Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) (“Sterling” or the “Company”) today announced financial results for the first quarter 2023.
The financial information herein is from continuing operations and comparisons are to the prior year quarter, unless otherwise noted.
First Quarter 2023 Results
- Revenues of $403.6 million, an increase of 10%
- Gross margin of 15.3%, an increase from 15.1%
- Net Income of $19.6 million, or $0.64 per diluted share, an increase of 11% and 8%, respectively
- EBITDA(1) of $45.9 million, an increase of 14%; Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $46.1 million, an increase of 13%
- Cash flows from operations of $49.1 million for the first quarter
- Cash and Cash Equivalents totaled $202.6 million at March 31, 2023
- Backlog at March 31, 2023 was $1.62 billion, an increase of 15% over December 31, 2022
- Combined backlog(2) at March 31, 2023 was $1.75 billion, an increase of 4% over December 31, 2022
CEO Remarks and Outlook
“Our first quarter results reflect excellent execution from our teams despite the ongoing economic challenges. Our performance drove strong revenue growth of 10% and gross margin expansion of 20 basis points, yielding first quarter EPS of $0.64,” stated Joe Cutillo, Sterling’s Chief Executive Officer.
“E-Infrastructure Solutions, our largest, fastest-growing and highest-margin segment, grew 22%. This reflects high levels of demand from data center and advanced manufacturing customers. Our Transportation Solutions segment saw a 4% decline in revenue due to the reallocation of resources into higher-margin E-Infrastructure work and the timing of project execution. Our continued efforts to improve mix drove an increase in Transportation Solutions operating income of 19%. Our Building Solutions segment grew revenue by 7%, reflecting higher levels of commercial revenue. Our residential revenues were essentially flat despite a mid-single digit decline in slab volumes. Buildings Solutions margins were lower relative to the prior year quarter due to mix impacts, as we anticipated,” continued Mr. Cutillo.
“Our year is off to a strong start with record backlog, new high-value E-Infrastructure project awards, increased transportation funding, and emerging improvement in housing starts. Our solid first quarter results and the favorable growth opportunities across our markets give us confidence that we are trending toward the higher end of our guidance range. The high end of our guidance ranges would offer an improvement in revenue by 13.0% and net income by 13.7% over 2022,” Mr. Cutillo concluded.
Full Year 2023 Guidance:
- Revenue of $1.9 billion to $2.0 billion
- Net Income of $104 million to $110 million
- EPS of $3.33 to $3.53
- EBITDA(1) of $220 million to $235 million
Conference Call
Sterling’s management will hold a conference call to discuss these results and recent corporate developments on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. CT. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing (201) 493-6744 or (877) 445-9755. Please call in 10 minutes before the conference call is scheduled to begin and ask for the Sterling Infrastructure call. To coincide with the conference call, Sterling will post a slide presentation at www.strlco.com on the Events & Presentations section of the Investor Relations tab. Following management’s opening remarks, there will be a question and answer session.
To listen to a simultaneous webcast of the call, please go to the Company’s website at www.strlco.com at least 15 minutes early to download and install any necessary audio software. If you are unable to listen live, the conference call webcast will be archived on the Company’s website for 30 days.
About Sterling
Sterling operates through a variety of subsidiaries within three segments specializing in E-Infrastructure, Transportation and Building Solutions in the United States, primarily across the Southern, Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic and Rocky Mountain regions and Hawaii. E-Infrastructure Solutions provides advanced, large-scale site development services for data centers, e-commerce distribution centers, manufacturing, warehousing, energy and more. Transportation Solutions includes infrastructure and rehabilitation projects for highways, roads, bridges, airports, ports, rail and storm drainage systems. Building Solutions projects include residential and commercial concrete foundations for single-family and multi-family homes, parking structures, elevated slabs and other concrete work. From strategy to operations, we are committed to sustainability by operating responsibly to safeguard and improve society’s quality of life. Caring for our people and our communities, our customers and our investors – that is The Sterling Way.
Joe Cutillo, CEO, “We build and service the infrastructure that enables our economy to run, our people to move and our country to grow.”
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