Sterling Infrastructure

STRL

Market cap $13.2B

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. STRL closed 2025 with a headline-grabbing 78% year-over-year surge in signed backlog to $3.01 billion, with the CEC acquisition contributing $488.9 million to backlog, reinforcing confidence in its multi-year growth trajectory. Excluding the contribution from the CEC acquisition, backlog rose an impressive 49%, signaling strong organic demand momentum.

STRL proves its AI beneficiary status through the growing multi-year backlog, aided by the CEC acquisition, along with the notably richer profit margins against its direct peers. These are further supported by the robust FQ4'25 performance metrics and the management's promising FY2026 guidance, with these lending strength to the stock's outsized rally. Much of these profitable growth prospects are also baked in STRL's expensive FWD P/E of 44.4x and FWD EV/EBITDA of 29.05x, far above sector median and historical averages.

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

STRL tops Q4 estimates as E-Infrastructure drives 51% revenue growth, lifting shares and setting an upbeat 2026 revenue and EPS outlook.

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Sterling Infrastructure is upgraded to 'buy' following strong Q4 2025 results and robust FY2026 guidance, signaling further upside potential. STRL's E-Infrastructure segment, now ~70% of revenue, grew 123% YoY, driven by hyperscaler demand and higher margins. Management projects FY2026 sales of $3.05–3.20B and adjusted EPS of $13.45–14.05, well above consensus, with a $3.01B signed backlog supporting growth.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) ("Sterling" or the "Company") today announced strong financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025. The financial comparisons herein are to the prior year quarter, unless otherwise noted.

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