Stocks · Industrials · Engineering & Construction
Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. CDNL
$30.73 +3.33% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $470.0M
Strong growthWeak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 10, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.67, up 138.6% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $662.6M, up 89.7% from a year earlier, accelerating from 69.3% a quarter earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 14.4% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 5%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 49%
- Gross marginBottom 25%
- Operating marginTop 47%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
- Interest coverTop 27%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 7%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 6-month returnBottom 11%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 69.3% | 89.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 122.7% | 138.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 17.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 7.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 89.7% | 69.3% | ↑ | Top 4% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 138.6% | 122.7% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Gross margin | 17.5% | 20.2% | ↓ | Bottom 25% |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 9.9% | ↓ | Top 47% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 2.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.1% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | 5.7% | — | Bottom 49% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.70×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.24×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.83%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.83%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +14.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -62.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -13.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 3
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $54.00
- Target vs current price
- +75.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | -25.0% | -36.2% | -34.6% | -36.3% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +27.8% | -5.4% | -15.5% | +2.4% | +3.7% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | -48.7% | +1.4% | +12.2% | +52.4% | +110.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.43 | -25.0% | $226.9M |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.18 | +27.8% | $167.5M |
| Mar 19, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.25 | -48.7% | $146.8M |
| Dec 10, 2025 | -$0.26 | $0.25 | -202.6% | $121.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.4× | — | — | Top 15% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.0× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.54× | — | — | Top 7% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.08% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
| Earnings yield | 5.43% | — | — | Top 15% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 20.4× – 156.7× since Dec 31, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -30.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -26.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -30.5%
- RSI (14)
- 40.5
- Relative volume
- 0.65×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 120.4%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -67.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -71.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | -71.0% | 64 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Jan 6, 2026 | -25.7% | 15 days | 30 days (Feb 19, 2026) |
| May 11, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | -19.1% | 9 days | 7 days (Jun 3, 2026) |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | -15.5% | 8 days | 11 days (Mar 24, 2026) |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | -12.0% | 7 days | 1 days (Apr 30, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $470.0M
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.67
- Revenue (TTM)
- $662.6M
- 52-week range
- $21.98 – $96.40
| FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $247.9M | $315.2M | $456.0M |
| Gross profit | $48.8M | $46.6M | $96.1M |
| Operating income | $29.5M | $38.8M | $40.2M |
| Net income | $20.6M | $21.4M | $22.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.56 | $1.62 | $1.53 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $76.3M | $84.9M | $81.8M | $106.1M | $122.3M | $145.8M | $167.5M | $226.9M |
| Net income | $3.9M | -$7.2M | $5.5M | $7.2M | -$3.4M | $13.5M | $3.4M | $4.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.29 | -$0.54 | $0.41 | $0.54 | -$0.26 | $0.96 | $0.23 | $0.74 |
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $37.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$43.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$5.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$23.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $258.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $339.1M
- Total assets
- $1.01B
- Total liabilities
- $421.0M
- Total debt
- $227.6M
- Net debt
- -$111.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $245.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,578,274
- Days to cover
- 5.86
- Change vs previous report
- +2.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.