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STRL vs. PRIM, EME, ETN, FIX, GTES, HWM, NVT, SKY, ACM, and MTZ

Should you be buying Sterling Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Infrastructure include Primoris Services (PRIM), EMCOR Group (EME), Eaton (ETN), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Gates Industrial (GTES), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), nVent Electric (NVT), Champion Homes (SKY), AECOM (ACM), and MasTec (MTZ).

Sterling Infrastructure vs. Its Competitors

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.68%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 27.93% beat Primoris Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure13.33% 27.93% 11.18%
Primoris Services 2.68%15.23%4.88%

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Primoris Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sterling Infrastructure$2.12B3.99$257.46M$9.2030.13
Primoris Services$6.93B0.87$126.14M$4.4125.42

In the previous week, Primoris Services had 10 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Primoris Services and 13 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Primoris Services' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.13 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sterling Infrastructure
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Primoris Services
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus price target of $355.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.07%. Primoris Services has a consensus price target of $101.67, indicating a potential downside of 9.32%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Primoris Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Primoris Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Primoris Services on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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STRL vs. The Competition

MetricSterling InfrastructureENGINRG/R&D SVS IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.43B$6.74B$9.32B$9.56B
Dividend YieldN/A1.21%1.86%4.07%
P/E Ratio30.1321.6215.8925.14
Price / Sales3.9914.01122.1187.40
Price / Cash32.6716.6015.1858.50
Price / Book9.255.424.676.20
Net Income$257.46M$341.50M$618.69M$265.38M
7 Day Performance-1.76%-1.95%-1.72%-1.13%
1 Month Performance11.93%-9.05%4.08%-0.70%
1 Year Performance141.41%35.25%98.23%18.99%

Sterling Infrastructure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
3.5261 of 5 stars
$278.12
+1.2%
$355.00
+27.6%
+147.0%$8.46B$2.12B30.233,000Positive News
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.6658 of 5 stars
$111.25
+0.1%
$99.44
-10.6%
+109.3%$6.01B$6.93B36.8412,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EME
EMCOR Group
4.0046 of 5 stars
$614.48
-0.6%
$594.50
-3.3%
+64.8%$27.51B$15.64B25.5040,400Positive News
ETN
Eaton
4.3987 of 5 stars
$360.19
-0.7%
$383.63
+6.5%
+16.9%$140.22B$25.99B36.2494,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.6857 of 5 stars
$692.93
+0.2%
$635.60
-8.3%
+105.8%$24.45B$7.68B35.6118,300Positive News
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GTES
Gates Industrial
4.0174 of 5 stars
$23.68
+0.2%
$26.67
+12.6%
+36.8%$6.10B$3.41B30.3514,100Positive News
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.4091 of 5 stars
$179.77
-0.5%
$172.13
-4.2%
+79.7%$72.47B$7.43B52.5623,930Positive News
NVT
nVent Electric
4.2585 of 5 stars
$88.80
+0.1%
$87.00
-2.0%
+34.7%$14.29B$3.01B25.3012,100Positive News
Insider Trade
SKY
Champion Homes
2.5931 of 5 stars
$66.01
+0.2%
$86.00
+30.3%
-18.6%$3.78B$2.56B17.569,000Positive News
ACM
AECOM
4.1857 of 5 stars
$119.19
+0.6%
$127.33
+6.8%
+24.6%$15.79B$16.07B25.9751,000Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
MTZ
MasTec
4.2179 of 5 stars
$179.10
-1.2%
$195.12
+8.9%
+54.2%$14.13B$12.30B52.9933,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:STRL) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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