Both in Construction

IES Holdings vs Sterling Infrastructure

Over the past year IESC returned −12.7% and STRL returned −25.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.41.

IESC −12.7% STRL −25.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricIESCSTRL
Price$169.07$283.66
Market cap$7.17B$8.65B
Today−16.87%−21.46%
1 month−50.5%−49.7%
6 months−49.8%−68.0%
Year to date−13.1%−7.4%
1 year−14.5%−27.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+39.6%+127.0%
Gross margin27.4%24.1%
Net margin12.3%13.7%
P/E (TTM)15.8×15.6×
Price / sales1.8×2.0×
Net cash$387.9M$121.7M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)204.4%80.4%
Short % of float16.7%4.3%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).