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Dycom Industries vs Sterling Infrastructure

Dycom Industries DY · Sterling Infrastructure STRL · Construction & Engineering

Dycom Industries reported revenue of $5.5 billion in fiscal 2026, 2.2 times Sterling Infrastructure's $2.5 billion in fiscal 2025. Dycom Industries' revenue grew 17.9% in its latest year, and Sterling Infrastructure's grew 17.7%. Free cash flow was $402 million at Dycom Industries and $363 million at Sterling Infrastructure. Their fiscal years end in different months (January 31 and December 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.

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Dycom IndustriesSterling Infrastructure
Latest fiscal yearFY2026, Jan 31, 2026FY2025, Dec 31, 2025
Revenue$5.5B$2.5B
Revenue growth17.9%17.7%
Revenue growth a year, last 5 years11.6%15.2%
Gross margin—23.0%
Operating margin—16.3%
Net margin5.1%11.7%
Free cash flow$402M$363M
Free cash flow margin7.2%14.6%
Return on capital10.9%40.8%
Net debt to EBITDA3.0x−0.2x
Dividends and buybacks$30M$74M
Change in diluted share count−0.2%−0.6%
Last close$228.53$360.72
P/E at the last close20.9×26.0×
Insider trades, last 12 monthsbought $551,307, sold $1.3 millionsold $96.3 million
Piotroski F-score6 of 87 of 9
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.

Ten years

Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
Dycom IndustriesSterling Infrastructure
Operating margin
Percent of revenue
Dycom IndustriesSterling Infrastructure
Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Dycom Industries and Sterling Infrastructure pages.