---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874238-25-000119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STRL"
cik: "0000874238"
company_name: "STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:41:33.417093+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sterling reports record Q2; revenue up 21% ex-RHB, adj EPS $2.69 +41%; raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $614.5M (+21% ex-RHB YoY); net income $71.0M ($2.31 diluted EPS), record Q2.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $2.69 (+41%); adjusted EBITDA $125.6M (+35%); gross margin 23.3% (up 400bps).
- E-Infrastructure Solutions revenue +29%, adj op income +57%; Transportation +24% and +78%.
- Backlog $2.01B (+24% like-for-like); book-to-burn 1.4x; CEC acquisition progressing toward close.
- FY2025 guidance raised: revenue $2.10-2.15B, adj diluted EPS $9.21-9.47, adj EBITDA $438-453M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874238-25-000119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STRL
- cik: 0000874238
- company_name: STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874238/000087423825000119/0000874238-25-000119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874238/000087423825000119/strl-20250804.htm

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