Everyone's buying $NVDA and $AMD to play the AI buildout (SMART). ๐ง
$STRL is who actually builds the buildings. ๐จ
Q2 was absurd: โ
โค Revenue +90% to $1.17B โ half of it organic ๐ฅ
โค Adjusted EPS +116% to $5.80 ๐ฅ
โค EBITDA +104%, margin expanding 150bps to 22% ๐ฅ
โค E-Infrastructure revenue +192% โ now 78% of the business, up from 51% a year ago ๐ฅ
The part that matters most: $7B+ in visible future work. And 92% of the E-Infrastructure backlog is mission-critical โ data centers, semiconductor campuses, large manufacturing. ๐๐๐
Here's the model most people miss: $STRL prepares a data center site, does it well, and gets the next phase โ negotiated directly, no bidding.
Projects that looked like 3 years of work are turning into 5, 8, even 12. And later phases carry better margins because the crews and equipment are already on site. Land and expand, with concrete.
Then there's CEC, the electrical acquisition. Management expected a year to fill capacity. It took 90 days. Grew 140% last quarter. ๐ฅ
27x this year's earnings, 21x next year's, under 19x on 2028.
For 90% growth and a net cash balance sheet. ๐
Sterling Infrastructure posted a massive second quarter, beating consensus estimates on both top and bottom lines!
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
Q2 Revenue: $1.17B (+90.4% YoY)
$STRL raised FY adjusted EPS guidance to $20.30 (vs. $19.10 consensus)
Backlog: $4.33B ($5.62B combined backlog)
THE RATING: Stellar growth, high profitability, and strong macro momentum back a Seeking Alpha Quant STRONG BUY score.
Forget Palantir. Sterling Infrastructure tonight. It's the engineers building the data centers. Earnings expected to be up 74% this year as margins rise. Customers are willing to pay nearly anything to get these massive data centers built. $STRL (I own it)
Another record quarter for Sterling as mission critical projects like data centers, manufacturing, and semiconductor projects soar. It beat and also raised full year again. New guide is $19.70 to $20.30, above the Zacks Consensus of $19.01. Just 90 days ago: $13.65. $STRL
$STRL ... Sterling Infrastructure beats by $0.79, beats on revs; guides FY26 EPS above consensus, revs above consensusย ย (611.47ย +14.70)
Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $5.80 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.79 better than the FactSet Consensus of $5.01; revenues rose 90.4% year/year to $1.17 bln vs the $0.97 bln FactSet Consensus.
Backlog at June 30, 2026 was $4.33 billion, up 116% from the prior year period. Backlog increased 50% year-over-year on an organic basis.
Co issues upside guidance for FY26, sees EPS of $19.70-$20.30, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $18.89 FactSet Consensus; sees FY26 revs of $4.00-$4.15 bln vs. $3.75 bln FactSet Consensus.
$STRL
Sterling Infrastructure Non-GAAP EPS of $5.80 beats by $0.62, revenue of $1.17B beats by $150M
Aug 03
Q2 Non-GAAP EPS of $5.80 beats by $0.62.
Revenue of $1.17B (+90.4% Y/Y) beats by $150M.
Backlog at June 30, 2026 was $4.33 billion, up 116% from the prior year period. Backlog increased 50% year-over-year on an organic basis.
Combined Backlog(3) at June 30, 2026 was $5.62 billion, up 150% from the prior year period. Combined backlog increased 36% year-over-year on an organic basis.
Second quarter 2026 book-to-burn ratios were 1.4x for Backlog and 1.3x for Combined Backlog, exclusive of the impact of the Stone Ridge acquisition.
Full Year 2026 GuidanceRevenue of $4.00 billion to $4.15 billion vs $3.91B consensus
Net Income of $536 million to $555 million
Diluted EPS of $17.25 to $17.85
EBITDA(1) of $829 million to $854 million
Adjusted Net Income(1) of $612 million to $631 million
Adjusted Diluted EPS(1) of $19.70 to $20.30 vs $19.10 consensus
Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $891 million to $916 million
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