Sterling Infrastructure

STRL

Engineering & Construction · Industrials

Price

$638.56

-2.79 (-0.44%)

Market Cap

$19.59B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+6.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 29.1M (2021) → 30.9M (2025)

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. engages in the transportation, e-infrastructure, and building solutions primarily in the Southern United States, the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States, the Rocky Mountain states, California, and Hawaii. It undertakes infrastructure and rehabilitation projects for highways, roads, bridges, airports, ports, light rail, water, wastewater, and storm drainage systems for the departments of transportation in various states, regional transit authorities, airport

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+91.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+142.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$512M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Sterling Infrastructure grew revenue 92% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

22.7%

Thin — 22.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

16.9%

Healthy — 16.9% operating margin

ROCE

9.1%

Below par — 9.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+37.0%

Fast-growing sales (37.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

+30.8%

Earnings growing fast (30.8% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

150%

Turns 150% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

15.3%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (15.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.29

Conservative — low debt load (0.29)

Interest Cover

26.36x

Comfortably covers interest (26.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

56.4x

Expensive — P/E 56.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+31.1

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (56.4 → 25.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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