Sterling Infrastructure
STRL · Construction & Engineering
$355.30
4.7%Tetra Tech
TTEK · Construction & Engineering
$36.98
0.5%The short version
- Tetra Tech is the larger business, with $5.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.5B for Sterling Infrastructure, about 2.2 times as much.
- Sterling Infrastructure grew revenue faster (17.7%, against 4.7%).
- Sterling Infrastructure kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (16.3% operating margin, against 7.5% operating margin).
- Sterling Infrastructure turned more of its sales into free cash flow (14.6% FCF margin, against 8.1% FCF margin).
- Sterling Infrastructure earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (40.8%, against 11.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Sterling Infrastructure’s earnings: a P/E of 25.6x against 22.3x for Tetra Tech.
| Latest fiscal year | STRL · FY25 | TTEK · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $11.0B | $9.6B |
| Revenue | $2.5B | $5.4B |
| Free cash flow | $363M | $439M |
| Net income | $290M | $248M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 17.7% | 4.7% |
| 5-year growth | 15.2% | 12.7% |
| Share count change | −0.6% | −1.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 23.0% | 17.7% |
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 7.5% |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 4.6% |
| FCF margin | 14.6% | 8.1% |
| Return on capital | 40.8% | 11.2% |
| Return on equity | 30.3% | 13.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$99.3M | $596M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.2x | 1.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $74.2M | $315M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 25.6x | 22.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
STRL $690M
TTEK $2.6B
FY17
STRL $958M
TTEK $2.8B
FY18
STRL $1.0B
TTEK $3.0B
FY19
STRL $1.1B
TTEK $3.1B
FY20
STRL $1.2B
TTEK $3.0B
FY21
STRL $1.4B
TTEK $3.2B
FY22
STRL $1.8B
TTEK $3.5B
FY23
STRL $2.0B
TTEK $4.5B
FY24
STRL $2.1B
TTEK $5.2B
FY25
STRL $2.5B
TTEK $5.4B
STRL
TTEK
FY16
STRL −0.7%
TTEK 5.3%
FY17
STRL 2.7%
TTEK 6.7%
FY18
STRL 4.1%
TTEK 6.4%
FY19
STRL 3.4%
TTEK 6.1%
FY20
STRL 7.6%
TTEK 8.1%
FY21
STRL 7.6%
TTEK 8.7%
FY22
STRL 9.0%
TTEK 9.7%
FY23
STRL 10.4%
TTEK 7.9%
FY24
STRL 12.5%
TTEK 9.6%
FY25
STRL 16.3%
TTEK 7.5%
STRL
TTEK
FY16
STRL $33.4M
TTEK $130M
FY17
STRL $15.4M
TTEK $132M
FY18
STRL $26.3M
TTEK $176M
FY19
STRL $26.7M
TTEK $192M
FY20
STRL $90.0M
TTEK $250M
FY21
STRL $112M
TTEK $296M
FY22
STRL $158M
TTEK $326M
FY23
STRL $414M
TTEK $342M
FY24
STRL $416M
TTEK $341M
FY25
STRL $363M
TTEK $439M
STRL
TTEK
FY16
STRL −4.1%
TTEK 9.3%
FY17
STRL 23.3%
TTEK 11.7%
FY18
STRL 25.8%
TTEK 13.6%
FY19
STRL 9.8%
TTEK 15.3%
FY20
STRL 10.6%
TTEK 15.9%
FY21
STRL 11.4%
TTEK 19.8%
FY22
STRL 15.5%
TTEK 20.3%
FY23
STRL 25.0%
TTEK 14.5%
FY24
STRL 40.6%
TTEK 15.9%
FY25
STRL 40.8%
TTEK 11.2%
STRL
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