{
  "url": "https://struct.news/briefs/sterling-nearly-doubled-sales-its-cash-balance-fell-34",
  "title": "Sterling nearly doubled sales. Its cash balance fell 34%",
  "summary": "Capital spending rose 122.8% year over year as free-cash-flow margin slipped 0.3 percentage points.",
  "published_at": "2026-08-04T13:25:10.824641+00:00",
  "publisher": "Struct",
  "usage": "Figures are as reported by the company. Quote with attribution to the source filing.",
  "company": {
    "name": "Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.",
    "ticker": "STRL",
    "cik": "874238",
    "sector": "Industrials",
    "industry": "Engineering & Construction"
  },
  "source_filing": {
    "form": "10-Q",
    "filed": "2026-08-04",
    "accession": "0000874238-26-000103",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874238/000087423826000103/strl-20260630.htm"
  },
  "comparison_filing": {
    "form": "10-Q",
    "filed": "2025-08-05",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874238/000087423825000122/strl-20250630.htm"
  },
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    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Revenue",
      "value": 2490049000,
      "display": "$2.5B",
      "unit": "usd",
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      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Revenue YoY",
      "value": 17.690745057558633,
      "display": "+17.7%",
      "unit": "percent",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "detail": null,
      "source": {
        "kind": "jodie_calculation",
        "label": "Calculated from filed company results",
        "form": "10-Q",
        "accession": "0000874238-26-000103",
        "filing_date": "2026-08-04"
      }
    },
    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Operating margin",
      "value": 16.30152659646457,
      "display": "+16.3%",
      "unit": "percent",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "detail": null,
      "source": {
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        "label": "Calculated from filed company results",
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      }
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  "watch_next": [
    {
      "type": "demand",
      "statement": "Management linked higher operating income to volume from large mission-critical projects and contributions from the acquired electrical and mechanical business.",
      "importance": "medium",
      "evidence": "The increases in operating income were primarily driven by higher volume from large mission-critical projects",
      "source_date": "2026-08-04"
    }
  ],
  "related_tickers": [
    "STRL"
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Descriptive reporting of filed results. Not investment advice, and contains no forecast or recommendation."
}