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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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $265.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.17%. Primoris Services has a consensus target price of $91.56, indicating a potential downside of 1.47%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Primoris Services. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 19 mentions for Primoris Services. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Primoris Services' score of 0.91 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Primoris Services
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 12.62% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.68%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 26.58% beat Primoris Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure12.62% 26.58% 10.13%
Primoris Services 2.68%15.23%4.88%

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$2.12B3.85$257.46M$8.5631.32
Primoris Services$6.60B0.76$126.14M$3.7824.58

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Primoris Services on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$7.68B$6.89B$9.54B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A1.30%2.01%4.01%
P/E Ratio31.3221.8716.8320.05
Price / Sales3.8513.18111.7099.42
Price / Cash29.9118.7015.1158.56
Price / Book9.968.534.705.87
Net Income$257.46M$340.49M$620.50M$258.55M
7 Day Performance6.85%0.33%2.60%2.23%
1 Month Performance19.36%4.55%4.81%12.76%
1 Year Performance143.63%73.87%103.66%19.36%

Sterling Infrastructure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
1.5412 of 5 stars
$268.14
+6.1%
$265.00
-1.2%
+123.4%$7.68B$2.12B31.323,000Positive News
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.4576 of 5 stars
$87.41
+0.9%
$87.56
+0.2%
+64.8%$4.72B$6.60B28.9412,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
EME
EMCOR Group
3.7163 of 5 stars
$557.27
+0.6%
$532.00
-4.5%
+62.2%$24.94B$15.00B24.6340,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ETN
Eaton
4.4265 of 5 stars
$360.32
-0.1%
$375.00
+4.1%
+28.5%$140.99B$24.88B36.3694,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
3.9381 of 5 stars
$544.51
+0.9%
$572.60
+5.2%
+87.8%$19.21B$7.32B32.6618,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
GTES
Gates Industrial
3.701 of 5 stars
$24.62
+0.7%
$24.44
-0.7%
+45.6%$6.35B$3.41B30.0214,100Upcoming Earnings
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.2412 of 5 stars
$184.34
+2.6%
$147.00
-20.3%
+134.7%$74.41B$7.43B60.0423,930Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NVT
nVent Electric
3.4313 of 5 stars
$74.96
+0.1%
$78.33
+4.5%
+8.1%$12.34B$3.01B21.4212,100News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
SKY
Champion Homes
1.2093 of 5 stars
$66.06
-0.8%
$80.60
+22.0%
-15.0%$3.78B$2.48B19.329,000Positive News
ACM
AECOM
3.7278 of 5 stars
$114.80
+0.3%
$120.86
+5.3%
+29.4%$15.19B$16.05B25.0151,000Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
3.8765 of 5 stars
$172.30
+1.2%
$169.29
-1.7%
+71.9%$13.59B$12.30B63.3533,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:STRL) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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