Comparing Skyline Builders Group (NASDAQ:SKBL) & Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL)

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Skyline Builders Group (NASDAQ:SKBL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sterling Infrastructure and Skyline Builders Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.12 billion	4.59	$257.46 million	$10.20	30.97
Skyline Builders Group	$46.01 million	0.81	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Skyline Builders Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Sterling Infrastructure and Skyline Builders Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure	0	0	3	1	3.25
Skyline Builders Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus price target of $460.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.63%. Given Sterling Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Skyline Builders Group.

Profitability

This table compares Sterling Infrastructure and Skyline Builders Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure	14.14%	29.81%	12.40%
Skyline Builders Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Skyline Builders Group on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sterling Infrastructure

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. engages in the provision of e-infrastructure, transportation, and building solutions primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: E-Infrastructure Solutions, Transportation Solutions, 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. The 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 in various states, regional transit authorities, airport authorities, port authorities, water authorities, and railroads. The Building Solutions segment provides residential and commercial concrete foundations for single-family and multi-family homes, parking structures, elevated slabs, other concrete work for developers and general contractors, as well as provides plumbing services for residential builds. 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.

About Skyline Builders Group

Skyline Builders Group Holding Ltd. operates as an exempted limited liability company. It operates business through its subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited, which provides construction activities include public civil engineering works, such as road and drainage works in Hong Kong. The company was founded on June 25, 2024 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.