Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL)Industrials | Engineering & Construction | The Woodlands, United States | NasdaqGS
470.52 USD
-35.85
(-7.080%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 472.30 +1.78 (0.378%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:51 a.m. EDT
Sterling Infrastructure is a standout compounder with a 40% return on equity and nearly 90% revenue growth, supported by a net cash balance sheet that insulates it from debt risks. Although the stock lags its 50-day moving average, creating immediate technical headwinds, the explosive earnings trajectory and strong analyst consensus indicate the price is undervalued relative to its growth potential. There is no dividend income to rely on, as management focuses entirely on reinvesting capital for expansion. Market participants are buying calls at higher price targets while hedging downside risk, signaling a belief in a continued rally despite the volatility. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.372896 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.372898 |
| MSTL | 0.394673 |
| AutoTheta | 0.515051 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 30% |
| H-stat | 4.83 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.339 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.93 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1998-12-22 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 24.222 |
| Revenue per Share | 112.228 |
| Market Cap | 14,392,509,440 |
| Trailing P/E | 36.50 |
| Forward P/E | 18.53 |
| Beta | 1.89 |
| Profit Margins | 12.55% |
| Previous Name | Sterling Construction Company, Inc. |
| Website | https://www.strlco.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:51 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant upside with heavy open interest in call strikes ranging from $500 to over $1,000, indicating a bullish bias on the longer horizon. However, there is substantial hedging activity in the put market, particularly at the money and lower strikes, suggesting a floor is being established around current levels. Implied volatility is notably elevated on deep out-of-the-money puts, reflecting a fear of a sharp correction despite the overall call-heavy positioning.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.82864463 |
| Address1 | 1,800 Hughes Landing Boulevard |
| Address2 | Suite 250 |
| All Time High | 1,005.68 |
| All Time Low | 0.421875 |
| Ask | 524.19 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 558,270 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 791,130 |
| Average Volume | 791,130 |
| Average Volume10Days | 558,270 |
| Beta | 1.889 |
| Bid | 501.99 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 44.357 |
| City | The Woodlands |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 470.52 |
| Current Ratio | 1.107 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 504.87 |
| Day Low | 468.38 |
| Debt To Equity | 24.222 |
| Display Name | Sterling Infrastructure |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,848,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,848,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 1.165 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 1.195 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,787,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,649,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,649,600 |
| Ebitda | 714,009,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.20764999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 20.025 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.158 |
| Enterprise Value | 14,298,107,904 |
| Eps Current Year | 20.03 |
| Eps Forward | 25.39625 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 12.89 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 914,371,200 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 281 465 8198 |
| Fifty Day Average | 649.1108 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -178.59079 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.27513146 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 82.86446 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 1,005.68 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -535.16003 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5321375 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 266.13 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 204.38998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.76800805 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 266.13 - 1005.68 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 679,325,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 29,868,770 |
| Forward Eps | 25.39625 |
| Forward P E | 18.527145 |
| Free Cashflow | 349,384,384 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 6,200 |
| Fullday Change | -35.85 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -7.0798 |
| Fullday Price | 472.3 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.23807 |
| Gross Profits | 818,587,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.022939999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.89688003 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 30,588,518 |
| Industry | Engineering & Construction |
| Industry Disp | Engineering & Construction |
| Industry Key | engineering-construction |
| Ir Website | http://www.sterlingconstructionco.com/investor-relations/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. engages in the provision of e-infrastructure, transportation, and building solutions in the United States. It operates through three segments: E-Infrastructure, Transportation, and Building Solutions. The E-Infrastructure Solutions segment provides site development services for the blue-chip end users in the e-commerce distribution center, data center, manufacturing, warehousing, and power generation sectors. Its Transportation Solutions segment is involved in the development of infrastructure and rehabilitation projects for highways, roads, bridges, airports, ports, rail, and storm drainage systems for the departments of transportation, regional transit, airport, port, water, and railroads authorities. The Building Solutions segment offers residential and commercial concrete foundations for single-family and multi-family homes, parking structures, elevated slabs, and other concrete work for developers and general contractors, as well as plumbing and surveys services for residential builds. It operates in the United States, primarily across the Southern, Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic and Rocky Mountain regions, and the Pacific Islands. The company was formerly known as Sterling Construction Company, Inc. and changed its name to Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. in June 2022. Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. |
| Long Name | Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 14,392,509,440 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_322372 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-08-28 |
| Net Income To Common | 431,480,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 15,489,107,859 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 500.52 |
| Operating Cashflow | 597,697,984 |
| Operating Margins | 0.20055 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.83 |
| Phone | 281 214 0777 |
| Post Market Change | 1.7799988 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.3783046 |
| Post Market Price | 472.3 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,384 |
| Prev Name | Sterling Construction Company, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 506.37 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 23.490763 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 10.607571 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.1857114 |
| Profit Margins | 0.12549 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.083 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -35.85 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -7.0798 |
| Regular Market Day High | 504.87 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 468.38 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 468.38 - 504.87 |
| Regular Market Open | 500.52 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 506.37 |
| Regular Market Price | 470.52 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 473,648 |
| Return On Assets | 0.14554 |
| Return On Equity | 0.40005 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.901 |
| Revenue Per Share | 112.228 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 30,588,518 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0353 |
| Shares Short | 1,079,506 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,280,420 |
| Short Name | Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.040999997 |
| Short Ratio | 1.3 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | STRL |
| Target High Price | 1,000.0 |
| Target Low Price | 700.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 876.0 |
| Target Median Price | 950.0 |
| Total Cash | 464,451,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 15.184 |
| Total Debt | 336,815,008 |
| Total Revenue | 3,438,486,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 12.89 |
| Trailing P E | 36.502712 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.8629 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 519.38275 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -48.862762 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.094078526 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 473,648 |
| Website | https://www.strlco.com |
| Zip | 77,380 |