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Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for STRL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-10-12

DayWeekMonth3 months
STRL−2.3%−4.2%−1.9%−26.3%
DC Construction−2.4%−1.7%+0.5%—
Rubin Build-Out 100−0.1%−6.9%+8.9%—

Against the index: 2.7 pts ahead on the week, 10.8 pts behind on the month; against its DC Construction sleeve 2.4 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 57/100 · S&P 500 fund at 71, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-09
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +5.0% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-12
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −0.4% week · −0.5% month · −5.9% quarter · +3.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-11
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.04 · down 0.71 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-09
How it trades on rate days beta 1.21 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How STRL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.21 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. moved 1.21% on average · correlation 0.13 · higher than 92% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.48 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.42% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.34% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Rubin Build-Out 100 · DC Construction · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Rubin Build-Out 100 · DC Construction

The engineering-and-construction firms that physically build the data-centre shell. Picks-and-shovels for the AI factory.

Compared against STRL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.

STRL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Sterling Infrastructure builds the physical groundwork for large projects through three segments: e-infrastructure site development, transportation works such as roads and rail, and building-solutions concrete work for homes and commercial structures. Its e-infrastructure arm prepares sites for e-commerce warehouses, data centres, factories and power plants, while transportation covers highways, bridges, airports and ports for public authorities. The building-solutions segment pours foundations and does related plumbing and survey work for residential and commercial developers. It operates mainly across the southern, north-eastern, mid-Atlantic and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, plus the Pacific Islands, and is based in The Woodlands, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
Sterling sits in our index, the Rubin Build-Out 100, as a construction-side name rather than a chip or equipment one. Its e-infrastructure segment does the civil and site-preparation work that data-centre and power-generation projects need before any racks or turbines arrive, so it is a supplier the build-out draws on for ground-up capacity rather than a constraint on any single component layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with US industrials scored in the same sector, including Nordson, Sunbelt Rentals, Verisk Analytics, Allegheny Technologies, Applied Industrial Technologies and Cintas; the market also names Granite Construction as a comparable engineering-and-construction peer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, with quality the strongest module and momentum the weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it directly.
What the diary watches
Whether data-centre and power-generation site work keeps flowing to its e-infrastructure segment as the build-out's ground-up phase continues, or whether that demand slows relative to its transportation and building-solutions work.

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials, and sits in Layer 7 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 24, quality 64, valuation 38) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Stifel, 2026-10-08

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for STRL from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Stifel — target 742 from 804 Target cut to $742 from $804 (+38.9% to spot) 2026-10-08
  • Price target DA Davidson — target 700 Target set to $700 (+34.5% to spot) 2026-08-20

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 74 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What STRL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 74 m USD 0.5% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.6% in FY2025 24 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 74 m USD · 20% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-13

Quick answers

What is Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL)?

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. trades as STRL on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-13.

Is STRL in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-10-13.

What is Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.'s Closelooknet composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 24, quality 64 and valuation 38 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-13. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does STRL trade against its moving averages?

Death cross: Its 50-day crossed below its 200-day 9 sessions ago — a death cross, the classic trend-turn-lower. As of 2026-10-09 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is STRL doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. is −1.9% against +8.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 10.8 points behind its index, as of 2026-10-12. Its DC Construction sleeve is +0.5% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Rubin Build-Out 100 · DC Construction), Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) sits 49.0% below its 52-week high, 0.6% below its 50-day average; Comfort Systems USA Inc (FIX) is 17.2% below, EMCOR Group Inc (EME) is 17.1% below, Quanta Services Inc (PWR) is 10.5% below. Put any of them next to STRL in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. had a beta of 1.21 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 92% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.42% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. do?

Sterling Infrastructure builds the physical groundwork for large projects through three segments: e-infrastructure site development, transportation works such as roads and rail, and building-solutions concrete work for homes and commercial structures. Its e-infrastructure arm prepares sites for e-commerce warehouses, data centres, factories and power plants, while transportation covers highways, bridges, airports and ports for public authorities. The building-solutions segment pours foundations and does related plumbing and survey work for residential and commercial developers. Closelooknet's peer group places it with US industrials scored in the same sector, including Nordson, Sunbelt Rentals, Verisk Analytics, Allegheny Technologies, Applied Industrial Technologies and Cintas; the market also names Granite Construction as a comparable engineering-and-construction peer.

Where does Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Sterling sits in our index, the Rubin Build-Out 100, as a construction-side name rather than a chip or equipment one. Its e-infrastructure segment does the civil and site-preparation work that data-centre and power-generation projects need before any racks or turbines arrive, so it is a supplier the build-out draws on for ground-up capacity rather than a constraint on any single component layer. It holds a seat in the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, with quality the strongest module and momentum the weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it directly.

Does Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 74 m USD of its own shares, 20% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.6% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Stifel on 2026-10-08 (target 742 from 804). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for STRL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Engineering & Construction. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.