On July 31, Sterling Construction rose 6.3% in pre-market trading, trading at $618.0/share, with turnover of $367,400.

On the news front, the company is set to report earnings on August 3, with market consensus projecting quarterly revenue of $990 million, representing a 78.55% year-over-year increase, and adjusted EPS of $4.60, up 133.49% year-over-year. The strong expectations are underpinned by the company's previous quarter results, in which adjusted EPS of $3.59 beat the consensus estimate of $2.01 by 78.61%, while revenue of $825.675 million also significantly exceeded the $603.577 million estimate.

Adding to bullish sentiment, the construction and engineering sector rallied sharply in the prior session, with peers EMCOR Group up 19.56% and Quanta up 16.21%, creating a sector linkage effect. Additionally, Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Sterling Construction with an Outperform rating and a $950 target price, reflecting institutional confidence in the company's data center and manufacturing infrastructure business growth prospects.

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