Both in Construction

Sterling Infrastructure vs IES Holdings

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

STRL −25.9% IESC −12.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSTRLIESC
Price$283.66$169.07
Market cap$8.65B$7.17B
Today−21.46%−16.87%
1 month−49.7%−50.5%
6 months−68.0%−49.8%
Year to date−7.4%−13.1%
1 year−27.8%−14.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+127.0%+39.6%
Gross margin24.1%27.4%
Net margin13.7%12.3%
P/E (TTM)15.6×15.8×
Price / sales2.0×1.8×
Net cash$121.7M$387.9M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)80.4%204.4%
Short % of float4.3%16.7%
Next earnings——

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