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Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) Competitors

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$151.54
-2.12 (-1.38%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

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

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), AECOM (ACM), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Granite Construction (GVA), and Primoris Services (PRIM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

Sterling Infrastructure vs.

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

80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Construction Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Construction Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

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
Sterling Infrastructure$2.07B2.25$138.65M$5.2129.09
Construction Partners$1.76B2.34$49M$1.3557.82

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

Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential downside of 24.10%. Construction Partners has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.61%. Given Construction Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Construction Partners is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.

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

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Construction Partners' net margin of 4.01%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 25.64% beat Construction Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure7.85% 25.64% 8.95%
Construction Partners 4.01%13.34%5.38%

In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than Construction Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 3 mentions for Construction Partners. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Construction Partners' score of 0.34 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Construction Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STRL vs. The Competition

MetricSterling InfrastructureHeavy construction, except building construction IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.66B$15.93B$9.11B$8.40B
Dividend YieldN/A1.30%1.81%4.16%
P/E Ratio29.0919.4726.7716.67
Price / Sales2.251.073.1576.46
Price / Cash24.0415.1020.3133.53
Price / Book7.512.925.205.18
Net Income$138.65M$743.29M$505.27M$223.67M
7 Day Performance-0.68%1.20%5.34%2.59%
1 Month Performance2.36%-1.11%5.90%8.66%
1 Year Performance99.50%41.23%54.80%28.23%

Sterling Infrastructure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
1.5046 of 5 stars
$151.54
-1.4%
$115.00
-24.1%
+102.3%$4.66B$2.07B29.093,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ROAD
Construction Partners
3.0886 of 5 stars
$79.94
-0.2%
$69.00
-13.7%
+98.1%$4.22B$1.76B59.224,014
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.8002 of 5 stars
$11.47
-1.5%
$14.00
+22.1%
+54.8%$768.59M$667.66M17.65367Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
ACM
AECOM
4.3493 of 5 stars
$107.33
-1.0%
$112.29
+4.6%
+37.2%$14.61B$15.84B57.7052,000Upcoming Earnings
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.4949 of 5 stars
$390.04
-1.5%
$302.00
-22.6%
+108.9%$13.93B$6.52B32.7515,800Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
4.0583 of 5 stars
$120.00
-1.7%
$134.00
+11.7%
+152.0%$9.53B$12.19B1,333.3334,000Analyst Forecast
KBR
KBR
4.1259 of 5 stars
$68.28
+1.5%
$78.88
+15.5%
+32.6%$9.17B$7.35B46.4534,000
FLR
Fluor
4.5085 of 5 stars
$53.08
-0.2%
$58.29
+9.8%
+44.3%$9.09B$15.74B22.6830,187Upcoming Earnings
DY
Dycom Industries
4.3778 of 5 stars
$172.85
-3.6%
$203.43
+17.7%
+107.6%$5.03B$4.43B21.4715,611Positive News
High Trading Volume
GVA
Granite Construction
1.0609 of 5 stars
$82.01
-0.6%
$67.00
-18.3%
+88.3%$3.62B$3.81B47.132,100Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
PRIM
Primoris Services
3.1968 of 5 stars
$63.75
+0.7%
$61.00
-4.3%
+107.4%$3.42B$5.72B22.4514,058News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:STRL) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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