Contrasting Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL)

Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Harris & Harris Group and Sterling Infrastructure”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Harris & Harris Group	$11.11 million	4.46	-$3.87 million	N/A	N/A
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.12 billion	4.51	$257.46 million	$9.20	34.08

Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Harris & Harris Group.

Risk and Volatility

Harris & Harris Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.8% of Harris & Harris Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Harris & Harris Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Harris & Harris Group and Sterling Infrastructure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harris & Harris Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sterling Infrastructure	13.33%	27.93%	11.18%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Harris & Harris Group and Sterling Infrastructure, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harris & Harris Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sterling Infrastructure	0	0	2	1	3.33

Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $355.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.22%. Given Sterling Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Harris & Harris Group.

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Harris & Harris Group on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Harris & Harris Group

180 Degree Capital Corp. is a publicly owned corporate pension plan sponsor. It primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans. The firm is a large advisory firm which provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, pension consulting services. It manages separate client focused equity and balanced funds. It invests in exchange-traded equity securities, non exchange-traded equity securities, cash and cash equivalents and assets of the adviser that are primarily receivables and prepaid expenses. The firm conducts in-house research to make investments. The firm was formerly known as Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 180 Degree Capital Corp. was founded in 1981 and is based in Montclair, New Jersey.

About Sterling Infrastructure

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. engages in the provision of e-infrastructure, transportation, and building solutions primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: E-Infrastructure Solutions, Transportation Solutions, and Building Solutions. The E-Infrastructure Solutions segment provides site development services for the blue-chip end users in the e-commerce distribution center, data center, manufacturing, warehousing, and power generation sectors. The Transportation Solutions segment is involved in the development of infrastructure and rehabilitation projects for highways, roads, bridges, airports, ports, rail, and storm drainage systems for the departments of transportation in various states, regional transit authorities, airport authorities, port authorities, water authorities, and railroads. The Building Solutions segment provides residential and commercial concrete foundations for single-family and multi-family homes, parking structures, elevated slabs, other concrete work for developers and general contractors, as well as provides plumbing services for residential builds. The company was formerly known as Sterling Construction Company, Inc. and changed its name to Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. in June 2022. Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.