Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) & Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) Financial Contrast

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Sterling Infrastructure and Ferrovial, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure	0	1	0	0	2.00
Ferrovial	0	0	1	0	3.00

Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus price target of $115.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.45%. Ferrovial has a consensus price target of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.83%. Given Ferrovial’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ferrovial is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure	7.47%	25.06%	8.75%
Ferrovial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sterling Infrastructure and Ferrovial’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sterling Infrastructure	$1.97 billion	1.72	$138.65 million	$4.81	22.89
Ferrovial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Ferrovial.

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Ferrovial on 6 of the 9 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 Ferrovial

Ferrovial SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of transport infrastructure and urban services internationally. It operates through four segments: Construction, Toll Roads, Airports, and Energy Infrastructures and Mobility. The company designs and executes various public and private works, including the construction of public infrastructure; and develops, finances, and operates toll roads. It also develops, finances, and operates airports; and develops, finances, and operates power transmission lines and renewable energy generation plants, as well as offers mobility and waste management plants and services to the mining industry in Chile. In addition, the company promotes, constructs, and operates energy generation and transmission infrastructures. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.