ewsba.se
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRL) was one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s radar as he highlighted AI winners to buy for 2026. Cramer highlighted the company’s post-earnings rally, as he said:
Nucor makes the steel… Sterling Infrastructure does a lot of the building too and the roads too. It reported a tremendous quarter last night. How tremendous? It jumped 276 points or 52% today. How’s that versus your index fund?
A stock market data. Photo by AlphaTradeZone on Pexels
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRL) provides e-infrastructure, transportation, and building solutions, including site development for data centers, industrial facilities, and public works projects. In addition, the company offers concrete, plumbing, and surveying services for residential and commercial construction. Cramer called it one of the “hottest” stocks during the February 27 episode, as he commented:
I want to talk about one of the hottest stocks out there that you maybe never even heard of. It’s called Sterling Infrastructure. Now, this is an engineering construction firm that pivoted from old-fashioned highway work into high-margin mission-critical infrastructure like data centers a few years ago. That’s why this stock is up a staggering 1,800% over the past five years, including nearly 250% gain over the past 12 months and a 40% gain year to date. Now, two nights ago, Sterling reported what I thought was a strong quarter, robust top and bottom line beat, 51% revenue growth, a stunning 78% increase in their backlog. Even better, management has a higher than expected full year forecast. They’re talking 25% revenue growth and 26% earnings growth. Yet the stock has actually gotten dinged a bit in response to these numbers.
While we acknowledge the potential of STRL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.
READ NEXT: 33 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 15 Stocks That Will Make You Rich in 10 Years
Disclosure: None. Follow Insider Monkey on Google News.