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Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) Competitors

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$189.43 -3.54 (-1.83%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

STRL vs. ROAD, GLDD, FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, KBR, DY, PRIM, and GVA

Should you be buying Sterling Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Infrastructure include Construction Partners (ROAD), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Granite Construction (GVA). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

Sterling Infrastructure vs.

Construction Partners (NASDAQ:ROAD) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Construction Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 6 mentions for Construction Partners. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Construction Partners' score of 0.61 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Construction Partners
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sterling Infrastructure
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.8% of Construction Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Construction Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 8.77% compared to Construction Partners' net margin of 4.01%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 27.52% beat Construction Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Construction Partners4.01% 13.34% 5.38%
Sterling Infrastructure 8.77%27.52%9.76%

Construction Partners has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Construction Partners presently has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.43%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 39.29%. Given Construction Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Construction Partners is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Construction Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Sterling Infrastructure
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Construction Partners. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Construction Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Construction Partners$1.76B2.74$49M$1.3567.64
Sterling Infrastructure$2.10B2.77$138.65M$5.9232.00

Sterling Infrastructure received 100 more outperform votes than Construction Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.97% of users gave Construction Partners an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Construction PartnersOutperform Votes
171
58.97%
Underperform Votes
119
41.03%
Sterling InfrastructureOutperform Votes
271
56.22%
Underperform Votes
211
43.78%

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Construction Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STRL vs. The Competition

MetricSterling InfrastructureHeavy construction, except building construction IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.82B$16.90B$9.63B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%1.83%4.07%
P/E Ratio32.0021.0829.8617.74
Price / Sales2.771.063.3274.25
Price / Cash28.0315.9417.9032.53
Price / Book9.393.456.044.68
Net Income$138.65M$801.52M$519.29M$226.08M
7 Day Performance1.49%0.79%-0.56%-2.03%
1 Month Performance18.51%2.26%-0.19%0.07%
1 Year Performance194.60%44.99%35.81%24.61%

Sterling Infrastructure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
2.5223 of 5 stars
$189.43
-1.8%
$115.00
-39.3%
+194.6%$5.82B$2.10B32.003,000
ROAD
Construction Partners
3.3374 of 5 stars
$91.31
-1.8%
$69.00
-24.4%
+115.4%$4.91B$1.56B67.644,014
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.9632 of 5 stars
$12.22
-0.7%
$14.00
+14.6%
+85.7%$828.12M$741.65M14.05367Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.5349 of 5 stars
$476.49
+0.4%
$466.33
-2.1%
+145.3%$16.96B$5.21B36.4615,800Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
ACM
AECOM
4.2223 of 5 stars
$109.48
+0.6%
$116.43
+6.3%
+26.0%$14.68B$16.11B36.9952,000Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
4.1336 of 5 stars
$140.84
-1.1%
$148.62
+5.5%
+156.3%$11.16B$12.00B125.7534,000Positive News
FLR
Fluor
4.3387 of 5 stars
$52.53
-0.3%
$60.29
+14.8%
+37.0%$9.01B$15.47B35.0230,187
KBR
KBR
4.7858 of 5 stars
$58.02
-0.5%
$81.14
+39.9%
+10.7%$7.77B$6.96B24.3834,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
DY
Dycom Industries
4.3395 of 5 stars
$176.56
-12.9%
$206.13
+16.7%
+103.9%$5.14B$4.43B21.9315,611Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PRIM
Primoris Services
3.5259 of 5 stars
$80.38
-1.2%
$83.50
+3.9%
+158.7%$4.37B$5.72B22.7314,058Positive News
GVA
Granite Construction
1.1842 of 5 stars
$97.25
-0.3%
$67.00
-31.1%
+109.6%$4.25B$3.96B44.612,100Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:STRL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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