By Connor Hart

Sterling Infrastructure shares jumped after the company posted higher first-quarter profit and revenue and raised its full-year outlook, as the company wins more deals and continues to grow its backlog.

The stock rose 29%, to $684.45, in premarket trading Tuesday. Through Monday's close, shares have more than tripled over the past year.

The company--which specializes in e-infrastructure, transportation and building solutions--after the bell Monday reported a profit of $96 million, or $3.09 a share, compared with $39.5 million, or $1.28 a share, a year earlier.

Stripping out certain one-time items, earnings were $3.59 a share. Analysts polled by FactSet expected adjusted earnings of $2.28 a share.

Revenue nearly doubled to $825.7 million and topped Wall Street views for $603.6 million.

Chief Executive Joe Cutillo said Sterling is off to a strong start this year and that, moving forward, it's increasingly optimistic about its ability to continue generating results. He pointed to the company's growing backlog, as well as strong bid and award activity during the recent quarter, as driving confidence.

The company ended the recent quarter with a signed backlog of $3.8 billion, up 78%. Its combined backlog stood at $5.15 billion, over 2.3 times what it was before.

Looking ahead, Sterling now expects full-year earnings of $16.50 to $17.15 a share, or $18.40 to $19.05 a share on an adjusted basis. The company had previously guided for earnings of $11.65 to $12.25 a share, or $13.45 to $14.05 a share on an adjusted basis.

Revenue is now projected to come in between $3.7 billion and $3.8 billion, up from a prior view of $3.05 billion to $3.2 billion.

Write to Connor Hart at connor.hart@wsj.com

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May 05, 2026 09:28 ET (13:28 GMT)

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