Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) Stock

About Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. operates across three distinct business segments: transportation, e-infrastructure, and building solutions. The company's operations span a significant portion of the United States, including the Southern, Northeastern, and Mid-Atlantic regions, as well as the Rocky Mountain states, California, and Hawaii. Within its transportation division, Sterling specializes in developing and rehabilitating critical infrastructure. This includes projects such as highways, roads, bridges, airports, ports, and light rail systems, alongside essential water, wastewater, and storm drainage solutions. Their clients in this sector range from state departments of transportation and regional transit authorities to airport, port, and water authorities, as well as railway companies. Furthermore, Sterling delivers specialized site infrastructure development services. These projects cater to high-profile "blue-chip" clients operating within the e-commerce, data center, distribution and warehousing, and energy industries. The building solutions segment focuses on concrete work for both residential and commercial applications. This encompasses foundations for single-family and multi-family residences, as well as parking structures, elevated slabs, and other custom concrete projects. Their client base here includes national, regional, and custom home builders, as well as developers and general contractors in the commercial sector. Originally established in 1955, the company operated as Sterling Construction Company, Inc. until its renaming to Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. in June 2022. Its corporate headquarters are located in The Woodlands, Texas.

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. is led by CEO Joseph A. Cutillo, employs 4,400 people, headquartered in The Woodlands, US, publicly traded since 1991.

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) stock trades at $494.24 with a market capitalization of $15.17B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 76.01, price-to-book of 23.56, price-to-sales of 8.28. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $214.68 and $1005.68, and currently trades 50.9% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 36.68% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 37.40%, an operating margin of 16.96%, a net profit margin of 12.02%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. reported annual revenue of $2.5B, net profit of $290.0M, revenue has compounded at 15.2% a year over the last five years, profit at 47.2% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.01, total assets of $2.6B, $391.0M in cash and equivalents.

STRL has an average daily trading volume of 747,440 shares, a beta of 1.82 (more volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.strlco.com