transit authorities, airport authorities, port authorities, water authorities, and railroads. The Building Solutions segment provides residential and commercial concrete foundations for single-family and multi-family homes, parking structures, elevated slabs, other concrete work for developers and general contractors, as well as provides plumbing services for residential builds. The company was formerly known as Sterling Construction Company, Inc. and changed its name to Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. in June 2022. Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
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