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Sterling Infrastructure (Sterling Infrastructure) Operating Income : $207 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sterling Infrastructure Operating Income?

Sterling Infrastructure's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $56 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $207 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Sterling Infrastructure's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $56 Mil. Sterling Infrastructure's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $486 Mil. Therefore, Sterling Infrastructure's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.58%.

Good Sign:

Sterling Infrastructure Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Sterling Infrastructure's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 23.50% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Sterling Infrastructure's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.26%. Sterling Infrastructure's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 83.44%.


Sterling Infrastructure Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sterling Infrastructure's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Sterling Infrastructure Operating Income Chart

Sterling Infrastructure Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Income
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Sterling Infrastructure Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Sterling Infrastructure Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $207 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Sterling Infrastructure  (NAS:STRL) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Sterling Infrastructure's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=225.156 * ( 1 - 22.53% )/( (1383.46 + 1461.405)/ 2 )
=174.4283532/1422.4325
=12.26 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=1723.805 - 150.218 - ( 409.398 - max(0, 685.837 - 875.964+409.398))
=1383.46

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=1777.184 - 145.968 - ( 471.563 - max(0, 678.168 - 847.979+471.563))
=1461.405

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Sterling Infrastructure's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Sep. 2023  Q: Dec. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=246.324/( ( (289.55 + max(-287.646, 0)) + (300.883 + max(-361.697, 0)) )/ 2 )
=246.324/( ( 289.55 + 300.883 )/ 2 )
=246.324/295.2165
=83.44 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(326.331 + 0 + 18.315) - (150.218 + 432.213 + 49.861)
=-287.646

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(252.435 + 0 + 17.875) - (145.968 + 444.16 + 41.879)
=-361.697

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Sterling Infrastructure's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=56.289/485.978
=11.58 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Sterling Infrastructure (Sterling Infrastructure) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1800 Hughes Landing Boulevard, Suite 250, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 77380
Sterling Infrastructure Inc is a construction company that specializes in heavy civil infrastructure construction and infrastructure rehabilitation as well as residential construction projects. The company operates in three reportable segments namely, Transportation Solutions, E-Infrastructure Solutions, and Building Solution. Transportation Solutions include highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, and others. Building Solution projects include concrete foundations for single-family homes. E-Infrastructure Solutions include the services which are provided to large, blue-chip companies in the e-commerce, data center, distribution center, and warehousing, energy, mixed-use, and multi-family sectors. The majority of the revenue is generated from E-Infrastructure Solutions. .
Executives
Ronald A Ballschmiede officer: EVP & CFO 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Mark D. Wolf officer: General Counsel, Corporate Sec 770 SOUTH POST OAK LANE, SUITE 405, C/O U.S. WELL SERVICES, INC., HOUSTON TX 77056
Joseph A Cutillo officer: Chief Executive Officer 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Julie Dill director 1301 RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD, SUITE 2300, JACKSONVILLE FL 32207
Dwayne Andree Wilson director 6700 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING TX 75039
Roger A Cregg director 100 BLOOMFIELD HILL PARKWAY, STE 300, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Raymond F Messer director 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD., SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Dana C. O'brien director 1111 LOUISIANA STREET, HOUSTON TX 77002
Thomas M White director C/O APOLLO MANAGEMENT, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Marian M Davenport director 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD., SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Milton L Scott director
Charles R. Patton director 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Richard O Schaum director 388 WARREN COURT, BIRMINGHAM MI 48009
Craig B Allen officer: SVP & CHRO/CCO 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, STE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Wadsworth Con L officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380