Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. provides infrastructure, engineering and construction services across the United States. The company serves public and private-sector customers through three primary business segments: E-Infrastructure Solutions, Transportation Solutions and Building Solutions.

Its E-Infrastructure Solutions segment develops and builds large-scale infrastructure for data centers, advanced manufacturing facilities, energy and communications projects, and other complex industrial sites. Transportation Solutions focuses on roadway and highway construction, bridges, aviation infrastructure, water and wastewater facilities, and related civil infrastructure. Building Solutions provides concrete and other specialized construction services for commercial, residential and industrial developments.

Previously known as Sterling Construction Company, the company adopted the Sterling Infrastructure name to reflect the expansion of its business beyond traditional transportation construction. Sterling is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, and operates primarily in U.S. markets. Joseph A. Cutillo serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $492.00 to $516.95
• 50-Day Range: $456.10 to $719.34
• 52-Week Range: $281.58 to $1,005.68
• Volume: 467,965 shs
• Average Volume: 515,856 shs
• Market Capitalization: $15.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: 36.85
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $690.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Sterling Infrastructure Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sterling Infrastructure scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 97th out of 668 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Sterling Infrastructure has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $690.33, representing about 35.1% upside from its current price of $511.04.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sterling Infrastructure has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 29.73%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sterling Infrastructure are expected to grow by 29.73% in the coming year, from $19.14 to $24.83 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sterling Infrastructure is 36.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sterling Infrastructure is 36.85, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.58.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Sterling Infrastructure has a PEG Ratio of 1.69. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sterling Infrastructure has a P/B Ratio of 14.19. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.00% of the float of Sterling Infrastructure has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sterling Infrastructure has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.24, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sterling Infrastructure has recently increased by 11.47%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Sterling Infrastructure does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Sterling Infrastructure does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.84

News Sentiment

Sterling Infrastructure has a news sentiment score of 0.84. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 21 news articles for Sterling Infrastructure this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 70 people have searched for STRL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -1% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

59 people have added Sterling Infrastructure to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 168% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sterling Infrastructure insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,220,000.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.60% of the stock of Sterling Infrastructure is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.95% of the stock of Sterling Infrastructure is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Today: 9/12/2026
• Morgan Stanley's 14th Annual Laguna Conference: 9/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Construction & Engineering
• Sub-Industry: Construction & Engineering
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:STRL
• CIK: 874238
• Web: www.strlco.com
• Phone: (281) 214-0777
• Fax: 302-655-5049
• Employees: 4,400
• Year Founded: 1955

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Sterling Infrastructure: $690.33
• High Price Target: $950.00
• Low Price Target: $486.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $13.87
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 36.85
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.70
• P/E Growth: 1.69
• Net Income: $290.15 million
• Net Margins: 12.55%
• Pretax Margin: 17.50%
• Return on Equity: 40.12%
• Return on Assets: 17.15%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.19
• Current Ratio: 1.11
• Quick Ratio: 1.11

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.44 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.55
• Cash Flow: $13.57 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 37.66
• Book Value: $36.02 per share
• Price / Book: 14.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 30,589,000
• Free Float: 30,100,000
• Market Cap: $15.63 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.85