Ferrovial N.V. (FER) vs Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL)

Ferrovial N.V. and Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Ferrovial N.V. is the larger, with a market value of $40.2B against $16.1B — 2.5× the size. Across the 7 metrics below, Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. leads on 6 and Ferrovial N.V. on 1.

Valuation

Metric FER STRL Engineering & Construction median
P/E — 36.38 28.59
P/S — 4.57 1.15
P/B n/m 11.31 3.96
Price to free cash flow n/m 32.20 25.24
EV/EBITDA n/m 22.41 14.87
EV/Sales n/m 4.52 1.42
Earnings yield — 2.75% 2.47%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 3.11% 1.91%

Profitability

Metric FER STRL Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin — 23.81% 18.76%
Operating margin — 17.52% 6.26%
Net margin — 12.55% 2.23%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 14.20% 1.83%
Return on equity — 37.49% 7.90%
Return on assets — 16.11% 0.87%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 31.11% 2.52%

Growth

Metric FER STRL Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 60.83% 16.67%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (71.07%) 13.42% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 15.21% 11.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 46.98% 0.00%

Health

Metric FER STRL Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.43 0.20 0.40
Current ratio 1.20 1.11 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA 3.82 (0.21) 0.38

Dividend

Metric FER STRL Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield — — 0.65%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric FER STRL Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 40.17b 16.06b 1.31b

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